My Career in Psychology
Wendy S. Berg
Capella University

Abstract

As stated previously in Unit 3, vision and goals for becoming a psychology practioner-scholor are to work with Wounded Warriors in the areas of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and Suicide. The current programs in line for our veterans and current service members do not seem to be working. There are 22 suicides everyday and that is insanely high. I would like to create a rehabilitation program for when our service members are done being in theater and integrate the service dog into this.
Competencies and Requirements The first step into my process of becoming a practioner-scholar is finishing the Masters in Clinical Psychology at Capella University, from there I would like to enter a PhD program. With all of this combined, it looks to be about 7 to 8 years of schooling. Upon graduation, I am hoping to gain employment with Veteran’s Administration in their PTSD section. Veteran’s Adminisrtation has what is called the Psychology Training Council. The VAPTC provides internships, post doctoral fellowships, pre doctoral practicum and various other training in the field of psychology. Other training that will be useful for my field of PTSD, would be Eye Movement Densitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) training. This type of training is key within the field of combat because this about trauma. Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure Therapy and