Art Therapist Challenges

In around 20 years I would like to have a steady career as an art therapist. There are some obvious steps that I need to take in order to get there. I am also fully aware that there will be some obstacles that I will have to overcome. This includes the time it takes to reach my goal and how well my mental state is due to the hard work, long hours and stress I will have to face. Eventually I will need to check in with myself or another person to let myself know where I am in terms of reaching my goal and how much more work I need to do in order to finish it. Finally I will get to reward myself due to all of the hard work and determination it took to reach the end of my goal. First in high school, I will be able to take classes related to the
The first problem is the amount of time and schooling it takes to become an art therapist. In order to get your bachelor degree it take around 6 years of schooling. I have some patience, but being only a sophomore in high school, I am already getting tired of the constant boring routine of wake up at 6am, leave home at 7:30, try to make it through the never ending 7 hour long day, go home and do hours of homework, go to sleep and start all over again the next day. Now, I make this sound a little worse that it is, but it’s the truth. I am not sure if the regular high school will be the same, said by a girl that just moved from the LCCPA, but College, I think, will be a lot like that, especially if I commute. If 2 years of high school sounds bad, I am not sure if I will be able to make it through the 2 hour long lectures of nothing but notes, for 6. The second issue I know I will need to face is keeping on that career pathway. I like art a lot, but not so much medical related jobs. I strongly dislike blood and seeing parts of people that are not meant to be on the exterior part of the body. I understand that in order to pursue the therapy part of art therapy I will need to partake in learning about different parts of the body. For example the brain, its chemical makeup, and the different hormones that help control emotions. For this reason I am not looking forward
I will be able to look at my grades on infinite campus and with my teachers to see how well I am doing in those classes. If I am not doing well, I will need to study more and check in more often. I will also be able to evaluate my mental well being. If I am not happy preparing for and practicing art therapy I will not be able to work to my full potential and should probably not be going down that pathway. If I am happy I should keep doing what I am doing and stay on track with my working