Summary: A Career As A Career

There are many career options outside of the academic setting you can work in the hospital or health service setting and become a clinical psychologist or a psychiatrist and help diagnose and solve disorders ranging from short term problems such as difficulties with a bad childhood or more severe problems such as schizophrenia and hallucinations. Also there is work you can do in schools outside of academics such as a school psychiatrist or counselor and help assist and guide students achieve their goals or help them with struggles they may be having related to social problems such as family issues or issues in school with bullying. There are fields where you can work in a courtroom and assess the state of mind the defendant are in and their ability to stand trial and give advice on treatment procedures related to child custody or jury/eyewitness behavior. Work as a industrial/organizational psychologist and apply theories and studies to make sure the workplace is operating effectively and productively.
There are sport psychologist and help athletes focus on their goals and motivate them to help them deal with the fears of performance anxiety and fears of failure they might be experiencing A degree in psychology has numerous benefits that carry over to unrelated fields because of the skills that you gain by having a degree in it such as sales, executive or administrative positions and even accounting