Starting my masters of clinical social work. Anybody in this field now?
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Starting my masters of clinical social work. Anybody in this field now? I am starting my clinical social work masters right now and there is a looooot of communication and group work that requires me to be more vocal than I'm used to in situations where I am less comfortable talking. (being around people I don't know well and in a class of 50 people). I am very intimidated by the fact that I'm going to be giving counseling to people. Ideally I want to do one on one therapy like stuff, probably more for teens going through struggles in their life. Maybe social anxiety, or depression. That kind of stuff. Is anyone here in the field of counseling? Any advice on what helps you get through it? I can talk relatively fine in situations I'm comfortable in but get me in a situation where I don't know many people and I can start stuttering a lot. Any advice would be appreciated and I can clarify if I need to. Thanks!