What do I need to do to become a physical therapist?

What do I need to become a therapist? How much money do they earn?

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  What kind of a therapist? You can probably land a job as a psychiatric social worker with just a Masters degree in Social Work or Psychology. A Masters is four-years of undergraduate college, followed by two years for a Masters degree. Psychology is one of the "easier" sciences, compared to say, Nuclear Physics. But it is still college and will be harder than high school. http://www.indeed.com/salary/Psychiatric-Social-Worker.html To have much chance of landing a position as a psychologist you need to have a Ph.D. Add three more years to the Masters. http://www1.salary.com/Psychologist-Salary.html To be a psychiatrist you need to attend medical school. That's four years of undergraduate college, four years of medical school, and three years of residency (supervised medical practice). http://www1.salary.com/psychiatrist-Salary.html There are many other kinds of therapists: Youth Counselors, Substances Abuse Counselors, Family Counselors, Marriage Counselors, etc. And this is only talking about mental health therapy. There are other kinds of "therapy" such physical therapy. http://explorehealthcareers.org/en/home In high school all you need to do is take the standard college prep classes: http://www.ucop.edu/a-gGuide/ag/a-g/a-g_reqs.html more college admissions info https://sites.google.com/site/paul7collegeinfo/ (see: Going on to Grad School? and Going on to Professional School?) http://www.allpsychologycareers.com/ In this last link, avoid its recommendations for schools. These are little more than advertisements for for-profit trade schools such as DeVry and Kaplan. Degrees from such schools are pretty much worthless for getting jobs. Instead use https://sites.google.com/site/paul7collegeinfo/home/find-out-about-colleges-and-univeristies