Ep. 51 - Licensed Professional Counselor - Michelle (Long) Fissell, Family Life Counseling & Psychiatric Services
Welcome back to the Joust About Careers podcast! This episode features a conversation with Michelle (Long) Fissell, a 2009 Van Buren High School graduate who is now a licensed professional counselor for Family Life Counseling & Psychiatric Services in central Ohio. Michelle shares what she does as a counselor, what led her to a counseling career after intending to become a math teacher, what it was like to earn a counseling degree through Grand Canyon University’s online program, and much more. Anyone interested in a career as a counselor will find information related to getting started down that path in this episode. Enjoy the show!
1:58 - Becoming a licensed professional counselor
3:03 - A typical day for Michelle as a counselor
5:50 - Learning how to deal with the weighty issues counselors are helping patients manage
7:09 - Original plan - become a math teacher
7:37 - A New Testament class led Michelle in a different direction
8:33 - Dealing with loss in her own life contributed to Michelle becoming a counselor
10:00 - Worked at Dick’s Sporting Goods after college while “trying to figure out life”
10:42 - Chose Grand Canyon University because she wanted an accredited counseling program
12:23 - Working 60+ hours a week while completing her master’s degree
13:25 - Positives and negatives of online schooling
14:48 - An online group counseling class required some fancy logistics
15:39 - Advice to someone considering a counseling career
16:29 - The feeling of helping someone makes all of the work worth it
17:04 - There are many career options in the world
Questions?
Connect with Brian on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-bratt/) or e-mail (bbratt@vbschools.net).
Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/michelle-fissell-563659a9/) or e-mail (mrlong4290@gmail.com).
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