Graduate school classes start on September 6... I'm nervous about the difficulty of the courses, but excited because it's not just general psychology anymore! =D It's a clinical psychology program, with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy. After 20 months of full-time classes, I will have my masters degree. I can't become a licensed therapist until I have completed 2 years/3000 hours of supervised work and passed two licensure exams, though.
Since I just earned my bachelors degree and haven't started the graduate school program yet... yes, I definitely feel too young to be a "psychological professional"! Then again, I felt too young to be a college student when I was 18, and with time, I managed to grow into my new role. I guess the same thing will happen with graduate school and my practicum/internship, over and over again, until I'm in my 30s and comfortable with my career. =P It doesn't help that I LOOK young, too... I don't wear make-up and the best you'll get out of me is "business casual", meaning a nice shirt and slacks. xD I don't look like many of the graduate students I've met, who cake on the make-up and wear pencil skirts with blouses and 3-inch high heels. Maybe that's not such a bad thing, though, since I want to work with adolescents and their family members. I don't want to come across as someone who is unapproachable.
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That's really lovely of you to say! 
And other time they thought I was the service user! I guess the more experience I get the more confidence I'll have so it won't matter. I totally enjoyed my last placement though, it was really good, just hunting for a real life social work job at the moment, how scary!!!
