title: [Future psychotherapists? Vocational plans and motivation for choosing psychotherapy as a career in german psychology students].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  in Germany psychology students can be seen as the major personal resource in psychotherapy. Nevertheless there are few studies on their vocational plans and their interest in psychotherapeutic training.
  
  
  METHODS
  480 psychology students completed a self-developed questionnaire on their career expectations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  90% of respondents report interest in clinical work and psychotherapeutic training. Most frequently they mention improving therapeutic competencies and career options as pros and current training requirements as cons. Their theoretical orientation (38% behaviour therapy, 19% psychodynamic therapy) is associated with their psychotherapeutic knowledge, study conditions and respondent's characteristics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  psychology students consider working and training conditions for psychologists and psychotherapists, when thinking about their future career.
authors.affiliation: Universität Leipzig, Selbstständige Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie. Heide.Glaesmer@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Heide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Glaesmer
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spangenberg
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sonntag
authors.forename: Elmar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brähler
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Strauss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011584:Psychology; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education; D013336:Students, Health Occupations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce; D055815:Young Adult