“The demand for clinical and counseling psychologists will increase as people continue to turn to psychologists to help them resolve or manage their problems. More psychologists will be needed to help people deal with problems such as depression and other mental disorders, marital and family problems, job stress and substance abuse. Psychologists will also be needed to provide services to an aging population, helping people cope with the mental and physical changes that occur as they age. Psychological services are also needed for veterans suffering from war trauma, for survivors of other trauma, and for people with autism (“psychologists”). The median annual salary for psychologists was $69,280 in May 2012. The median salary is the salary at which half of the workers in an occupation earned more than this amount and the other half earned less. The poorest 10 percent earned less than $38,720 and the richest 10 percent earned more than $110,880 (“Psychologists”). Although those who work in psychology receive a salary that allows them to have a fairly comfortable lifestyle, the happiness that comes from being able to make a difference in someone else's life is priceless . It is this reason that touches me personally. Growing up with few friends and even fewer people I trusted with anything, I had no one to turn to when things got heavy on my young shoulders. As