How much would poor penmanship and poor spelling hinder me one becoming a clinical psychologist?

Most things are probably done online. A psychologist writes down notes from meetings but probably types them up on a computer after, or puts them in a file. The notes might require neat, or at least eligible, handwriting. Spelling can be fixed by computers automatic spell checks. If you misspell a word in the notes you would take, it probably wouldn’t be an issue because you are writing them down so fast.
I don’t know how old you are, but if you are trying to eliminate a psychology, here’s a reason: It requires a lot of schooling. Plus, the recommended degree is a doctorate for most psychology specialties . I don’t know how much time or money you have but that could be a reason to consider another career.

If you’re not going to go to school and if you’re not willing to meet with people in the first place, I don’t think that penmanship and spelling are your major concerns here…

If you can read and understand your own handwriting that should be sufficient. As @SergeantQueen points out, you can just transfer what you wrote to the computer and use a built-in spell checker.

There’s a more serious problem than with your penmanship.

In the time that I have been here and you have been here (with both names), I have seen you ask questions about 30+ different vocations and professions. For several years you have asked “what about this” or “could I do that?”

Sadly, I have not witnessed one positive preparatory move – one serious intention – to do any of these. You ask a lot, but you don’t actually do anything.

You’re something like 37 now, right? By the time you got your degrees and internship and certifications and licensure and were ready to practice, you would be roughly 45, minimum.

I’d say that your penmanship is the least of your challenges.

Your spelling and typing are pretty good, so I don’t think there is any problem in that department.

The problem is becoming a psychologist is a graduate degree. I don’t remember if you have a college degree already? If you’re starting from scratch that’s about 6 years of school total. Do you want to do all the education it takes?

@JLeslie I’m half way through a liberal arts degree in psychology and philosophy . I have lots of free time. The joke is that I will search though all the degrees that I might end up as a career guide. No rush. I read Aaron Cleary’s worthless book and I’m reading books for cheap and will wait until I save up to decide if I go back to university.

@all Thanks for trying to help me . I’m slowly getting ahead. I’m just looking for support and approval. I’m going slow and steady.

What is hindered is your access to certification due to the certainty of your being filtered out much further down on the academic ladder. You know the drill. Those Ds in high school English restrict your college eligibility, choking off your acceptance to any graduate programs, and so it goes.

But hey, don’t let it bother you. I notice from your questions that you dream big. Prove the stuffy bastards wrong and shoot for the moon.

Oh, well you certainly can keep plugging along at the degree.

I’m going to ask to put this question In social… to keep the off topic answers, I struck out the Me from my title.

So I will scratch psychology off my list. I might just save money and take care of myself for now.

Psychology is a good degree, but I think it’s hard to get started if you want to be working with patients. That’s the big thing. Adding on to what I said before about the recommendation with getting a doctorate, most people seem to trust those with doctorates more. My parents were like that in picking a doctor. Probably because they have more education and experience. It’d be easier if you want to be a private doctor, possibly.