You might contact your areas local hospital's mental health unit. From being in some I can tell you there are lots of opportunities for psych students there. The places I was in always had psych student vollunteers and interns helping out and from mine and my fellow patients point of view at the time - we enjoyed it so much when the vollunteers and interns came in because they always had a fresh point of view and were usually willing to look beyond the theorys of "a negative call for attention" and "delusions". Some even helped by becoming partners in crime for good natured diversions of pranks and jokes that helped pass the long hours.

Not only will you get psych training but you will definately learn how to retain a sense of humor which is a huge part of how alot of mental health clients get through even the worst of situations sometimes.

and I love it that you are interested in the way the brain functions. one of the most interesting things on earth is how the human brain functions. My own therapist dabbles in that herself and her explaining the difference of thinking from the front of the brain versus reacting at the brain stem level during my depression management class made for one of the best class sessions in that group. And I was not the only one client that found that interesting. she would no more then get done explaining one thing and someone would ask her anther question or give her another personal life experience to go with what she was explaining to us.

So you go for it. there will be plenty of clients out there that will find your knowledge and information interesting.