Now I don't want to go right into graduate work.
Many graduates work for a year or so after college before deciding in a graduate program.
The delay will not automatically hurt your chances for admission. It may help considerably if your experience at work or a volunteer job was relevant to your graduate plans. If your college performance was not the best, you could show that the extra year has given you heightened academic enthusiasm and increased stability. Another good reason to wait a year or two is that you have not yet decided what to do. If you were originally unsure about graduate work, provide evidence that you now have a well-considered determination to continue in psychology.