Future Family Therapist

Currently, I am pursuing a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with areas of study in Psychology and Criminal Justice. A Bachelor’s degree in these areas of study, can open the doors to many different career paths ranging from human services to research to counseling. Personally, I would like to seek a career that will allow me to have an impact on other people’s lives. For this reason, I choose to explore the career of a Foster Care Placement Specialist. To better understand the, job responsibilities, employment requirements and pros and cons of this career I decided to seek counsel from my friend, Rachel Zimmerman, a Family Services Specialist with the Virginia Department of Social Services.

Nursing, and everything that it entails, cannot be easily described in just one simple word or phrase. It goes beyond the meaning of a profession and the stereotypical definition of treating the ill. Nursing is the “protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations” (American Nurses Association, 2010, p. 1). Therefore, it is a career that requires dedication, passion, critical thinking, and knowledge. It demands commitment and an understanding of its core values and concepts, as well as the nurse’s own personal philosophy and principles.

Career Narrative: Psychiatrist When it comes to the work force, we have many choices of what we can do, but, it is up to us to figure out what we want to do for the rest of our lives. My career goal is to become an Adult Psychiatrist, I want to be an Adult Psychiatrist because I would like to help people who cannot help themselves. I believe I would be a good fit for this position because I feel I that I have quite a few of the characteristics necessary to help people who need it the most. I would work to get the patient back into the world and to be a fully-functioning member of society. I would likely work at a psychiatric hospital because the people there would need the help the most, due to either being forced to be there, or they are

As a first generation student to attend college from a family of seven, the journey to a higher education has been arduous and overwhelming. My family gives me all the encouragement I need and are very optimistic about pursuing a higher degree. Unlike myself, my parents did not have the opportunity to attend college. My parents were born and raised in a small town in Mexico where the highest level of education they received was fifth grade. I have worked since I was 14 years old to support my parents with bills, and also saving for college and my own vehicle.

Bilingual Licensed Psychiatric Technician, seeking to contribute my earned skills and knowledge. Graduated from West Hills College Psychiatric Technician Program. After graduating from Technical School I become pregnant with my daughter. I was blessed with the greatest opportunity to be able to stay home. Now that my daughter is two I feel is time for me to resume where I left off in my career.

I enjoy helping the people I care about. When they have problems, they always come to me. I started to watch a show that my mother watched. As I was watching, a woman was helping a man who was suicidal and had mental issues. I wondered if I could be as good of a counselor as she.

Hey Latonya, I enjoyed reading your post. Blended families are becoming more and more common. There are some blended families in my extended family. One of the problems I have seen is that the stepparent does not feel as if they have any authority to discipline their stepchildren.

Have you ever felt lonely? Do you remember the emotions and feelings associated with it? Awful and depressing! Wasn’t it?

Families are said to constitute realities in which most of one’s attributes are constructed, based on the family interactions, beliefs, values as well as the behaviours that are seen in the specific families one is brought up into (Archer & McCarthy, 2007). However, even though most of one’s personal characteristics may be heavily influenced by their families; people do have a sense of individuality that makes them unique from any other person in the family (Becvar & Becvar, 2013). Therefore, one may argue that it is these differences that may cause misunderstandings in families.

It is not a choice to have depression. We are not control of our own happiness because our moods can change by our surroundings and the thoughts in our heads. Some people are more easily affected by the actions of others and by their surroundings, but it does not mean that we are in total control of our own happiness and emotions. One of the most important sings of knowing that people are not in control of their own happiness is depression. Depression it is not a choice but a mental illness.

Why? I am interested in becoming a master-level social worker because I believe it is the next step for me. I hope to work with the early childhood population and their families. I have spent all of my professional career with this population and feel this is where I best stand. But I am ready to move from a teaching aspect into a more influential place where I am able to have a bigger impact on the children who need it most.