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Integrative Counseling Statement

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Statement of Purpose Summer of 2015 at Cairn University changed my life forever. I took a course with Dr. Librizzi, Introduction to Integrative Counseling: that course spoke to my entire life. During that course I decided to become counseled. Since then, it has been a growing passion of mine. My reason for perusing graduate studies in this field is the growing passion I have for counseling. Growing up with a mentally ill mother wasn’t easy and caused me to harbor a lot of emotions, which I carried with me throughout my adult life. It was through counseling that I learned how to express with my feelings instead of suppressing them. Counseling has helped me become emotionally healthy. Majority of people I encounter are ignorant to the importance

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