College Admissions Essay: A Career As A Counselor

Becoming a licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor is not as easy as people may think. Every state has a different process to become a licenses counselor. This paper discusses the difference between prices, hours to even credits. I will be comparing the state of Florida and New York. There are certain process that are the same yet many different. As a student going to school for Clinical Mental Health Counseling you would think every state would be the same.

The choices we make early in life have an enormous impact on our future. I have always known that I wanted to directly impact people’s lives and my personal experiences have set me on the school-counseling path. In the future, I would love to influence another generation of students to soar for their dreams.

It was during my senior year of college that I decided I wanted to become a school counselor. Up until my senior year in college at Penn State I did not know where I wanted to take my career but I knew I wanted to work in a school setting and I knew that I wanted to work with kids. When it came time to choose an internship site for my last semester, I chose an alternative school called Buxmont Academy in Bethlehem where I would be shadowing two of their school counselors as well as engaging with the students themselves. I got to work with these children on a more personal level, gaining an understanding of their emotions, experiences, and difficulties, as most of these children came from broken homes, and drug and alcohol related settings. I am interested in becoming a school counselor because I want to help. When I become a counselor I want to make a difference in a child’s life whether that be by simply giving them support that they might not have in their lives or helping them make changes to better themselves and their futures. A counselor has such an important role in helping to shape young children and that is something that I want to be a part of.

I believe that I have many skills and experiences that will allow for me to be a great counselor. I have seen first hand, experienced first hand, and learned to deal with things first hand. I experience anxiety, but have learned how to cope and deal with it. It is not always easy when there are so many things that can be thrown at you through life. I have a lot of motivation, qualities, experiences, and goals that I can bring to counseling.

With basketball completely out of the equation, my quintessential career path would be to become some sort of counselor. Before jumping to conclusions assuming a counselor is someone who just sits back with a pen and notepad all day giving the occasional “how does that make you feel”, a lot of things need to be taken into consideration about how much time, and effort and strenuous work is required to pursue this career path. A counselor (depending on what field) is typically someone who uses therapeutic techniques to help patients strengthen existing qualities and skills used in everyday life. Ideally I would like to become a school counselor to begin coping with the minds of the youth, then hopefully move on from there. In order to do so

My career goals are to become at license professional counselor, license chemical dependency counselor and a certified crisis counselor who specializes in trauma and career counseling. The steps I will take to achieve my career goals are, finish my degree and pass the required exams required by the state of Texas. In addition, I have to take 3, 000 supervised hours for the state of Texas to be license as a professional counselor. Since, I already have my LCDC-I, I just need 4,000 supervised hours to complete my chemical dependency counselor license. My personal growth is; I would like to growth as a professional counselor. I want to be able to be knowledgeable in the different approaches that I uses doing my practice. I believe the best way

In the peer-reviewed article Successful Transition of Students with Disabilities to 21st-Century College and Careers, the authors start by discussing the cases of a high school special education teacher named Ms. Hitchcock. At Ms. Hitchcock high school, they have been working on new ways to help their students transition from high school to adult activities such as post-secondary schooling, independent living, and maintain a job. A new transition process has shown to cover a broad range of skills that are more non-academic than academic, something that many students struggle with. With this new system of nonacademic skills, Ms. Hitchcock has noticed that two of her students, Damien and Jasmine, would benefit from these new findings (Gothberg,

Witnessing social injustices, homelessness, child abuse, discrimination among those disabled has made me empathetic to others and has motivated me in wanting to create social change. While working at Borough of Manhattan Community College[BMCC] Admissions office, I have been able to see the many factors that make it difficult for many to make it through college among them lack of resources, social challenges. Lack of effective communication between students, teachers and school also contributes to the difficulties I see student face the majority of time. Students who have a disability are restricted, placed in awkward situations due to insufficient accessibility within schools. Ignorance, lack of awareness, discrimination within students, staff members makes it problematic for these students to seek help resulting in alienation. Having the opportunity to work with students daily, helping them transition from high school to college, advising them, becoming aware of daily issues have resulted in my desire to serve students and families.

I am a student in the Mental Health Counselor Program an my assignment is to interview a licensed counselor. Therefore, I am asking to interview you person. I will email you the questions prior to the interview so nothing would be a surprise. It would be a honor to get your views of being a professional counselor. I would need your answer as soon as possible.

I first became interested in science when my mother became diagnosed with diabetes after giving birth to my brother. She was left handicapped for a while, I remember her swollen feet, red eyes, and general fatigue. I remember her Metformin, glucose monitors, and insulin injections. However, I mostly remember the shifting of day to night while walking through my neighborhood looking for work. I come from a family of immigrants, despite my dad having a degree in electrical engineering, he struggled for work due to his legal status. Money has always been tight and with my mom’s illness it became even tighter. It was up to me to take care of my younger brother and contribute anyway I could.

As a school counselor, I must be a passionate advocate for the students I work with in terms of promoting cultural social justice, assist my students in developing cultural self-awareness, and promote wellness and growth of my students. I believe that these components of being a school counselor are the most important aspects of the position, and I will gladly accept these roles. I will work with students who are being marginalized in seeing their self-worth by helping them see how they matter, and I will do this by coordinating with others in establishing programs in which diverse students work to assist society. These programs will include cleaning up the area surrounding the school, working in homeless shelters, and giving the students a

In reflection of the past eight week I have grown as educators and as a student. I have learned that teaching involves effective planning, instructional support and skilled teaching. I believe as an educator, you must be dedicated and willingly to think outside of the box. As a professional in any career I decide there will

A wise man once said that high achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. Since the beginning of my long, abundant, wholesome career as a student, I think I can honestly say that I had never anxiously awaited a course. While that may be surprising, I had never actually sat down and thought to myself, "Hmm I really wish I was doing school right now." However, that all changed once I applied to Point. To put it simply, I have very high expectations for this class. I believe I will not only benefit and learn from this course, but that I will thrive in it. I honestly think that the combination of companionship, skillful teaching, and excellent course material will make me come out of this not only more skilled in English,

My story of why I am pursuing my dream of becoming a school counselor begins when my family immigrated to the United States in the late 1970s, as Hmong refugees after the secret war against the Pathet Lao. My family originally settled down in San Diego, California for several years before they decided to moved to Fresno, California for more resources and to live closer to their relatives. When my parents came to Fresno, they were receiving welfare and attending adult school. My mom was a stayed at home mom while my dad worked at Wow Wow Supermarket until he injured his back. During this critical time, my dad noticed that my relatives were making more money working in the fields than going to school. Which resulted in both of my parents dropping

It is with great enthusiasm that I apply to the College Counseling/Student Services Master’s Program at CSUN. My career goal is to make a difference in the life of all students, but I am especially eager to guide first-generation college students through education. Ideally, I want to pursue a career as a College Counselor or Academic Advisor to be a source of support for students and their educational development. I hope to interact with a diverse range of students. I firmly believe students who have mentors and a support system are more likely to attain academic success, despite circumstantial disadvantages. This was true for me. I came into UCSB as a first generation, low income student with limited resources. I did not receive much financial, intellectual, or emotional support from my parents throughout my educational journey.  This was merely by our lifestyle circumstance, not by choice. My parents immigrated to the United States for a better life. Both crossed without an education beyond middle school. Thus, assisting me with homework and applications was nearly impossible for them. This made my school experience more challenging, but I valued each of my accomplishments twice as much. Nothing was handed to me so I had to seek out additional resources. I resorted to other sources of support, such as my college counselor and my Upward Bound mentors after graduating high school. As an academic counselor, I would serve as a resource to encourage all students to grow and