Mental Health Counseling Personal Statement

Fortunately Wal-Mart offered me a part-time job working as a deli associate. Working in the deli allowed me to interact with customers, though at times some customers were not pleasant. Theses interactions strengthen my customer service skills. Later I decided to take a position closer to home as a bakery associate. This move proved to be a blessing. Fortunately a few months after I moved to bakery, a cashier position opened in the pharmacy. I was blessed to be offered the position. Determined, I worked hard and quickly was moved into the position as a pharmacy technician. Through hard work and determination, I now hold the position as our pharmacy’s lead technician. I enjoy leading my team daily in quality patient care. Each patient, whether compliant or not, encourages me to further my career in pharmacy. Through my experience as a pharmacy technician, a pharmacists not only educates patients on their medication, they also befriend the lonely widow, the cancer patient, the elderly, and more. The pharmacist’s smile brightens the day of the patient whom just received unwanted results at the doctor’s office. The opportunity to change the lives of others inspired me to pursue a Doctor of Pharmacy

I am applying to your master’s program in clinical mental health counseling for the fall of 2016. After earning my master degree in Human Counseling Health and Wellness from Liberty University, I worked two years at a social service agency. I have wanted to be a counselor since I enter into social service field. As a case manager, I help individual that was diagnosed with depression, bipolar, and high anxiety. For example, I had a client on my case load that I help her face her fears with crowds. My client was very afraid to go to college due to the high population. I used several strategies to help her cope with anxiety. I took my client to a community college in which the class size was smaller. After taking her to a community college,

I believe I am a Excellent candidate for the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program based on my work ethic and determinism. I successfully maintained a full-time job throughout my college studies including management roles which were demanding at times. Although this prolonged my graduation I never gave up.

As a mental health counselor in training, I look forward to continuing the process of being aware of my own beliefs and biases. I also recognize that I am human and anticipate some life issues presented by clients will present challenges that I encounter.

In my current profession, as a Targeted Case Manager for the Mental Health Center, I work with a number of human services programs. Such as, Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, SSDI, TANF, WIC, HRDC, LIEAP, Housing Authority, OPA, Family Service, Salvation Army, Harvest Church and Chase Hawks. I am responsible for assisting, advocating and linking my clients to resources that enhance and stabilize their lifestyle. I assist my clients with paperwork, advocating with community agencies, applying for resources, maintaining their current benefits, and assisting in obtaining Social Security. Whether, that be the initial application, subsequent paperwork, attending the clients hearing, and/or linking them with a lawyer to assist in the appeals process.

During my sophomore year, I decided to sign up for the class "Intro the Counseling Psych." Little did I know this class was going to set me on a course that would change my high school career for the better. It has been two years since taking that class and I am now officially a high school student counselor. As a counselor, I have many opportunities to better my school community. One of such opportunities is taking part in putting together a high school camp. This camp is no ordinary camp though, this event is put on by the psych-social department and is meant to help students become comfortable with who they are. As a staffer, I spend three weeks prior to the camp, painting signs, preparing activities, and even finding costumes to get students

I am planning to complete a masters in counseling after I finish my undergraduate degree at Carlow University, so the exercise to research graduate schools was useful and timeous. I chose local schools as I have a family and will not be able to travel outside of Pittsburgh. Duquesne University’s graduate program is the first I looked into.

I have a Masters of Arts in counseling from Maryville University and bachelors of arts from Governors State University. Due to working with youth outreach programs, in mentoring capacities, within hospital and treatment setting, within residential settings, and within higher education I am trained to work with individual and couples of varying abilities. I also have extensive knowledge and sensitivity in working with people with trauma survivors, anxiety and depression, adolescents and families, sexual and gender minorities (BDSM and LGBTQ), and monogamous and polyamorous couples. I have experience working with clients in art therapy, DBT therapy, and in groups.

I have always known that I wanted to help people and this the reason I choose Mental Health Counseling as my major. After the classes I have taken at Long Island University (LIU), I have come to the realization that my passion lies in working with families. This is the reason I would like to change my major to Marriage and Family Therapy.

I am Miranda Hudson and I wish to pursue a Master’s Degree in School Counseling at Carson Newman University. For a long time I have felt the pull to work with children from various backgrounds and in different settings, and my main goal is to work with children in a counseling setting due to the fact children are so moldable, and it is so important to for them to have a trusted adult that they can express their emotions and work through various stages of life with them. Why I am specifically interested in serving as a counselor in a school setting is because many children need counseling however, not every child has an adult willing to take them to counseling in a community mental health center. But in the schools children have excess to someone who

Growing up with a mother who was a mental health counselor, the field of psychology was always around me. I have always loved this subject, and have taken every opportunity to read new theories, learn about new research methods, and take psychology classes. The brain has always intrigued me and when my stepfather suffered a stroke I realized that neuropsychology is the field I will work in.

One of the most interesting aspects of developing a mind for the mental health field is being able to evaluate, understand, and cope with the obstacles of daily living in a healthier way. Growing up, I was told that I was a happy child that did well in school and got along with others. As I got older, I was told that I was a moody teen that slacked in school and became distant from others. Starting college I was told that I was a miserable adult with no motivation for school and kept away from others. By the end of college, I was told that I was a bright young lady that would go far in life and was able to approach others. When I took a look back and broke down my life into smaller sections, I acquired the need to figure out what made my life the way it was then, and also how it changed to be what it is today. I learned that without evaluating the core of what was happening to me as a person, the people in my environment based my value on what they could only see on the surface. When that happened, I also began to base my value on the words that were told to me. I knew the life that I wanted for myself, but at the same time I did not know how to get there.

Heartbreak, sadness, depression; those are likely the first associations that go through the mind when people talk about mental health. I decided to pursue a career in psychiatry in India to combat these same reason, because my aunt had been dealing with depression for more than 30 years. She developed this depression after being unable to conceive a child, trying for years with several miscarriages. It still haunts her to this day, and even watching television can trigger flashbacks to that time. Seeing her like that made me want to pursue a career in psychiatry to help not only her, but people like her around the world dealing with the same type of problems. But when I entered the field, I learned that depression and negativity do not define the field. They are simply the beginning of a journey to happiness and acceptance, and these feelings are what drive my existence as a doctor. I refuse to let sadness overwhelm me, to let my patients suffer any longer than they must, and I strive everyday to bring a light to

"Counseling" didn’t exist in my childhood. Mental wellness is hardly a primary concern in Chinese society. People usually ignore its influence, school curricula avoid it, and most Chinese are ashamed to confess their psychological issues. When individuals are unwell they struggle with how to cope and where to seek advice. I was one of these despondent in China. When I fell ill in my teens, it was like being errant in a dark tunnel with no torch to enlighten and guide me out.

I am applying to the MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I am a good listener as well as an overall thinker. I normally have a knack for taking a problem, looking at it then figuring out the best way to solve it. My goal is to enter into a field that would enhance those skills as well as help others. I would like to assist others in working out their issues so that they can move on from any situation with a successful mindset. I do believe that others need help working through things that hinder or cause a disruption in their daily functions. I am a cancer survivor and when I was in the hospital I could not do a thing for myself. I was bedridden for a month. A social worker came in the door and sat with me to figure out the best way to help me. I then realized two things. The first one was that people sometimes need help to solve their problems and I needed a job that was not too physical. Help is not a bad thing to need especially if it is done in a way to help you better yourself. A human being needs someone to talk to or show them a way that they cannot see at the time.