When asked why I want to become a counselor‚ or specifically a trauma counselor‚ I always focus on my upbringing. I come from nothing; my family struggled to pay bills month after month and often unable to pay them‚ stress began to build in my household which led to high levels of trauma exposure. As I was growing up‚ I saw addiction swallow my family whole. As my mother’s alcoholism took over our family‚ my father started experimenting with drugs‚ which in turn‚ made him violent. The abuse started
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I have been shaped by many experiences and accomplishments throughout my life‚ but one in particular has done the most to define who I am today. When I was thirteen‚ I spent four weeks at an overnight camp in western Massachusetts. It was the second overnight camp I had gone to‚ and the only camp where I found a supportive community which fostered my social growth. The friends that I made and counselors I had at this camp encouraged me to take risks in several ways‚ and my love for the camp led to
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Genetic Counselor; one who determines health risks for hereditary diseases and disorders in patients; is a career I wish to pursue due to salary‚ benefits‚ and the ability to help others. When asked to research a future occupation‚ I immediately knew I wanted to go into a STEM field‚ or Science‚ Technology‚ Engineering‚ and Mathematics. As I continued to research‚ and after many future occupation quizzes‚ I came across Genetic Counseling. When I first saw this‚ I was a little confused because I did not
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Science Office: E-mail: My Qualifications I received a BA degree in Psychology from Lehman College University at NY in May 2003. I then received a Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology from Capella University in May 2012. I currently am applying for the License Professional Counselor Associate. The Counseling Process People come to counseling because they want something to be different in their lives. They may want to change their personal or family situation‚ solve a
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cannot do.” As a young determined student‚ I have the desire to reach my goals. My short term goal is to get accepted in an institution. I plan to do this by building a successful academic record through getting high grades and getting all required credits to graduate high school. For my longterm goal is to become a Veterinarian. In order to become a Veterinarian‚ I will have to take prerequisite courses required by a Veterinary School. In addition‚ I will also work hard to make my application
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NHS selection committee‚ I would love to join NHS this year. I am interested in trying to help the community more‚ and NHS is the way to get involved. Every part of the four pillars‚ scholarship‚ service‚ leadership‚ and character is important to me. I want to be involved in everything that the NHS does‚ and help our club to grow bigger and better. Scholarship‚ service‚ leadership‚ and character is what I could not only discover within myself‚ but also help others within and outside of the club
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Cordon Whaley January 18‚ 2013 Why do I want to teach? I always wanted to become a teacher. The main reason for this is that I want to do something to help the community‚ and give back some of the privileges that I enjoyed. Some of these privileges included a great education‚ and caring teachers. Everyone has gotten to where they are in life because they had a teacher. By definition‚ a teacher is someone who gives instruction and communicates skills. The lives most impacted by teachers are
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When I am asked why I want to become an Audiologist‚ I tell people that my personal experience has motivated me. Although this is the case for most students who choose to study Communication Sciences and Disorders‚ I believe that my story is a little unique. At sixteen years old‚ I was diagnosed with a bilateral moderate hearing loss and was instructed by my Audiologist to wear hearing aids in both ears--especially at school. This was an extreme shock to me as I had lived my life thus far without
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we grow up our views on what we dream of becoming after high school change. Some plan to go to college while some others don’t; some plan on starting a business or go on to start a family. That’s not how I want to do things‚ I do plan on going to college after high school. Although‚ I plan to go into a course of a more challenging approach. A degree I can be motivated to work hard and strive for. I plan on going into Anesthesiology. I plan on becoming an Anesthesiologist‚ unlike most people. There
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My motivation to become a mental health counselor comes from my personal background and experiences that I have gone through. Growing up in a country with no mental health counseling and if it was available‚ no one used it or knew it was easily accessible. The only time I heard about counseling been provided was when a person wanted to check the HIV status. People used family members of close friends if they needed someone to talk to about their problems. Even that was not common because people
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