Becoming An American Healer Summary

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Dr. Marc Parnes tells his story about becoming a healer. He tells us a great deal about being a physician healer. Write a few sentences about your own story/trek to be a healer, perhaps....(for instance)....how you decided it, what told you to go that direction, how it feels at this moment for you, or what you know about yourself as a healer? I came into Ohio State undecided. However, I knew that I wanted a job that allow me to help people. At the time, I did know that I what I really wanted was to be healer. When I first got to observe an occupational therapist, I knew that it was a career for me because it allows me to work on both physical and psychological needs to a patient. I am starting OT school this summer, and I could not be more

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