Becoming a Psychologist

As a child, I have always spent time with stuffed animals. While most children treated them as their best friends or even ‘students’, I treated mine in a different way. I would sit them down on the sofa and used them as my ‘patients’. Crazy, isn’t it? Even growing up, I was always the counselor to my other cousins. Whenever they argued with a friend or family member, they would turn to me to let all their thoughts out. Considering I was a very open minded child, they all confided in me. Eventually, the odds were not working in my favor and I was the one that needed help. I took advantage of the situation and took it as the opportunity to ask questions about the career I was always interested in. It is safe to say that that was the moment that my interest in the job arose.
As I took the interest profiler assessment, I began to doubt myself. I was unsure if this was the career that would fit me. When I finished, my three interest areas were social, artistic, and investigative. The top three occupations were ‘Middle School Teachers’, ‘Special Education Teachers’, and ‘Recreational Therapists”. I was overjoyed when I saw that a therapist was one of my top choices.
I believe being a therapist would certainly fit my personality. Although I can sometimes be very apprehensive when it comes to being social, I do believe that I can be gregarious when needed. While I do lack a bit of social skills, I certainly do not lack empathy. I feel that a therapist will work in my favor as long as I make an effort to become more convivial.
In order to find out more information about therapists, I needed sources. I thought to myself, “What better way to find out about a career than someone who works in the career himself?” At first I wanted to go a...

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... eyes were also opened when we saw the film, Inequality for All. Robert Reich spoke about how we were able to change the economy. I realized how many people did not see their own worth. I decided at that moment to take control of my life and actually do something because I know what I am capable of. I know now that I have to think ahead and plan everything out in order for everything to ‘fall into place’. William Ernest Henley wrote, “I am the master of my fate/ I am the captain of my soul”.

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