As I am only 22 years old I don’t believe I have fully finished developing in my career yet – while I know I want to go into counseling, and I know there are certain aspects I really enjoy (crisis intervention and counseling, treatment planning, individual counseling, and working with the more severe mental health disorders) I don’t know exactly what I want to do once I graduate. I think that if I hadn’t had the bad experience in school counseling when I was younger I probably would have decided on this field earlier – I have always liked learning about psychology, especially abnormal psychology. I have always found it fascinating that a mind that is, according to evolutionary theory, geared towards survival will just as easily turn on itself and cause the self to hallucinate, have delusions, or wish to die. I have found it as equally fascinating that this is something that can be changed through making gradual changes in cognition and behavior as they influence, and are influenced by, a person’s environment and history. My interest in this field is very academic but I have also liked working with individuals one on one, and my interest has not diminished through the past four years of schooling on this subject. While I still enjoy music and the sciences, I do not think they are good career choices for me because I feel that I will do better in a field that involves more human interaction and is specifically meant to help people, as that is one of my core values.

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