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            Some things in life I find valuable\nand relevant to my career would be family, friendship, and happiness. I want to\nbe a therapist when I graduate from college. To aid me in my career it will be\nimportant for me to understand the values of family and friendships. My clients\nwill come to me with trauma, fear, family problems, broken hearts, and more. I\nhave to be unbiased and understand life from their point of view. I have to\nunderstand how their family works to help build them a support system. I also\nhave to promote social behaviors so that they may build healthy friendships\nwith people their own age. Happiness will also be an important factor when\nbecoming a therapist. I will have to leave all of my own problems at home so I\ncan focus on the child in front of me. I want to be able to help every child recover\nfrom their trauma so that they can live a healthy and happy life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

            One of the main things that has made\nme want to become a therapist was having my own therapist. Growing up I never\nknew what I wanted to be because it seemed like every job had a downside. Then\nI realized that being a therapist doesn\u2019t have any downsides that will create a\nguilty conscience. Having the childhood that I did, I never had anyone that I\ncould depend on. I came from a very broken home and my mom was terrible to me.\nAny decision she made was selfish and immature and it always hurt me in the\nend. I never had friends growing up because we always moved around so much.\nSchool was my only escape but even the schools I went to were awful. I was\nbullied by everybody, I had failing grades even in elementary school, and the\nteachers bullied me as well. It seemed like everywhere I went, I was never good\nenough. The best thing to happen to me was getting put in foster care. I finally\ngot the help and support I needed. I was able to recover from my own trauma. I\nchose to continue onto higher education because I don\u2019t want to be like my\nparents, or anyone in my family. I want to break so many cycles and build a\nfuture that my kids someday can be proud of. I want to be a therapist because I\nwant to change lives. I want to be that person that I never had. Children who\ncome from similar childhoods as I did need someone to provide them guidance. It\ntook a lot of work to make myself happy, and now I want to share my happiness with\nanyone I can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a picture of the Lion fountain on ODU campus.\nI chose this picture because I feel it best symbolizes my journey to get where\nI am. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Some things in life I find valuable and relevant to my career would be family, friendship, and happiness. I want to be a therapist when I graduate from college. To aid me in my career it will be important for me to understand the values of family and friendships. My clients will come to … <\/p>\n

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