Psychology Career Goal

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As a career goal- I am interested in pursuing the Clinical Psychology field in where I am able to help recognize other people’s strengths and help them cope with their difficulties. I am also interested in exploring behavioral and mental characteristics of an individual along with assessing and treating different mental illnesses. My goal is to one day open my own practice, and effectively help others with their problems and being successful at it.
I have recently worked and interned at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy where I attended daily intake meetings with therapists, and created a statistical data analysis report for a grant proposal for over 600 patients, along with creating a random sampling of patient’s fee at intake

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