Short Term Goals Essay

My short-term goals are mostly preparation for my long-term goals. My first goal is to begin a master’s program for clinical mental health counseling. This is a goal I have been working towards for four years now. I want to get my master’s and become educated. Although beginning my program has been delayed by a year, I am still striving to accomplish this. My second short-term goal is to get an internship. My ideal internship would be located in a hospital setting working predominately with adolescents. In my undergraduate career I was exposed to a hospital clinic belonging to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. It exposed me to the nitty gritty of working in the profession. Not only that but it showed me how the counselors and doctors worked together to help the patients that passed through. I remember asking several of the counselors about their education and almost all of them had gone through a master’s program. I …show more content…
First and foremost I want to actually earn my master’s degree, and upon graduation I would like to begin working, maybe in a hospital clinic if my internship proves useful, or maybe even open my own practice. Eventually, I would like to go on and pursue a PhD in counseling. I love working with individuals and this level of degree would open so many doors for me. I am determined and I know one way or another I will reach my long-term goals even if the short-term goals have to change. On a personal level I want to experience other cultures and see how where I am and socioeconomic status interact with psychology. Going to college opened my eyes a lot about how different cultures view themselves and each other, I knew people from over seventy different countries (quite a feat for such a small school in rural North Carolina!), and many of them became my friends. What is the norm in one country can be taboo in another. It was fascinating to learn about them and their