Why I Want To Be A Therapist

I feel as though I'll be a great candidate for my dream job as a psychiatrist or therapist because of my love for helping the people around me my volunteer work with the organization BuildOn and my job working for The Field Museum. I constantly find myself wondering why people do the things they do and what goes on in the mind of human beings. These reasons have truly impacted my life in a positive way and have influenced my decision to work in the health industry.
Since I was a kid I loved helping people around me and as I got older my passion for helping the people around me started to grow even more. My friends see me as a young mother figure to them because I always make sure that they are making the right decisions and even if they make mistakes I talk to them to see what led up to their choice and I make sure that they never make the same decision again. In my life I try to stay positive and what helps me is my favorite quote ”Everything happens for a reason”. This quote has gotten me through some hard times and when I feel as though something in my life is going …show more content…
The homeless people I’ve helped have always been grateful for BuildOn helping them with their struggles. In 2014 I was helping a beautiful soul who lived in the shelter named Leslie and she was telling me her story of how she became homeless. She explained that things got hard for her and her kids when she lost her job and she was unable to support herself and her children so the system ended up taking the kids from her and as she began to cry just talking about her past my heart ached for her and wished I could help her out. After listening to a story like Leslie’s I wanted always wanted to make a difference in someone’s life no matter how small the impact is I wanted to make sure that everyone can see me as someone who they can talk to and feel comfortable