COMMUNITY COUNSELING



Argosy University, Masters in Community Counseling

Community Counseling: Personal Statement

I am currently attending Argosy University's Master of Arts (M.A.) in Forensic Psychology since fall of 2009, a total of 12 credits and a GPA of 3.75. This particular field of psychology examines the aspects of human behavior that is directly related to our legal system that entails both civil and criminal laws. One of the reasons that interest me in this course made me understand the “rights” of individuals, even criminals that are either in prison or about ready to be adjudicated.

Having attended classes with Argosy under the Forensic Psychology program, gave me a different level of perspective how human behavior that could be due to mental illness, mental and psychological disorder may cause a crime that intertwine with our legal system. With a deeper understanding about human behavior re-confirmed even more my interest in Community Counseling Program instead. An individual's medical state along with their personality's dynamic may affect their emotional state and behavior.

My major interest in counseling career dates back to my High School years. Friends and classmates were drawn to me and entrusted me with their innermost concerns and issues challenging a typical teenager. Observing their actions, studying their backgrounds and situations that may have affected their behavior became a compel interest to me. Helping my friends and classmates resolved their issues were a feeling of fulfillment for me. That's when I decided to pursue a career in Counseling.

However, being the eldest in my family and owning couple of family businesses, my parents insisted that I will take Business Administration degree in spite of my personal conflicting interest. I complied with their wish. However, truth remained, as a result, this reflected in my poor performance in courses as part of the Business Administration program. . Before entering my Junior College, I expressed my future plans and interests in Behavioral Sciences program to my parents. They finally approved me switching my course to Behavioral Sciences. But low grades from my freshman and sophomore already affected my overall GPA. In order to graduate along with my classmates the same time, I took extra load more than our required credits per semester to catch with them. I took 21 to 24 credits per semester. I may have over loaded with school, but I was able maintain to do well in most of my Behavioral Science classes.

While in Junior ...