Prelude Behavioral Services—430 Southgate Avenue, Iowa City, IA (April 2016-Present):
I currently work at Prelude Behavioral Services, a substance abuse and recovery center previously named Mecca. At Prelude, I am a Recovery Assistant in the inpatient unit and am the first person that our patients see. I assist them with their first stages of recovery and sobriety and am a constant presence on the inpatient unit. I lead and assist treatment groups based on approved curriculum and help out with small tasks around the facility depending on the schedule for the day. Although some days can vary, each day I help the clients prepare meals together, I take them for walks, I am constantly available should anyone need someone to talk too, I provide …show more content…
I have gone above and beyond the minimum requirements required for my major in order to find what area of psychology I want to become an expert in. Although I have found all aspects of psychology interesting, clinical psychology has grown to be my passion because it is concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental illnesses using a variety of specific therapeutic techniques and interventions. Assessments and diagnoses are something that I have always found to be particularly interesting and my goal is to be proficient in different assessments and have knowledge of different diagnoses. This will allow me to apply this knowledge to different interventions and therapies in counseling-based on the individual that I am working with. I am also interested in how genes and the environment effect and contribute to certain outcomes and prevalence of different mental …show more content…
Knowing that I had these diagnoses helped me realize that there was a reason that I was feeling the way that I was. Simply knowing what was wrong helped me come to terms with the fact that it was not my fault that I was having such a difficult time. As I have accumulated more knowledge from my psychology classes, my perspective has changed and psychology has grown to be an essential part of my happiness. Learning different coping strategies and ways of thinking from various therapeutic techniques from my clinical psychology classes has helped me realize not only how to help myself but also how to apply this knowledge in real world
I currently work at Prelude Behavioral Services, a substance abuse and recovery center previously named Mecca. At Prelude, I am a Recovery Assistant in the inpatient unit and am the first person that our patients see. I assist them with their first stages of recovery and sobriety and am a constant presence on the inpatient unit. I lead and assist treatment groups based on approved curriculum and help out with small tasks around the facility depending on the schedule for the day. Although some days can vary, each day I help the clients prepare meals together, I take them for walks, I am constantly available should anyone need someone to talk too, I provide …show more content…
I have gone above and beyond the minimum requirements required for my major in order to find what area of psychology I want to become an expert in. Although I have found all aspects of psychology interesting, clinical psychology has grown to be my passion because it is concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental illnesses using a variety of specific therapeutic techniques and interventions. Assessments and diagnoses are something that I have always found to be particularly interesting and my goal is to be proficient in different assessments and have knowledge of different diagnoses. This will allow me to apply this knowledge to different interventions and therapies in counseling-based on the individual that I am working with. I am also interested in how genes and the environment effect and contribute to certain outcomes and prevalence of different mental …show more content…
Knowing that I had these diagnoses helped me realize that there was a reason that I was feeling the way that I was. Simply knowing what was wrong helped me come to terms with the fact that it was not my fault that I was having such a difficult time. As I have accumulated more knowledge from my psychology classes, my perspective has changed and psychology has grown to be an essential part of my happiness. Learning different coping strategies and ways of thinking from various therapeutic techniques from my clinical psychology classes has helped me realize not only how to help myself but also how to apply this knowledge in real world