Psychiatry Personal Statement

Having pursued employment opportunities that allowed me to make a positive difference on the lives of the less fortunate, the Counselling Psychology course at University of East London is an obvious field that will allow me to continue these desires. Ultimately, this course allows me to change the lives of people and obtain my goals.The course prepares me for employment as a professional clinician, and grants me the ability to continue the promotion of well-being.

I have chosen to enter the field of Mental Health Counseling at this particular time in my life because I would like to learn the skills needed to help people with their life and mental health issues. While attending the University of Saint Joseph during my undergraduate years I took various courses that have led me to making my decision. The courses I took focused on business, biology, social work, and psychology. After graduation I decided to take a year off and gain work experience in customer service and health care. I wanted to experience working with the people in my community. I was hired as a pharmacy technician at a Walgreens in Vernon. Working as a pharmacy technician has been a very rewarding experience for me and I learned a lot about people and their unique needs. I also learned about patient care and how to be pacient and understanding under stressful situations.

My passion and determination to undertake study within the mental health sector dwells from the insight I have been privileged to gain in my current role as a link care coordinator, working with people who suffer from a range of ailments within the mental health spectrum; from learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, OCD, Autism to name but a few.

Thank you for the opportunity to apply to work as a research assistant at The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. Please accept this humble letter and accompanying application as an indication of my interest in applying to work as a research assistance-Psychiatry.

It is my strong desire to attend Fielding Graduate University APA (American Psychological Association) accredited doctoral program in clinical psychology. I have always been intrigued by the human mind for as long as I can remember, specifically the psychopathology of it. I truly enjoy conducting psychological research, learning about psychopathology and how to treat it. While conducting research and learning, it is important to remember that the purpose of psychology isn’t to predict a person’s thoughts, actions, and behaviors, but to understand them. There are dozens of events that occurred in my twenty-five years of life that led me to this meaningful choice of pursuing a doctorate. The two most significant events were when I was in the

I have always been thrilled by what goes around in people’s minds, but it was at the age of fifteen that I was first attracted to the field of psychology and particularly to clinical psychology. It was mainly because I read my favorite book When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin Yalom. This novel had a personal impact on me, as someone I know was dealing with depression, migraines, insecurities and suicidal tendencies same as happens so in the book’s characters.

My oldest aunt, Kristy, inspires me to go into medicine. When she was in medical school completing her cadaver labs she would bring me in as well. She taught me the processes of the human anatomy and the functions of organs. At ten years old, I knew I wanted to be just like her. I am interested in the field of psychiatry because some of the most influential people in my life has counselled me.

Entering into my psychiatry clerkship, I found myself consistently fascinated by the social, psychodynamic, and biological aspects of the field. I especially enjoyed learning about psychopharmacology and the biological basis of addiction. While developing my interviewing and assessment skills, I realized I had an affinity for listening to people’s stories and learning about their cultural backgrounds. In particular, I recall my interactions with a young deaf autistic patient who had been admitted to the psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt.

Over the last six years of my medical education, I realized Internal Medicine is the field that fulfills my professional expectations. I believe that reaching any success should be based on the balance between an extraordinary education, mentorship and practice. This combination explains why I visualized myself doing a Residency Program in the United States. Having experienced a few months in the American education system, I am confident I want to complete my residency training in the United States, the quality of education and the respectable standard of trained physicians are impressive and very noticeable. I wish to adopt this pathway as a tool to enrich my training with the highest standards of pedagogy.

When I started my educational journey, I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do, so like most college students I “shopped around” until I thought I found my niche. I originally started out in the Criminal Justice degree field and found that I did not necessarily find it interesting. I only took one online class before quitting. Six months later I eventually stumbled upon Massage Therapy. I knew absolutely nothing about the field, I hadn’t even had a massage before, but I fell in love with it and found that I had a natural talent for it and tested out of the hands-on portion very early into the program.

The way I practice and my compassion for seeing the growth of people when they are at their lowest to where they end up drives me to do to what I do. For, I have realized that it is not how you begin, but how you end. Belief in the recovery is the key and setting long-term attainable goals is the lock. Long-terms goals I wish to achieve in psychiatry are to reduce the number of acute and long-term psychiatric hospital re-admissions and increase the number of people with mental illness living in society at their most optimal and functional health. Another goal one want to influence is to reduce the rate of suicides and suicide attempts, decrease the number of people experiencing major depressive episodes, and make depression screenings the norm and routinely done in hospitals, schools, primary care physician offices, and at work.

My constant desire to know how people worked, why they worked that way and how to rectify illnesses people faced, has followed me throughout my maturity. A specific fascination of mine was how people could take medication and it would appear in a matter of time, be entirely fine. This led me to want to study the biology of disease and health, the chemistry of the manufacture of medicine, and the ability to describe and explain this knowledge. I believe this is essentially pharmacy.

My desires to excel in the field of psychiatry and to refine my clinical skills lead me to the impressive health care system of the United States. The up-to-date evidence based medical practice, there further developed and refined my diagnostic skills, patient approach and thought process regarding treatment. The academic facilities in US institutions are amongst the best in the world and so I decided to apply here. I am looking for a training program in Psychiatry which can enhance my qualities as a decisive thinker and teach me to use deductive reasoning close of evidence-based medicine. I will always welcome any opportunity that involves the advancement of the medical field.

After completing the pathway assignment, I gained knowledge and understanding on the types of pathway, my own interest, and the pathways that I choose to go into. I believe that a psychiatrist is the career that best represents my learning skills, my interest, my true colour and my personality. Therefore, I aim to go towards the university and the medical school route to enhance my education towards psychology. A psychiatrist works towards the psychology and health science fields.

The major that captured my interest is Psychology. I, personally, always had somewhat of an attraction towards the field and, although I’ve changed my academic objectives, and the direction in which I will go after I earn a Bachelor’s degree, I am completely compelled to the way, and variants, in which the human mind functions. For this same reason, I have decided to apply to Medical school so I can deepen my knowledge on the biological, and genetic aspects of the human mind, and body. Once a medical doctor I will submerge myself, once more, into a more detailed branch of medicine, Psychiatry. One thing I want to accomplish with such degree is to further understand the different variables playing a part in mental illnesses and