Capella university marriage and family therapy

Counseling Education Unit Programs: Essay Instructions 1 School of Counseling and Human Services • Marriage and Family Therapy To be considered for admission into a Capella Counseling Education Unit program, you must submit all required application materials. Submitting your materials does not guarantee admissions. Program faculty will evaluate your materials and make the final decision on your admission Essay Personal Statement Essay Marriage and Family Therapy is one of many professions in the mental health field. If you explore the Association for the Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) website (www.aamft.org), you will find information and descriptions between MFT and other mental health professionals that are important. Your essay should reflect professional standards of clarity, tone, and grammar. Please include your name and the date you wrote the essay and include each essay question as a heading. 1. • • • Please describe how your understanding of marriage and family therapy aligns with your academic and career goals. Came from a bad marriage, always knew I wanted to help others out Decided to pursue this in my last year of college, took on psychology as a minor Want to help out those who don’t even know they need it 2. Describe some of the differences between marriage and family therapy and other clinical disciplines. 3. How have your personal or professional experiences prepared you for this degree and profession? • Worked at a doctor’s office, understand the medical field • Psychology opened the doors to many possibilities • Also opened my mind that there are tons of different family dynamics to research and observe 4. Please discuss your ability based on life experience to relate interpersonally to individuals from different cultural contexts. In your answer explore some areas in which you have room to grow and what strategies can you use to do that? • Coming from a Persian culture, divorce and therapy is very frowned upon • I want to help those who are in marriages that are not working to either decide that this is for them to work on, or to walk away from 5. Please add any information that you think will help the faculty in determine your fit for the MFT program (optional question).