[humanser] "Conversation starter" related to the field of Human Services

[Jonathan Franks]

Hello Corey.
Excellent question. A little about me, I am pursuing a creer in
becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I want my therapy modality
to be Trauma Focussed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I want to be able
to work with children between the ages of 10-13 that have been
affected by either physical, emotional or sexual abuse. This
adolescent age is right before high school where one tends to really
start finding their individuality. Trauma has been shown to severely
stunt an individual's own self-perception. I want them to be able to
retrain their thoughts to be of a positive self-image. A little
self-disclosure of myself is that I went through similar experiences
for nearly two decades of my life. I chose this path because I do not
want to see the future generations experience what I went through.
This type of therapy modality personally helped me so much and I know
that it will help others. I love helping people, I have always
considered myself a selfless person, I love performing community
service ( as I am also in the national community service division and
am starting a division in Texas) I fully believe in the values of
altruism, where you get back what you put in, when you combine that
with helping others, it improves overall mental health. .

Warm regards,

Jonathan Franks BSW
Secretary
National Federation of the Blind Human Services Division

On 4/14/17, Cory McMahon via HumanSer <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> All,
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>
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> What attracted you to the field of Human Services? I, personally,
> appreciate
> the opportunity to help people, particularly in the area of the improvement
> of lives of individuals with developmental disabilities. We're coming a
> long
> way in the integration of this population into the broader community, and
> I'm truly blessed to be part of the implementation of that change.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Cory McMahon
>
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