I always knew that I had the innate ability to allow people to reveal their true selves to me. I always have had a strong empathetic approach in all my relationships. I always seem to find out things about people that no one else did. People would open up to me and trust me with the most intimate details of their lives. I see why my dear friend of mine felt that I belonged in the social work profession. Through the kind words of her guidance and the true application of my inherent abilities, I enrolled myself at Yuba College in the Spring of 2009. The very first semester I got straight A's in all my human services classes. This is all the proof that I needed to know that I found my new home and calling. During my time at Yuba College I interned at Crestwood which was a locked down facility that housed clients with co-occurring disorders. I found this work to very challenging and I enjoyed it very much. I just got accepted into the B.S.W at Humboldt State, and am working towards being a advocate for people with disabilities.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Pushing forward
Was it me that chose social work or did social work choose
me? It was during the time of my second incarceration that someone that had
taken an interest in me, contacted me. I was sent a catalog when I
was in county jail from Yuba College highlighting the human services degree. I
met this woman in a bereavement group at hospice in Lake County. Apparently,
through our interactions in our group she felt that I had helped her in more
ways than the paid facilitators of that group.
I always knew that I had the innate ability to allow people to reveal their true selves to me. I always have had a strong empathetic approach in all my relationships. I always seem to find out things about people that no one else did. People would open up to me and trust me with the most intimate details of their lives. I see why my dear friend of mine felt that I belonged in the social work profession. Through the kind words of her guidance and the true application of my inherent abilities, I enrolled myself at Yuba College in the Spring of 2009. The very first semester I got straight A's in all my human services classes. This is all the proof that I needed to know that I found my new home and calling. During my time at Yuba College I interned at Crestwood which was a locked down facility that housed clients with co-occurring disorders. I found this work to very challenging and I enjoyed it very much. I just got accepted into the B.S.W at Humboldt State, and am working towards being a advocate for people with disabilities.
I always knew that I had the innate ability to allow people to reveal their true selves to me. I always have had a strong empathetic approach in all my relationships. I always seem to find out things about people that no one else did. People would open up to me and trust me with the most intimate details of their lives. I see why my dear friend of mine felt that I belonged in the social work profession. Through the kind words of her guidance and the true application of my inherent abilities, I enrolled myself at Yuba College in the Spring of 2009. The very first semester I got straight A's in all my human services classes. This is all the proof that I needed to know that I found my new home and calling. During my time at Yuba College I interned at Crestwood which was a locked down facility that housed clients with co-occurring disorders. I found this work to very challenging and I enjoyed it very much. I just got accepted into the B.S.W at Humboldt State, and am working towards being a advocate for people with disabilities.
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This is great Sam,
ReplyDeleteI think your right... Social Work found many of us. I always encourage people to think about what it was about that experience that helped the other person. This is something to nurture and hold onto in yourself!