Essay On Becoming An Art Therapist

What made the final decision for the career you chose for yourself? Is it something you are passionate about doing? Was it the money? Well what if you could take an assessment test of your skills and see what career would be best for you? You don’t want to be stuck doing a job that you do not enjoy because you thought it paid well. After exploring two very different careers, it was interesting to see what I found. A Business Executive and an art therapist have very little in common.

From planning an enterprise's future to training and evaluating employees, Business Executives are highly noted for their ideas and huge contributions to a company's success. They have huge financial responsibilities in dealing with an organization's budget. By analyzing financial statements they can help increase productivity and efficiency inside the business. As part of the duties that come with being a powerful Business Executive, you get offered an ample amount of contracts, therefore you must know how to negotiate a contract to earn some profit in your favor. Companies are continuously looking for someone to contribute new ideas that could better their business by making them more successful.

Since there is a wide range of business skills

needed for this profession, a bachelor’s degree in business administration program with a specialization in management is needed at the minimum. If you can think under pressure, have excellent leadership skills, can work independently and understand the complexity of financial data, then you’re on the right path. Participating in an internship as well, can help gain some extra experience and obtain hands on learning that will be needed to be successful in the field. This career is highly prosperous with a hefty average annual salary of about $156,000. Though many factors can determine your pay, including education, experience, and the overall conditions in the market. It would be helpful to yourself if you were able to start off at an entry level position as a manager for about 5 years. There are so many companies and organizations out there, making this career for employment very large. Though not many new companies are coming around due to competition, this makes the 10 year growth of being a Business Executive, slower than average. The average annual openings are actually very high.
However, being a Business Executive is not too far off of what I would want to do. This is a very considerable career for me. Though, a bit more of schooling than I’d be prepared to do. I especially wouldn’t mind receiving that salary every year. Coming up with new ideas for a business wouldn’t be too difficult...until you run out of options. This would be a very hands on career and I believe I could make a superb Business Executive, with some education and experience.

In a world like today, we have more careers than we can count. Some are widely known, and others are a little bit more unfamiliar to us. One of those careers being an Art Therapist. By using visual art, they can help people of all ages with a variety of problems, including resolving issues, managing their feelings, reducing stress, and even improving self-esteem. Whether they’re one-on-one with you or in a group, they most likely will be working closely with other healthcare professionals. An Art Therapist can find employment in a similar setting where you’d find a more traditional therapist, such as a hospital, schools, detention centers and mental health centers. Though the majority of people who become Art Therapists typically end up working independently and opening their own private businesses.
Becoming an Art Therapist can be started by achieving a bachelor's degree in either counseling or psychology with an emphasis in art therapy.

Also, after completing the number of post-graduate training hours, you may then take the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB) certification exam. The employment rate for this career is rather small, though the 10 year growth rate is expected to be average, with the exception of a few openings annually. In this field, you can expect to make a humble salary of about 41,000; this is due to the unfamiliarity of the career and the lack of demand for it to exist. But, future demand may be particularly high in the mental health

field.
In any career where a person depends on you to help fix them or their problems, is not something I am too interested in. I do not want to be the reason that I could possibly further cause someone more trouble. Since it is not a well known career, I don’t feel that I would do as well with gaining clientele. As far as the salary goes, it would be nice if I could make some more. At first it would be nice trying to help people talk through their issues and try to figure out the problem, but it would eventually get old and I would just hear it as people complaining. I like to stay fairly away from drama so I don’t think I could listen to it all day. Also, I believe I would begin to get depressed myself, always dealing with negativity and people's sadness. Overall, I do not think this career would suit me very well.
Finally, after researching the two careers, it is very apparent they are very different from one another. As an Art Therapist, they don’t conform to the rules as opposed to being a Business Executive, where you may have a set list of rules to follow. It can be easy to find a job in business but it takes a lot of education and preparation, versus a job in therapy where you might not have as much education that is needed, but it may be harder to find a job opening. Your career choice obviously depends on what you want to do. The amount of pay you receive and the amount of education shouldn’t matter if it is something you are going to enjoy doing everyday.