Statement Of Purpose: Marriage And Family Therapy

My future career goals consist of first, attaining a bachelor’s degree in Family and Consumer Sciences. Upon graduation with a bachelor’s degree, I plan to go back to school to obtain a master’s degree in either school counseling or marriage and family counseling. With a master’s degree under my belt I then want to pursue a career as a school guidance counselor or a marriage and family therapist.
This class has continually proven to be extremely beneficial on my journey to becoming a guidance counselor or marriage and family therapist. I have retained boundless information from the lectures, readings, and assignments.
One of the concepts I particularly enjoyed was the tree illustration to describe the main components of communication training. The three components are experiences (the roots), feelings (the trunk), and thoughts (the leaves) (Vaterlaus, 2015). As a counselor or therapist, I will be in a very social environment. This graphic will serve as a valuable tool to effectively communicate with the students or clientele

The three models of therapy are cognitive behavioral therapy, solution focused therapy, and emotionally focused therapy (Vaterlaus, 2015). These are all interchangeable methods of approaching and handling different clientele and their situations. Cognitive behavioral therapy has a focus on challenging distorted thinking. Whereas solution focused therapy has a focus on what the person has already done to empower themselves. Lastly, emotionally focused therapy has a focus on identifying the deep underlying emotions and meeting those needs. Having an understanding of these three types of therapy will permit me to connect with the people I will be working with on a deeper level. In turn, this will also allow me to give them the appropriate advice or