Social Work Personal Statement

Social work, and more specifically therapy, is a field in which I have high interest and that I believe is incredibly important. Taking psychology classes and further learning about the field increased my interest in social work. Psychology goes into every aspect of a person’s life - relationships, communication, careers, and everywhere else as well. It is the reasoning behind why a person does everything he does. As a concept, I find this fascinating, and want to continue learning about it. Additionally, I found learning about mental disorders and how to treat them incredibly interesting. In my opinion, it is crucial to know how to help such people, and it increases my desire to pursue a career in this field. The fact that psychology is prevalent

I consider myself to be genuine, non-judgmental, and someone who listens well. Oftentimes, my friends and peers will come to me to discuss things that are on their mind. At times, it is to ask for advice, and at times, it is merely to listen to them speak about something that is bothering them so they can feel relieved of the burden of the matter. The qualities I possess, I believe, give me the potential to be a good therapist, and now my expectation of graduate social work education is to further my education and learn techniques and strategies for how to actualize my potential. For this reason, I am interested in attending the Silverman School of Social Work at Hunter college. Their mission truly speaks to me, and they can provide me with the quality education that I need. I especially connected to the line on the website “As part of CUNY, our goal is to provide social work education of the highest quality at the lowest possible cost.” I would love to gain this highest quality education to actualize the potential I believe I have for success in this field. Thus, I feel some of my personal qualities would help me achieve success as a

Along with three other women, I helped run a summer program for approximately fifty middle school girls. These children were coming from all different schools, and all had differing family and mental health situations. Working with these girls, I learned a decent amount about how family dynamics affect people, and about different conditions and how they play out in different children. For instance, one of the girls had lost her mother a few years prior to my meeting her. Her father remarried, and she had a step-mother and a step-brother, her own age. At twelve, this was all highly difficult for her, and often she would come in and tell us things about her situation. It seemed she wanted to become close to the counselors, and it appeared this was due to wanting to be close to women older than her, looking for a mother figure. There was another girl with significant behavioral problems. She would act out regularly, and often did things to provoke others in the group. We soon learned that her parents were divorced, and she spent much of her time going back and forth between her parents’ houses. She also explained to us that she had witnessed her father being arrested. From this, we came to the understanding that she was acting out as a result of her difficult situation at home. As well as family situations, there were