Art Therapy Goals

Jeff Rich once said, “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” That is something I like to keep in mind every day. It reminds me to never get off track and to be consistent with my ambitions. Although I have many things I would like to achieve, whether it is short term or long term, I have one main goal. I took a course in Leadership last year that helped me realize how important having a goal is. On the first day of class, my teacher went around the room asking everyone where they saw themselves in 10 years. Most gave simple answers like “to have a job” or “to be happy.” Then my teacher asked how and what is going to get you to have a job or be happy. From that day on, my teacher constantly reiterated that if we want something to happen, we have to make it as specific as possible. We cannot just sit around and wait for it to come to us. We need to make a detailed goal and do everything we can to accomplish it. My goal is to become an art therapist within those next 10 years. To begin, I want to have a career in art therapy and help those in need. Through my own struggles, I have
In fact, that is why I chose to come to Marywood University. Art therapy is not a common major or career at all. Out of all the colleges I looked at, I only found five schools that had art therapy as an undergraduate program. This limited my choices of schools immensely, however, it helped me pick the right one. Out of the five schools I looked at, Marywood had a little bit of everything. Although I chose Marywood because it was close to home and so I could continue to play soccer, I picked it for other reasons too. Most importantly, it had my major, not only as an undergraduate degree, but a graduate degree as well. Secondly, it was small enough so I knew I would be getting any extra help I may need. Along with all of these things, I knew Marywood would also help me stay on track with