vuanhquan92
Jan 20, 2013
Undergraduate / Psychological and Brain Science; Dartmouth Transfer - Academic Interest [2]
In my perception, the coming out from the wreckage does not determine strength. Being able to endure and coexist with the scars underneath ultimately determines the survival of a patient. Helping survivors to deal with the psychological aftermath intrigues me. At the Department of Psychological and Brain Science, I will able to receive guidance from the world's foremost psychologists and practitioners. Having sat in classes ranged from Health Psychology to Abnormal Psychology, I realize that my academic interest will be most fulfilled with through exchange and assistantship with top psychologists like Dr. Detzer. Moreover, I am planning to conduct research about the psychological after-effect of chemotherapy and social alienation upon cancer survivors, collecting data from Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and nearby hospitals. Furthermore, after reading extensively on the subject, I wish to further my knowledge of Positive Psychology and of how to conduct therapy in order to help survivors with post-traumatic disorder and depression to make the leap to normalcy. Leveraging what I would have learned from Dartmouth, I consider pursuing a career in Clinical Psychology and later on becoming a life coach so that one day cancer survivor like me can enjoy life at its fullest again.
In my perception, the coming out from the wreckage does not determine strength. Being able to endure and coexist with the scars underneath ultimately determines the survival of a patient. Helping survivors to deal with the psychological aftermath intrigues me. At the Department of Psychological and Brain Science, I will able to receive guidance from the world's foremost psychologists and practitioners. Having sat in classes ranged from Health Psychology to Abnormal Psychology, I realize that my academic interest will be most fulfilled with through exchange and assistantship with top psychologists like Dr. Detzer. Moreover, I am planning to conduct research about the psychological after-effect of chemotherapy and social alienation upon cancer survivors, collecting data from Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and nearby hospitals. Furthermore, after reading extensively on the subject, I wish to further my knowledge of Positive Psychology and of how to conduct therapy in order to help survivors with post-traumatic disorder and depression to make the leap to normalcy. Leveraging what I would have learned from Dartmouth, I consider pursuing a career in Clinical Psychology and later on becoming a life coach so that one day cancer survivor like me can enjoy life at its fullest again.
