It was an incredible experience; I learned a lot and realized the difficulty of parents and caregivers have. Having a family structure and support is essential, but unfortunately not everyone has it and I felt the need to help families in this area.<\/p>\n
I went back to college to study human services and sociology. I was hired to be a Family Support Specialist with emphasis on child development. During those years providing support to families, I started studying mental health because the goal was to educate families to have a healthy family, to reduce domestic violence and especially child abuse. Parents and caregivers need to be in good physical and mental health in order to care for children efficiently.<\/p>\n
So I started to get more and more interested in the subject and nowadays I am a Mental Health Aide. My job is to guide families and my clients so that they can take care of their health and have an adequate quality of life.<\/p>\n
I'm not a psychologist as many people think, I don't diagnose, but I can guide my clients to seek professional help. My mission is to raise awareness and try to reduce prejudice against mental health.<\/p>\n
I learned a lot about positive psychology when I was studying a master's degree program in Psychology, and it was proven by several studies that gratitude has the power to positively impact people's lives. Practicing gratitude can help improve our mental health.<\/p>\n
Today I went back to work with human resources, but in a role linked to social work. I lost the fear of speaking in English even if I'm not 100% fluent and that was an achievement for me.<\/p>\n
I work with low-income people in upstate New York who are receiving government assistance and need to find a job.<\/p>\n
I take an initial assessment to find out which area clients need support, see what each one's goals are and connect with the resources that we have in the community.<\/p>\n
If a person is not in good mental health or is starving, the last thing the person will be able to keep is a job. So my focus is to provide all the support for clients to overcome difficulties and seek specialized help.<\/p>\n
We know that there are many stigmas and prejudices regarding mental health and with that many people are suffering in silence without professional help and correct treatment. Therefore, I had the initiative to share on my social networks the subject that I already work on a daily basis to raise awareness and try to gain an understanding of mental health conditions.<\/p>\n
The more people become aware, we will have less prejudice in the world and more people will seek mental health care.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sempre digo que eu fui escolhida pela minha profiss\u00e3o porque eu jamais pensei em trabalhar com que eu trabalho hoje. Eu sempre gostei de trabalhar em escrit\u00f3rio, e na \u00e1rea de Recursos Humanos tamb\u00e9m encontrei uma maneira de ajudar as pessoas a se qualificarem e arrumarem um bom emprego. 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