Our Graduates: Career Profile
2003
Family Studies Major
Human Resource Management Minor
Additional Education : Currently pursuing MSW from Temple University (Harrisburg Campus)
Job Title : Family-Based, Family Therapist
Employer : Catholic Charities
Position Description : Family-Based Mental Health Services (FBMHS) is a comprehensive program that delivers services to children and their families in the home and community setting. Families in this program are at risk of having their emotionally disturbed child(ren) placed outside of their home. Intensive therapeutic interventions and supports are provided to families with the goal of strengthening family relationships, stabilizing the family unit, and thereby preventing placement of the child.
Salary Range : $28,000-$35,000
Previously Held Positions : Assistant to the Director of Development, Messiah College; Residential Counselor, Boys Hope Girls Hope; Volunteer Counselor, Boys Hope Girls Hope (Americorps National Volunteer Corps)
Courses Found Most Helpful : Child Development, and Adolescent Development
How the HDFS Program Has Helped Prepare Her for Work : “Family Studies was the perfect degree for my current career as a Family Therapist. Each day during the therapeutic sessions, I have a flashback to something I heard in class in my undergraduate. I kept all of my notes from the classes in my major and I have perused those notes for work and my graduate classes."
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