Jason Boes
1999
HDFS Major
Additional Education: MEd. in counseling from Shippensburg University (2004)
Job Title: Therapist
Employer: Family Service Partners
Position Description: Jason’s job entails Individual & Family Therapy, Play Therapy, consultation with teachers/parents, connecting families to various community resources. Jason works for a community agency in a school based program with children in grades K-6 and has a caseload of children with whom he meets with on a weekly basis. He also does outpatient therapy for the agency.
Salary Range: $30,000+ depending on agency. Therapists in private practice have an opportunity to make more.
Previously Held Positions: Case Manager, Therapeutic Staff Support, and Mental Health Worker
Courses Found Most Helpful: Dynamics of Family Interactions, Strategies, Marriage and Family Relationships, Intro to Family Therapy, Adolescent Development, Child Development and Social Psychology (excellent course that ties in well with the systemic nature of HDFS)
How HDFS Program Helped to Prepare him: HDFS provided a foundation of practical knowledge regarding how to successfully work with individuals and families. The information I learned in the program is the same information that I am able to pass along to the families I work with to help them function in more healthy ways. The communication and critical thinking skills I learned at Messiah made me feel well prepared for graduate studies and the working world. In my experience, Messiah graduates are consistently more knowledgeable and professional than students who attended other universities.
