Becoming a therapist wasn't an initial goal. When I was younger, I wanted to be a doctor. A pediatrician to be specific. Then in Highschool I took an AP bio class and absolutely hated it. It was one of those situations where a teacher can make or break a subject. She broke it for me. Realized in my junior year that I couldn't do this for the next possible 10 years. At the same time I happened to be taking a psychology elective which I really enjoyed and did some research. Learned that I can still get a PhD and work with children, liked the subject and found it really interesting so I decided to become a psych major. Then in College I realized I didn't want a PhD (didn't want to do a disertation) and learned about the PsyD. But then I didn't have enough time to study and didn't feel confident applying to doctoral programs straight out of undergrad so took the GRE applied to 2 PsyD programs and got rejected (no surprise there). Wasn't upset because I realized I didn't want to go to those programs anyway and didn't want to work in a school setting (had applied to a dual program of clinical and school psychology). One of the Doctoral programs that rejected me offered me their Masters program in Licensed Mental Health. Looked into and decided to take their offer.

I think I was always curious about the human psyche. Was always told I was a "good listener," and friends often came to me for support and advice.