My future job.

For the past four years I've been studying Psychology at the University of Chile, and although it's been an interesting journey I've always been involved with music and art, so I picture my future job a little different from what's expected. 

Throughout my years in university I've learned the importance of community when talking about mental health, so I would love to work with groups of people using art therapy and music therapy. I think treating people’s problems by letting them express their emotions freely, through other means that are not necessarily words, it’s a powerful tool. This type of therapy can be specially used in interventions with children, people with low levels of education and basically anyone who can’t connect with their emotions and trauma easily.

By using art as a medium of expression, you let the person explore their problems from a safe place. I would love to treat my patients from this approach, since creating art and/or music it’s something that a lot of people think it’s reserved for children or professional artists. Personally, I believe that anyone can make art, but also express and heal themselves through it.

I imagine my job would be filled with creativity, since I would have to design unique interventions based on the population I'll be working with. And this excites me, a lot. I think I will be working in the public health system, since lately community psychology has been a very popular approach in the treatment of consultants.