PsyD Spotlight

Ellie Jeffrey

Hometown: 尝颈惫辞苍颈补,听惭滨

Program: PsyD

Book(s) I would recommend: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Favorite Quote: 鈥淚 saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig was a brilliant professor, and another fig was Ee Gee, the amazing editor, and another fig was Europe and Africa and South America, and another fig was Constantin and Socrates and Attila and a pack of other lovers with queer names and offbeat professions, and another fig was an Olympic lady crew champion, and beyond and above these figs were many more figs I couldn’t quite make out. I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.鈥�

– Sylvia Plath

Fun Fact: I average reading around 70 books a year!

What is a cause you’re passionate about?

My passions lie in social justice initiatives, community outreach, and trauma-informed interventions.

Why did you choose to attend 海角乱伦?

I chose to attend 海角乱伦 because the emphasis on self-directed learning and personal growth, coupled with the faculty鈥檚 unwavering support, creates an ideal atmosphere for academic and personal development.

What do you plan to do with your degree?

With my degree, I aim to work with clients on identity development and repair, resilience, and empowerment from an intersectional and humanistic lens.

How did you first get interested in the mental health profession?

I initially became interested in the mental health profession when I was first introduced to the field in an AP Psychology class in high school.

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