Explain your professional goals after you complete your doctoral degree.

Identify your reasons for pursuing a career as a psychology professional.
Explain your professional goals after you complete your doctoral degree.
Describe the type of clients you wish to work with in the future and your reasoning for why you are interested in working with this clientele.
Describe the types of clients you do not wish to work with in the future and your reasoning for why you are not interested in working with this clientele.
Consider if there are any counter-transference issues that you might experience as a psychology professional.
List the issues and how you would handle these issues if they emerge.
List the qualities you have that will make you an effective psychology professional.
Provide your reasoning for each quality.
Address your plan for how you will handle stress in order to reduce or prevent burnout in your career.
This assignment is worth 10 points of the total course grade.

Your Personal Reflection Paper must include the following and use the headings outlined below:

Introduction

Remember that introduction headers are not allowed; instead, you should provide a title header with the exact title of the paper found on the title page, centered, in title case, and in bold. Section headers are explained on the APA Style Elements page on the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center website.

Insert Directive #1 (use APA Level 1 section header)

Provide your response to the stated directive.

Insert Directive #2 (use APA Level 1 section header)

Provide your response to the stated directive.

Insert Directive #3 (use APA Level 1 section header)

Provide your response to the stated directive.

Insert Directive #4 (use APA Level 1 section header)

Provide your response to the stated directive.

Insert Directive #5 (use APA Level 1 section header)

Provide your response to the stated directive.

Insert Directive #6 (use APA Level 1 section header)

Provide your response to the stated directive.

Insert Directive #7 (use APA Level 1 section header)

Provide your response to the stated directive.

Conclusion (use APA Level 1 section header)

Conclude with at least two paragraphs presenting an overview of the paper, highlighting key points and summarizing your thoughts. Discuss how this assignment has helped you think more critically about your future in the field of psychology.

The Personal Reflection Paper

Must be at least three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word resource.
Must include a separate title pages with the following:
Title of paper in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
Student’s name
Name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Due date
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions and Writing a Thesis Statement, refer to the Writing Center resources.
Must use at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view Quick and Easy Library Research tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper guide.
Must include a separate references pages that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

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