Four minutes with...Kate Didyk
Icebreaker Conversations with the Mental Health Counseling Class of 2015
The current students in Touro's Mental Health Counseling (MHC) program range in age, background, and lifestyle, but they all share a desire to become excellent mental health counselors. Our students have a commitment to community service and a passion for improving the lives of those around them. Take a few seconds to learn why Kate chose MHC.
Name: Kate Didyk
Hometown: Staten Island, New York
Why MHC? Many of the people I work with at my internship (at a psychiatric center) would fall through the cracks if they weren’t at the center. They have fallen through the cracks. They don’t have anyone, family or otherwise, to take care of them. We're the only ones.
Favorite class: Alcohol and Substance Abuse Assessment. We do a lot of role-play and motivational interviewing. We learn how, as counselors, we can try to increase the motivation that the client already has in order to help him or her make a decision.
Preferred population to work with: Geriatrics/psychiatric adults
