LYF Summer Internship

This summer I interned at the Love Yourself Foundation. My internship position is admin and wellness coordinator. This internship benefited my future career because I want to be a therapist in rehabilitation centers for addictions or eating disorders and LYF has taught me a lot about how to help people better themselves and love themselves. The admin role I had taught me a lot of useful things for my future career regarding teamwork, going to meetings, etc. This internship does tie to my major because I am a Psychology major. LYF is all about helping people love themselves and with my psychology major, I was able to learn a lot. I don't believe you need any previous educational requirements in order to be successful in this internship. I didn't know much at first regarding admin stuff, but I learned a lot and I had no previous admin experience. I am interested in a career similar to LYF in the future, as I do want to help people with mental health struggles. However, I am not very interested in an admin position again, because I want a career that is more focused on directly helping people through therapy. I did really enjoy being on the admin team because I learned a lot of new things, but I really want to be a therapist in the future. If someone wanted to pursue a career like this full-time, they would need to have a lot of admin training, they might not need a degree but it could help, and skills such as time management, networking, communication, teamwork, and problem-solving. A piece of advice that I have for incoming interns would be to find an internship that really catches your attention and a role that you would be passionate about. I think a good internship experience is when you are passionate about it, learn a lot of new things, and challenge yourself.