After the unexpected death of my husband in 2020, I lost my passion for life. It was hard to continue to provide strength and guidance to his two children, stability and perspective to my clients, or for me to feel like I had anything to offer when I was hurting so much. It was in the depths of grief and despair that someone suggested that I could take the experience of loss and the resilience I found for myself and use that to help others. Betterhelp offered me a way to connect with people that were going through difficult times, struggling with loss, or who just needed a compassionate ear to hear them. By widening my community of clients, I was afforded not only the opportunity to connect with unique and inspiring individuals, but it also allowed me to continue to heal myself. I met people from all walks of life, people who were different from me and eager to share their stories, and through our time together, we have created deep and impactful therapeutic spaces to lift each other up and help each other through tough days. Without Betterhelp, we may have not ever connected or come into each others' lives, and my life would be less rich without them. I have been able to help the struggling artist who lost her brother, the married couple who were empty nesters and found their way back to each other in therapy, the new mother who struggled with the anxiety of a first time pregnancy, the young woman recovering from the trauma of religious abuse, and the young man who is learning who he is and how to share that person authentically with the world. Each of their stories and healing journeys has done more to fill and renew this therapist's heart than any medicine. I was ultimately encouraged through my experience of loss and learning to live again to complete my PhD in Psychology with an emphasis in Victimology, to continue to serve my community by helping those who find themselves in recovery after a traumatic event. I work closely with the local court systems to offer services to those who are unable to afford them and donate my time and expertise to help fill the gap in services until long term help can be established. Being gifted a scholarship would directly impact the amount of time I continue to give these individuals and allow me to connect with additional community resources to expand my reach. There are not many clinicians with my credentials in my corner of rural Georgia and so to offer my services to the benefit of my community is a privilege and responsibility I take to heart. However, as a single income household now, I have a responsibility to my family to care for them as well. Working part time for Betterhelp, in addition to my full time job, has allowed me to take care of my family in a way I know would make my husband proud. Helping those in my community that need it allows me to honor his memory as a humanitarian.