These are the skills and competencies I have learned through my studies at Walden University. Kaslow, Grus, Campbell, & Fouad, et al. (2009) stated professionalism comes from my respect for those who need help. Integrity can be built with confidence in the therapist. Attitudes are charitable, polite, caring emotions toward others that fuel my motivation toward helping. This concern welfare of others comes from my religious and personal experiences as a child and young adult.
Furthermore, legal responsibility is willing to accept fault, knowing when to ask questions of a supervisor to more clearly meet the needs of the client. Kaslow, Grus, Campbell, & Fouad, et al., 2009). Moreover, this insightful implementation is the ability to evaluate and implement the soundest therapy for the client. My career identity has not been perfected in a skilled setting which would be a practicum or internship. The career character that has been built was by collaboration with colleagues at my first residency.
Kaslow, Grus, Campbell, & Fouad, et al. (2009) thought that character – evaluation is self-examination of personal and ethical issues that need to be focused upon. Self-care is taking care of your mental and physical health by regular health screenings. Also, psychotherapy is not just for clients; it is not shameful to admit that you need help. A therapist must be psychologically stable.
Inasmuch, analytic mastery is achieved in Qualitative and Quantitative Methods as part of a rigorous curriculum at Walden University. This scientific mindedness is key, recognizing life as an opportunity for an experiment (Kaslow, Grus, Campbell, & Fouad, et al., 2009). Scientific principles I learned in Research Methods and foundation classes in Applie...
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...ng of family finances. I will work on my marriage and spend quality time with my spouse. I will accept my mistakes and learn from them. I will push myself to start my nonfiction book on Fibromyalgia Best Treatments. I will follow-up with my job prospects. I will spend more time writing and learn how to revise with excellence. My ultimate goal is that I will gain employment in a temperate climate.
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Professionalism is an adherence to a set of values comprising both a formally agreed-upon code of conduct and the informal expectations of colleagues, clients and society. The key values include acting in a patient's interest, responsiveness to the health needs of society, maintaining the highest standards of excellence in the practice of medicine and in the generation and dissemination of knowledge. In addition to medical knowledge and skills, medical professionals should present psychosocial and humanistic qualities such as caring, empathy, humility and compassion, as well as social responsibility and sensitivity to people's culture and beliefs. All these qualities are expected of members of highly trained professions.
We also utilize a program called Project Read. It provides literacy curriculum for grades K-12 and focuses on phonics, reading comprehension and writing. We have a few teachers on staff that have been trained to help incorporate Project Read into all of the classrooms. It utilizes lessons that are based on direct concept teaching, higher level thinking skills and can also be adapted for the SDC classes, as it can incorporate multisensory strategies. This curriculum is supposed to make an improvement on RTI scores, but we don’t have data that shows Project Read results separated from Read 180 results, so the improvement gap and growth we have experienced could be from either program or both combined.
I do agree with the quiz results. I plan on continuing my education and going to law school to become a criminal defense attorney. My older brother is an oil and gas attorney, my younger sister is a will and trusts attorney and my husband is a criminal defense attorney. I can’t be left out. I originally wanted to be on the criminal investigation end of law enforcement because I have an eye for detail and love solving cases. My major took a complete turn from Child and Family Development to
Counseling psychology is one of the most interesting career choices in the field of psychology. However, this career fits my personality in several aspects. A person in counseling psychology will generally use personality tests, interviews, case histories, and observation methods to evaluate a patients' problems, needs, and goals. Counseling psychologists will evaluate data and, create an action plan or treatment plan to counsel the patient with. The goal in this career is to help each patient work toward developing and adjusting social, educational, personal, and vocational skills. I’ve always had an interest in listening to people. Throughout my adult years, people of
During my service this semester I used CHES competencies: 6.1.4 (Adapt Information for consumer), 7.1.3 (Tailor messages for intended audience), 7.1.7 (Deliver messages using media and communication strategies). I was able to practice using CHES sub-competency 6.1.4 while tabling and volunteering for D.A.R.T.S. because I had to understand how to change the information I was given to connect with the intended audience. The intended audience for tabling was college level student, and for D.A.R.T.S it was seventh graders. By knowing the intended audience, I was able to simplify the information that needed to be passed on to the audience, so that it would make more sense and make more of an impact onto that person. CHES sub-competency 7.1.3 was
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I am proud of my attention to detail and organizational skills and because of my experiences with employers, I have been able to develop and sharpen the skills of what a successful Psychologist in Human services role is. These includes but not limited to listening skills, social and communication skills, boundary setting and critical thinking. I love working with a wide variety of people and am a
Yates, P, Evans, A, Moore, A, Heartfield, M, Gibson, T, & Luxford, K, 2007, ‘Competency
... properly interact and communicate well with their clients, they need to be emotionally intelligent, self aware, create a therapeutic relationship and develop reflective practices. All of the above contributes to an individual’s health and so it’s very important that we are able to control our emotions, correct and learn from our mistakes, examine and balance our life and create a therapeutic environment so that our clients feel comfortable, safe and trust us enough to live their life in our hands.
The concept of non-maleficence extends from the principle of beneficence, which is upheld by not inflicting intentional harm (e.g. torture, degrading or inhuman behaviour) on client and taking precautions to prevent unintentional harm by avoiding risky behaviours (ACA, A.4.a. Avoiding Harm). This can primarily be assured by maintaining competence and practising within boundaries of education, training and supervised experience. Intellectual competencies attained through study and research for instance, ensures proper conceptualizing of issues and planning of treatment, thereby preventing misdiagnosis. Emotional competencies also encompass another aspect wherein counsellor knows oneself, and is willing and skilful in objectively detecting influential elements in client’s issues and intrusion of personal bias and also able to contain emerging emotional issues in self through self-therapy without which therapeutic
Taking the techniques of counseling class was a great course that contributed to my evolution as a perspective therapist. Certain skills I already possess such as, great communication, being empathetic, and open to learning. However, throughout the class I learned different therapy policies such as confidentiality, attending skills, and self-awareness. Having knowledge of these basic practices and skills has contributed to me becoming well rounded, self- aware, and a competent perspective counselor. I have made moderate progress towards the learning goals I established for myself in the beginning of the semester. During the beginning of the semester I anticipated learning different counseling approaches, becoming culturally competent, and learning how to be more confident. Throughout the course not much was mentioned about theoretical approaches and how to incorporate the framework into therapy. Nonetheless, the content that I learned allowed me to be more culturally competent, self-aware, and confident. To be culturally competent, it is essential to know basic background information about a client before assisting them. It is imperative to know basic information about a client such as age, sex, and nationality to determine how to assist the individual. Not knowing certain information may contribute to unethical work and a disservice to the
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The most significant strengths that I bring to the practicum based on the checklist provided in the textbook includes strengths from most of the competence areas including attitudes, motivation to learn, general work skills, social work skills, and knowledge. Most importantly I am committed to achieving social justice for each individual, family, group, and community that I serve. I am also epithetic, caring, and concerned for clients while being non-judgmental and respecting diversity among clients and communities. Not only am I open to new learning experiences, but I am excited to have the opportunity to participate
While working at Ability Plus, my primary responsibility was to track my client’s behavior and implement behavior modification strategies provided to me from the behavioral therapist. Although my job did not pay much money, I enjoyed working in the atmosphere and the population I served. Obtaining skills from my job, I realized that I enjoyed examining behavior and implementing behavior modification strategies. I begin to talk with a few of my supervisors about the field of behavioral analysis and research educational and certification requirements. It was at that time that I decided that all requirements were achievable within a proper time frame and began my journey to become a Board Certified Behavioral