I have been at my site for about four weeks now and I have been able to see all my clients that were assigned to me. Currently I am getting more familiar with the system and have four clients, who I am seeing now (three are “telecounseling” and one is “in person”). I am also a part of a process group (one of my professional interests). I am hoping to keep my caseload to four for now and possibly pick up one more “in person” client later in the semester if needed. I am now getting into the routine of using the telecounseling system and starting to think about my treatment planning because I will have to create my treatment plans this week to present to my clients. At our site, we present the treatment plan between the third and fourth session. …show more content…
Overall, I believe that I have a great opportunity and training experience at this site. I feel comfortable asking more advanced students for quick tips about our site as needed and feel that if I do have any problems I have a support network at this clinic. I think that this site is teaching me more about how a clinic can run and how to stay professional in every situation that I may come across. At this site, we have many weekly staff/supervision meetings and I believe I am learning more about the counseling process every day because of these meetings. I am very excited for my continuing journey as a counselor in training, but I am also still somewhat nervous about what I may come across. I think this is a normal feeling of wanting to be able to be the best for my clients and myself. I believe that I am presenting as genuine and invested in helping my clients get to where they want to be. I am working on building our rapport and our therapeutic relationship currently. Obviously, this is the first and most important step to being able to effectively help clients. I also think that this process is getting easier for me the more that I do it. I am getting more comfortable and I am proud of myself for letting go of my own
Preparation of the preliminary treatment plan is a collaborative effort between the service provider and the client, mapping out the changes a client wishes to make and respecting the client's right to self-determination and informed consent.The client has no intention to change. Often this
As a student, I feel the area in which I need to attend to in building my competence is counselor- client relationship not so much from my perspective but from my client’s perspective. I believe it’s due to my demeanor, engagement, and interactions with the client which makes them view me more as a friends or family member than counselor. I continue to work on new strategies and changing the way I interact with my clients. While continuing through this graduate program I hope to develop different strategies and approaches to help me adjust and improve my counseling skills.
Ever since I started talking this class, English 1301, with Dr. Piercy, I have been able to expand my writing and thinking skills. Not only was I able to make more better essays but I also learned important topics such as how education creates an impact in the world. In this essay I will be talking about three writings and how they are related to this course semester. The three writings are “On Bullshit” by Harry Frankfurt, “Why I Write Bad” by Milo Beckman,and “Statement of Teaching Philosophy” by Stephen Booth. How are these 3 writings related to this semester’s course work?
I know as I further my education in the counseling field my philosophy of counseling will change. For myself, I feel that I am still young and learning about myself and my surroundings. In my eyes to be suitable to help others I need to continue to grow as a person myself both professionally and mentally. I want to be able to move forward and develop new distinctions and aspects to my philosophy of counseling as time goes on. I hope to continue my growth in understanding of what it means to be a good therapist or counselor by using good theories and techniques to help future clients.
I have wanted to be a counselor since my freshmen year of high school and in the counseling field there are many specialties that I can focus on. I am fairly certain that I want to specialize in helping people with substance abuse and their families. I have always focused my studies, interests, and work on things that will help me in this field and I have a lot of qualities that help to enhance me in my eventual career. There are difficulties when I get to practice also like what people perceive as correct counseling style, challenges with my gender and race, and finally creating my own counseling style and plans.
Over the course of this class I feel like I have become a much better writer. When I go back and look at some of my Journal entries and assignments that I did at the beginning of the semester, I can’t help but tense up at some of the things I wrote. Sometimes the things I was writing didn’t flow well, or I might have even have missed glaring grammar mistakes.
As a second language learner I have never expected myself to be a perfect writer throughout the semester. Even If English was my first language still, I would not be a perfect writer. It is not about first or second language, it is about how well I understand the learning objectives. Then organizing and writing with my own ideas and putting them in my paper. I am going to be honest, I am not good at English subject and English subject is my strongest weakness than the other subjects. In this paper I will discuss and analyze my own writing, reflecting on the ways that my writing has improved throughout the semester.
As I reflect on the two videos, I would like to share a statement from the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) web site. The society has the following statement regarding support of the initiatives:
there will be good days and bad days and the counselor must be careful not to allow the emotions of helping others become the main objective in
During the second half of this semester I feel that my strengths are found in my ability to be attentive with my clients, provide them with comfort measures, allowing my clients to be a part of the decision making process and addressing their concerns. I come into each interaction with a non-judgmental attitude and a smile on my face. During one interaction with a client who was experiencing pain, she expressed her frustrations with having to take so many medications. I empathized with her and tried to gain understanding through relational practice. From there, I turned to her RN for more guidance. She had some PRN medications that she had never tried, and after talking to the RN we decided that these might work for her. I returned the clients room and discussed this with her. She agreed that she would like to try the one PRN med and used the Ice that I had brought her. I explained that if these medications didn’t work that myself or the RN would make note of this for future reference. Another interaction that I had was with a client who was on the other team. This client was clearly distressed while sitting on
In terms of professional nursing practice, I think I am still in the process of developing it. As I said earlier this semester, there are still so much for me to learn both as a student and as a nurse. In Benner's category, I believe that I am in between novice and advanced beginner. Even with one year experience as a nurse extern, I still have questions and doubts during work. I have just recently be put on charge on some nights, when I am the only RN scheduled. I do feel like it is a pressure, but also a learning opportunities too. The good thing is our LPNs are experienced and has work in this floor for years. I am not embarrassed to ask them questions and opinions when I need to.
This has strengthened my professional school counselor identity because I have been able to see and feel the intrinsic reward of being a school counselor. Although I know there will be times when there will not be successes, these successes have provided me with the ability to take on more of a leadership role. For instance, I have continued to support the middle school transition through the needs assessment and have spoken up in meetings regarding accelerations and retentions based on the information I have about the students. I have also been collaborating more with parents and continue to collaborate with teachers. I am becoming more confident in my skills because of my site supervisors feedback, personal reflection, and group supervision. I am excited to begin internship 2 and continue to grow as professional school
Who is Telemachos, and why is he in the story? What is so extraordinary about him that Homer would begin the Odyssey with a frivolous tale of his travels across the Aegean? As unexpectedly Telemachos decides to go on a voyage, Homer abruptly refocuses the story on the book’s titular character. Telemachos does not reappear until the final five books. Such unusual deployment and withdrawal of Telemachos serves two functions: one, Telemachos sets the stakes of a family fallen from grace, and two, Telemachos invites the contemporary reader to identify with his difficulties. Telemachos is a young man of contradictions, yet those contradictions allow us to sympathize with his seeming incompetence. On one hand, Telemachos feels responsible for living up to the glorious name of Odysseus. On the other hand, Telemachos knows that it is not realistic to physically confront the suitors. However, Telemachos never loses sight of his eventual goal of restoring the “honor and lordship in his own domains.” It is Telemachos’s “mini-Odyssey” that enables us to understand Odysseus’s “great Odyssey.”
In the beginning of the lifeline exercise I didn't know how to come up with ten transitions. I felt lost and thought it will be a difficult exercise. After completing it, I felt much better. It was not so difficult as I thought it will be. Reflecting back on the transition, I notice how I have grown and learned from each transitions. I know that I have made many mistakes in my past transitions but I have also learned from my mistakes which I got better after each every transition. After finishing the lifeline exercise, I felt more positive and believe in myself because I know I have done it in the pass. Additionally, when I was doing the Chapter Headings, I notice a how my life transited into a pattern. I was always moved around and it looks like I am always in a transition which made me felt insecure. But when I look back at each complete transition, I felt more accomplished and satisfied with my achievements.
Just the words and observations of one man, Charles Darwin, practically changes how science is viewed by people today. It had led to controversial debates to figure out who is right or wrong. Many such as scientists, creationists and the so called Intelligent Designs has and still try to give their proof and reasoning of how this world and lives have their existence.