In today’s world of counseling, you are required to continue to learn throughout your career. Views and terminology will continue to turn over rapidly and if you wish to terminate your education, you will be responsible for your client failure in treatment. It is absolutely crucial to continue your education in the field of counseling. I have to attend training monthly or sometime yearly to store information. The human service field can switch on day-to-day basis. In addition, you are required to be flexible with the transformation and adapt quickly. When I was younger, I did want to help other people, however, I knew nothing about a social worker or counseling. I wanted to be a nurse that saved people in the hospital until I had my first son. The nurse at the clinic started to administer me needles after needles, and I started to realize I hate needles and never wanted to harm anybody with a needle. It was not until three years ago I decided to get-up-and-go to school to be a counselor. I went to school for nine month certificate, and landed my first job within the field as a Direct Support Professional. In addition, to landing job in the field, I realized I needed more …show more content…
My personal traits are being, dependable, reliable, warm, stern, sincere, loyal, kind-hearted, unselfish, and self- conscious. As these traits lie inside of me, I know I will be the best counselor that I can be. When I sat with my clients, I realize that my attitudes towards the individuals are heart felt still understanding of their situations. Therapist can identify with a client life experience. On the other hand, the therapist have to watch out for a special bond the client can develop. A therapist with an understanding of a client history or trauma can indeed be sympatric. Empathy is well deserved when listening to a client
This paper will provide a brief historical view of the counseling profession. In addition, it will focus on the importance of the philosophies of wellness, resilience, and prevention. Furthermore, it will identify the preferred counseling specialization and give a concise detail of how the profession was formed. Moreover, it will also discuss another counseling specialization that will go hand in hand with the preferred counseling specialization analyzing the case of a 12 year old female name Ashley. Hence, a brief discussion of the roles and functions of each professional will be given in details on how it would benefit Ashley and her family. Lastly, I will provide a brief example of how we would work as a team so that the end result will benefit each member of the family.
Establishing a relationship with clients refer the counselor building a rapport with their clients. This involves factors such as respect, trust, psychological comfort, and shared purpose. This rapport is the psychological climate that emerges from the interpersonal contact between a counselor and their client (Hackney & Comier, 2013). In order for the counseling process to be successful a positive rapport must be established. Building a rapport is an ongoing process that must be worked on continuously. This process requires a high level of tact and adequate socialization skills. In addition, special consideration should be taken into factors and preexisting conditions, such as the clients comfort level in seeking professional assistance, their personal background and experiences and the client’s perceptions of their counselor, which may affect building a positive rapport with a client. With these anticip...
I was raised to do my best to help others whenever I saw the opportunity, such as from acting like a personal chiropractor for my friends and family or raising $5,000 for charity. I found something that I really enjoyed; I was doing things for others that benefited them and not me. I knew what I enjoyed; the issue was finding a career that I could provide a service to others and enjoy. Considering many careers, from joining the military to becoming a psychiatrist, I decided to pursue Occupational Therapy.
The personal traits that a therapist have no necessarily only affect the therapist but they also affect the patient/client and their experience with the therapy process. That's why having these personal traits makes the professionals job much better but it also makings the experience for the patient better. There are a lot more of personal traits that would be great to have but the these specific ones are the must have to be able to thrive in this profession. All the traits mentioned in this essay are the personal traits therapists must have to be successful in this field, being relaxed and determined, supportive, and lastly
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.
The choices we make early in life have an enormous impact on our future. I have always known that I wanted to directly impact people’s lives and my personal experiences have set me on the school-counseling path. In the future, I would love to influence another generation of students to soar for their dreams.
Sometimes individuals consider becoming counselors after overcoming some major life challenge such as addiction or a history of bad relationships. Perhaps an individual has encountered a particularly effective counselor or therapist and has a desire to follow in those footsteps. Others may have had a bad experience with counseling and concluded that it can be done better. People do not think of this work so much as a job, or even as a career. More typically, a constellation of life experiences that demand explanation and a sense that others seek one out for assistance and emotional sustenance become driving forces leading one toward the counseling profession” (An invitation to). .
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.
Even though there are numerous medical fields that comes into contact with bodily fluid, my future career does not. My career in medical field is Counseling Psychology, it deals with helping people on an emotional level that deals with everyday feelings and thoughts. I chose to pursue this career because I like helping people find solutions to their mental conflicts . See, there are many people to help others in a physical way such as: police officers, firefighters, and etc. I also want to see how the human mind reacts to different problems the world throws at it. Most people will tell you that in this career you could have a hard time keeping your personal feelings out the advice you give the client. I disagree , I think if you have level head and are willing to
My interest persisted and grew as I began to see how my efforts had the ability to improve the lives of people around me. I first noticed this on a personal level as friends would come to me for advice or for me to listen to their struggles and provide comfort. No matter how mundane, horrific, unique, or common the story was, I listened to them in a genuine and non-judgmental manner. I truly enjoyed hearing people’s stories and providing comfort and advice when needed. These moments helped me realize the power of simply being there for someone, and it increased my interest of pursuing a career where I can support those who need it most. I want to become a social worker so I can provide direction to those who may not be able to get it from other sources, just like I have done for various people throughout my life.
Continued reflection on the assessment of one’s counseling practice is an essential part of not only the practicum experience by any level of counseling
One of the important things that I learn about myself is that I love to get involved in a profession or activities that allows me to help other people to reach their goals, especially in a mental health field. I also learned that each of the clients in mental health field has different problems and goals that they want to achieve. Thus, me as a future mental health provider will be faced with many different and unique challenges depend on the struggles of our clients. I realized that we have to always make decisions on the spot and also have to alter our ways on how to help our clients depends on their unique struggles. I learned this through working with my CIP clients/mentees. Both of them have their own different goals that they want to achieve. They also have their own uniqueness and differences. Even though we have to teach them the same things or material such as how to lead a conversation etc., we have to teach them in different ways so that it complements their need. Thus, my experience working with my mentees also taught me about some important clinical skills. One of the clinical skills that I learned is how to be flexible. As I pointed out earlier, each client will be different from one another—their background, experiences and therapeutic needs. So, it is important for me to have the skills of flexibility, such as the ability to change my perspective from one to
30 ratty T-shirts, 22 pairs of shorts, 4 bottles of bug spray, 2 tubes of deodorant, a set of old sheets, one gigantic duffle bag and I was ready, or so I thought. On June 4 2016, I loaded my dad’s pickup truck and headed east towards Asheville, North Carolina to spend the next 8 weeks working at a summer camp. 8 weeks of no Wi-Fi, no parents, no air-conditioning, no TV, no clean shower, sounds campy right? When I first applied for the opportunity to be a counselor, I never would have guessed how a simple summer job would change my life forever. I was chosen to be the leader for these campers; to teach, laugh, cry, sing, roast marshmallows, inspire, spontaneously dance, stay up for deep late night talks and most importantly love on these kids.
Career counseling over the lifespan has more than an occupational focus, it deals with the person’s entire being with a vision that includes one’s lifespan. Career counseling takes into consideration character development, character skills, life roles, individual life and work history, goals, and obstacles. A career counselor not only assists a client with a career plan, but also with a life plan. This paper focuses on two categories of career counseling. The first focus is the history of career counseling as a field of study with the emphasis on when and why career counseling began (1800s as a study of how the shape of one’s head relates to vocational choice), who and what influenced it (Sizer, Parsons, and Davis), and how it has changed (from an individual/community vocational view to an individual/world lifespan view). The second focus is on the application of career counseling by researching two leaders, John Holland’s and Donald Super’s, contributions to career counseling, their theories and assessments and on the biblical aspects of career counseling and how each theory relates to the Bible.
However, after talking with my advisor I was told that I would be able to go into psychology with a bachelor’s degree in social work. My advisor also told me that the professions are similar. I took her advice and started a new goal, to get my BSW. Coming into my first class on the field of social work, I wasn’t too sure what to expect. All I knew is that the profession was connected to helping people. After learning more about the profession and the wide range of options that accompany it, I started to get excited. I could work with many different types of people on a range of issues and changing which area I work in would be relatively easy. I have always wanted to help people with mental health issues and I thought that social workers only did that in school settings. Learning that I just needed to get my Masters to be able to do therapy made me feel great about choosing to become a social worker. Having options has made my college experience better by getting me excited for what the future holds.