My Counseling Style Analysis

Gerald Corey (2017) states in the beginning of our textbook, “Counseling students can begin to acquire a counseling style tailored to their own personality by familiarizing themselves with the major approaches to therapeutic practice” (p.2). Throughout this year I have learned that how I view the world and how I try to fix things is neither right nor wrong, but it works for me. It is not how every person is going to view to counsel clients, but it is one approach. There is no right or wrong way to help someone, as long as it does not damage the client more. I believe there is a reason why everyone is the way they are and helping the client understand why they feel, think, or act the way they do, helps them become more self-aware and become at peace with themselves. No one changes their behavior without a cause. Helping the client understand why there is a change in behavior, can help let them understand why they feel the way they do. Whether it is a negative or a positive change, it still helps to know why. Over the past semester, I have learned to apply my strengths to my own counseling style and to improve my weaknesses, found theories

As a counselor, I will try my hardest to learn about as many cultures as I can and to learn from my clients appropriate and inappropriate things that are in their culture. As I help my client, I hope to have an open relationship with them where we can mutually ask about each others cultures. I will never push my own cultural beliefs on a client. Additionally, I am not one-hundred percent committed to my cultural beliefs. I like to learn about things from new perspectives and culture is one of those things. Fully submersing myself in a new country can help me learn the culture of the country I am working in. It would be extremely important in my career path to have broad understanding of different