My Track One Experience In Counseling

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My track one experience was a great learning opportunity to practice initial counseling skills and building rapport with hypothetical students. In the beginning, I was unsure of what to expect which lead to increased anxiety, but through continued practice it became more natural. Also, because the role plays were a different concept for me, it seemed difficult to get into the role plays. Further, during the track one role plays I was often to focused on making sure I “checked off my list” instead of being in the moment. However, track one was an invaluable learning experience for my beginning practice with counseling skills. Review of Track Two Overall, there was a lot of improvement from my track one experience. I went into track two knowing what to expect more or less and put myself out there a lot more. I also was able to put myself more into the role and not be so “in my head” but instead getting down to the student’s level and building that rapport to gain the student’s trust. An area for continued improvement is with saying the word “yeah” when not really meaning to agree. In addition, continued practice in using theoretical strategies and cultural competent counseling practices will help to improve my overall counseling approach. These will be practiced in everyday use and during practicum and internship so that when I am a school counselor I will be better prepared to provide effective counseling services for students. …show more content…

My fieldwork application has been approved by Capella and I have already met with my supervisor and other counselors at the school during a counselor meeting. I will start my internship I on January 9, 2017 and my internship II on April 10, 2017. I will be completing my internship II on June 16,

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