An Important Component Of A Student Counselor

I believe counseling is a collaborative partnership between client and counselor. Furthermore, this collaborative partnership is built from trust and acceptance of both client and counselor. I hope in conjunction with clients to understand the issues and concerns so to help them tap into their wisdom, creativity, and strengths to meet their current challenges. I believe in a comprehensive perspective through which clients can better comprehend themselves in the framework that our thinking about events can lead to emotional and behavioral upset. Moreover, counselors are to provide a safe environment for clients to explore their challenges and identify ways to move differently in overcoming these challenges.

This paper identifies the three major counseling theories that have been the most influential in the development of my ideas on counseling. The major points of Person-Centered Therapy, Adlerian Therapy, and Behavioral Therapy are looked at in brief. Each theory is then shown how a school counselor can apply them into their work with students. While one theory does not work for every situation in the school setting, each theory brings something beneficial to the school counselor.

As a volunteer with the Primo Center for Women and Children in Chicago, IL, I was surprised to learn that domestic violence was the leading cause of homelessness for women and their children. For two consecutive summers, I had an opportunity to make a difference in some of the most amazing children lives by serving as a mentor, tutor and sharing the importance of obtaining a higher education. I was able to use my organizational and planning skills for executing enrichment programs for the mothers and their children. Given the number of meetings and important initiatives that are sponsored by the Sorority, I will be able to contribute at a high level ensuring that the business of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, is organized and implemented with high

On the HAVEN of Oakland website (https://www.haven-oakland.org/) under the “What We Do” tab it goes on to explain that their mission is “To elimate sexual assault and domestic violence and to empower surviovers through advocay and social change in and around Oakland county” (CITE) HAVEN of Oakland is a non-profit organization meant to better the community and make everyone; all age ranges aware of the impact domestic violence has on all of us. HAVEN provides shelter, counseling, advocacy, and educational programming for no charge to the survivors and citizens of Oakland county. The website is very informative, well organized, has visuals on every page, and is extremely easy to get involved which has a very positive effect on the HAVEN organization.

As a counselor, being aware of the theoretical approaches and which ones best suit your perspective on human nature, complications, and change for an individual is vital. Not only is understanding the approaches important, but the counselor’s own values and personal philosophy are equally fundamental for the counselor to do their job efficiently.

As a potential counselor, there are many areas that I need to grow in to be an effective therapist. Being in a graduate program learning about different theoretical orientations, and participating in mock interviews has really been an eye opener for me. Not only am I recognizing my own personal style in therapy, but I feel I am identifying my strengths and weaknesses as well. Acknowledging that there is always room for improvement, I am also sensing which population I prefer to work with. Amongst the different types of populations (gender, ethnic background, religion, age), I understand there are various clinical issues that affect each group differently and would need a specific type of therapy or a treatment with combined therapeutic elements

I completed my service project working alongside Dawn McKee from the Centre County Women’s Resource Center. She, along with the director of the Children’s Advocacy Center, director of the Youth Service Bureau, a representative from Children and Youth Services, and a representative from YMCA of Centre County came together to organize an event for sexual assault and child abuse. They coordinated an event on the courthouse steps in Bellefonte where they recognized members in the community who were dedicated to preventing and spreading awareness of sexual assault and child abuse.

In most cases, the counselor will best serve their client by taking on a “not-knowing” role in the relationship, allowing the client to become the expert in their own lives (Corey, 2013).

The advocacy service selected for this assignment was REAL Crisis Intervention. During my interview with Real Crisis Intervention I spoke to Jess at the office in Greenville NC and Nadine at the office in Washing NC. The program was founded in the 1970’s and was been around ever since serving individuals in the community with crisis; the most common, victim’s of sexual assault.

In the midst of the Richmond YWCA’s great strengths, weaknesses unfortunately exist, too. To keep its programs running, the Richmond YWCA is reliant on outside funding, a vulnerability and weakness almost all non-profits face. Luckily, current funding seems to be stable for this organization. Another mentionable weakness is the YWCA’s focus on violence intervention instead of prevention; a majority of their services for survivors are helpful only after a survivor has experienced violence. While the community needs free programs for survivor safety and healing, the Richmond YWCA could help reduce this need by putting more funding into community educational programs aimed at recognizing and preventing domestic, sexual, and intimate partner

A school counselor’s role is vital in many schools across America. Many students see their counselor, to work on any emotional stressors, academic changes and challenges. This may include, interventions, group therapy and changes in class schedule, but sometimes with all the implementations given, students do not succeed in school. Perhaps one needs to take a closer look at the programs being implemented and its success rate. In addition, a counselor should guide itself using the ASCA (American School Counselor Association) to provide evidence based practices in schools.

In 1977, a group of caring men and women in Imperial County called a community meeting to discuss the problem of domestic violence, which was just then beginning to receive public attention. The dedicated people who attended that first organizational meeting worked rapidly and soon founded the non-profit organization WomanHaven, Inc. They have since changed the agency’s name and now operate as The Center for Family Solutions. Our mission is to promote and provide a comprehensive response to domestic violence, stalking and human trafficking through Community Outreach & Education, Prevention, Intervention, Client Support Services; and Safety and Shelter Services. Agency’s mission is to implement domestic violence, stalking and human trafficking best practices and model programs which incorporate state mandates for effective and efficient quality service in increasing awareness and decreasing the episodes of domestic violence in the communities of Imperial County, California (CFS, 2016).

I was browsing through online one day and looking for my ideas on what I can do for my wolf project and I found the hands on central Ohio website. There’s a list of volunteering opportunities around Ohio for people to sign up. The reason I sign up to volunteer to work at a community shelter was because I have never been to one of those places before and this could be a chance to meet a group of people that are living in a different kind of lifestyle comparing to me. My Dad volunteered with me today since it was my first time there. One of the stuff members took us on a tutor of the place. He explained to us at this place they accommodate single women and families. Their goal at this place is to help move people more quickly into stable housing

This paper will discuss the following 4 Core Functions of a Counselor: Case Management, Client Education, Crisis Intervention, Referral and their primary purposes.

As a potential counselor, there are different reasons why I choose this journey to be a helper, servant and a leader. Not only was my early experiences in life a stepping stone towards this path, but my faith in God and the realities of life led me as well. Even though I am still creating my future towards this goal, there is no doubt that I am called to be in servitude to others. In this journey, I am appreciating the learning fundamentals I have gained from the academic coursework, professionals/teachers and experience that I have encountered to be molded into a multicultural competent counselor. By taking advantage of this opportunity of learning, I have chosen a theoretical orientation that best suits me as a potential clinician according to my beliefs, values and logical thinking. It is also noteworthy to indicate that the self-awareness of my beliefs, values, interests and thought process has been further explored due to the assessments and activities of the Life Story Board, Meyer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Strong Interest Inventory (SII), My Career Story, and Career Genogram, including a reflection of my spiritual walk with Christ.