Cbt Reflection

The course is designed to provide the knowledge needed to be able to use CBT, either on

To be perfectly honest my recollection of Comp 121 is a little foggy, i took the course roughly a year and a half ago and during my first semester and it was one of my first college level courses. From what i can recall it was a interesting and enjoyable, The professor Jacob Sherlock is no longer with the school, but was a professional writer along with a life-long lover and student of the written word. We regularly discussed current events and the class wide give and take of various ideas and viewpoints was truly enlightening and are easily amongst my most enjoyable and memorable college experiences. In particular i vibrantly recall a passionate debate on gun-control which was to be frank, dominated by a extremely Conservative former Army

My preferred theoretical orientation is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). The main assumption of CBT is that events and situations in life do not cause emotional problems (e.g., guilt or depression); rather problems are due to irrational beliefs and perceptions about the situations (Corey, 2009). The goals of CBT focus on correcting the client’s automatic and self-defeating thoughts, which should ultimately help them to develop a more adaptive philosophy of life (Corey, 2009). I like that this approach focuses on challenging and changing the client’s cognitive distortions, core beliefs, automatic thoughts, and schemas. Another positive aspect is that this approach focuses on the cognitive triad,

1. What is you theoretical orientation? Cognitive Therapy 2.

CBT expects clients to take an active role in their learning, in the session and between sessions. I would implement homework assignments at each of Evans session and review them at the start of the next session. In addition, I would incorporate Socratic questioning, role playing, imagery, guided discovery, and behavioral experiments with Evan.

Since childhood the field of Criminal Justice has always intrigued my interest rather it be police officers, judges, security guards and so forth. As I got older, the more I seen and personally been threw the more my love and interest for the criminal justice field grew. At first the thought of being a police officer and proudly being able to wear the uniform that so many people had respected was something to really look forward to. As time pasted I slowly became introduced to the field known as forensic science and crime scene investigations, luckily for me I had and still have a mother that has just as much interest and love for the field as I do. Watching all the CSI shows, forensic files, snapped etc. became a pass time that we would and still do enjoy doing together, not just watching but discussing it and trying to figure it out before the show did the reveal.

The video was very informative in describing how CBT can be used. I have seen CBT used frequently in our programs, however the effectiveness I fear is not as good as the data would have us believe. I think CBT can be used however only with certain clients and cultures. CBT have been criticized for focusing too much on the power of positive thinking, being too techniques oriented, and working to eliminate symptoms but failing to explore the underlying causes of difficulties (Corey, 2013). I work in a community with majority of our clients are African Americans and Hispanic. Most of the clients in the communities are poverty stricken, and have difficult lives. Using CBT which only focus on the now and positive thoughts can be a difficult concept

Over the past week or so I have learned more about the Boys and Girls Club of American in the Austin area and I felt the need to share with my families whom have school age children in their home. I am finding that most BGCA only accept children 6 years of age or older; however, there is an Austin BGCA that accepts children 5 years of age.

CPSW did supervised visit for Mr. Stark on October 14th, October 18th, and October 27th. Ms. Mauer attended each supervised visit with her child Kaison and she has been very interactive and affectionate with her child Kasion. Currently, Ms. Mauer has been offered supervised visits by the FITS twice a week for two hours. FITS worker reported that Ms. Mauer is engaged and interactive with her child. Ms. Mauer had supervised visit with Kaison on November 1th, November 3th, November 8th, November 10th, and November 15th and all visit went well. The worker reported that Ms. Mauer participated each session and has not missed any supervised visits.

Upon entering into Barry University (B.U.), I was an insecure black African- American woman full of passion coupled with a myriad misconceptions of what I thought social work consist of. However, during my two years as a undergrad student I learned that those misconceptions had kept me stagnant in facing and understanding my past traumatic events of life that could have had an negative effected on further clients and how I interact with others. For that reason, I would say my best experience in Barry’s BSW program was an assignment that I had to partake in called the Cultural Journal. This assignment not only hope me to learned about my cohorts’ culture as a Philippine woman, I learned that our culture had a lot in common such as that the

I am not like other people where I’ve had difficulties with my family but I have had one major struggle that has impacted my life. It did not affect me for just one summer it will be affecting me for the rest of my life. The exceptional hardship I have had was when I broke my leg in five places and had to overcome the difficulties of getting better. It was such a difficult experience because it affected my love of playing basketball. However, that experience led me on my path in pursuing a career in Sports Medicine. Breaking my leg was awful but it helped me think about what I wanted to study when I go into college.

There were several instances in my childhood when my Family had a direct influence on me according to

My family background has greatly impacted my career goals. I come from a family background where my family always wanted what was best for me. They are always there for me and support me when I need them. With all of that support encouraging me, I'm inspired to go out into the world and do my best. Recently, I engaged in different activities which provided me with the experience of counseling others. For a while now, when certain family members are trying to voice their opinions towards one another I

In regards to theory and appling it during a session I need more practice. I would like to master each theory and its components. During role play I would mix some theory components with others. I feel comfortable with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Narrative Therapy. I know I could apply Narrative Therapy to toddlers and children but not adults. Whereas, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy requires conversation this can be applied to children competent of feelings and teens (Schaefer, 2011). In order for growth I would like to one day shadow a professional counselor assisting toddles and teens. I am a visual learned and by doing so I will gain some

Today was a slow day, but very education. I am finding that out that my time at CTLC is better spent wathing then actually doing things. When I walked into the doubdle door facilty I seen the usual faces, and I greated them as I made my way back to my little small cubicl office. When I arrived at my office about two minutes after greeting several people, I noticed a small green sticky note that was on my desk from te day prior. The note was to remind me about the homeless alliance meeting in the chamber of commerce in temple TX. I completely forgot about it, so I had to replan my day out in order to mame the meeting. I was a little upset about replanning my day, because I plan to go to the gym at three oclok today. I guess thatnot