Personal Narrative: Accountability Counsel

I am interested in completing my practicum at Trinity Counseling Center, located in Anaheim, California. I am interested in completing my practicum at Trinity Counseling Center because I have personally received counseling and therapy at Trinity Counseling Center. I began to receive counseling services at Trinity in July of 2014 when I was going through a very difficult time in my life. Before I went to Trinity Counseling Center and began counseling sessions at Trinity, I received counseling services at another Christian counseling center. However, the counselor at this first Christian counseling center abandoned me. He gave me a list of local Christian counseling centers and then he abandoned me. After a few months of feeling very confused and hurt due to abandonment by my first counselor, I was able to begin receiving counseling services at Trinity Counseling

“Oh, my goodness,” “Wasn’t it so funny when Mr. Speranza split his pants in class today?”

There I was on the block next to the High Bar. It was about 5:00 at night when my coach told me to do a Kip. As I got up on the bar my nose filled with the smell of chalk. I started to swing, and as I came out of my half turn I looked good. Everything seemed fine but as I came to the part of the Kip where I have to pull my legs up to the bar, I slammed my shins into the bar. My momentum was stopped and I dropped on to the mat, missing the Kip. I felt like I had let down my coach and I had let down myself too. That day I experienced failure. That failure made me want my Kip even more so I worked harder and had support from my teammates.

I interviewed a woman that works with my mother and have known for several years now. She had been summoned and questioned by attorneys six times. She was only selected three of the six times to serve on the jury. Her first thought was “oh crap.” Although it may not be seen as a very nice response, but it is a very natural human response and she is not the only one who has reacted in that way. She was very nervous receiving the summons; it was something new and practically unknown to her. Some of the questions she was asked were if she owns a gun, if she has a gun in the house, about her education, and mostly just general questions. There is one question that stood out from the others though. Once when being asked by an attorney, she

Sometime in October, I asked you for help, to please find out about this particular attorney disciplinary record, this was with respect to my son's accident. You expressed that you were going to inquire, look into more about the attorney in question once you return to work on Tuesday from your Columbus holiday. I was looking forward for your info. to explore into the possibilities of attaining and secure a good attorney to represent my son in the event of filing a law suit against the person who hit my son on his bike. But to my bad luck, lo and behold, Gina NEVER followed suit on her promise.

I have worked for The Advocate, a Baton Rouge award winning newspaper, for more than 23 years. When I first hired on in May of 1992, it was only to be a temporary job until I finished college. Before computers and electronic layout programs simplified this process with the click of a button, people had to cut out and paste the stories, pictures, and advertisements that appeared in the daily newspaper. This was my job: I was a Compositor. I worked evenings so this allowed me the availability to go to school during the day. I have always been a hard worker and taken pride in whatever assignment I was given. This character trait was recognized by others and I was quickly promoted to other jobs. As the computer age and world wide web came to life,

It was a quiet week in the Sadr City and the surrounding area. And we were gearing up to support another Red hat and Orange hat operation (Special Ops Teams) but this time the Seals were also included in this operation. The operation was to secure and capture a building with Four High-Value Targets (HVI’s) from Iran to include a high ranking officer out of the Jaish Mahdi Army (JAM) that were supposedly having a meeting. We were given four hours of prep time after Warning ORDER was given to the platoon. The Company has been waiting for this mission for about two weeks now. This time I was a Bradley Commander in the Platoon and we did not have much to get ready because we have our equipment and Bradley’s always ready and prepared for this mission or any mission within a short notice. This made things so much easier for me to concentrate for all things to have ready for the mission. This would give me the chance to cross talk with the Teams we were going to support, this would include call signs, radio freqs, CCP’s and exfill routes among other intelligence they could share with us. In the past three months the JAM had been avoiding the fighting, and we knew that the JAM would have their backs to the wall and would fight if they had to fight it out.

Currently I am trying to get my certification for counseling, needing only a high school diploma and this certification I will be able to start on my path toward my career. First getting the certification will require me to contact the National Board for Certified Counselors. Once I have met their guidelines and receive the certification I will be able start researching careers that accept entry level certified counselors.

In taking the only test, I did not take it as seriously as I should have. I have worked in Ohio, Arizona, New York and now Japan in the field of counseling and social work. With those years, I have had the unfortunate opportunity of being a mandated reporter on several occasions.

ISALITA is always there to get me over some ridiculous event. An exam gone awry, a terrible week that screams, "If I'm ending right now, a martini better be involved," or when my deep cravings for fish tacos stop me down Liberty, it's always there for me. On one such occasion, one of my fave people in the world with whom I happen to share a cohort in not ONE, but TWO schools, decided we needed to treat ourselves. Mid-semester shenanigans and a wide-open schedule allowed for such an occasion.

I was stationed in Ft. Stewart, GA prior to moving to Korea, this is my second time in Korea and my wife is very happy that we are here because she is close to Family, and this is her home country.  I was a student at Argosy University, and we made the choice to come to Korea knowing it would be a set back in the momentum that I had started at Argosy Atlanta.  My schooling has been a gradual transition from classroom to all on line schooling.  I was previously attending a blended study, that had a once a month weekend seat requirement and working towards a MA in Clinic Mental Health Counseling.

You must submit an essay describing a professional ethical dilemma you have faced and how you resolved it

I had the most unusual experience this morning on my walk. Yesterday I spoke my truth with two people who needed to hear it. Or rather, I needed to say it. (I'm guessing they probably would have preferred not hearing it.) Neither situation was an easy one for me and required a great deal of chutzpah. I acknowledge that the fear of rejection is quite strong and often does keep me from speaking up. However, in staying true to "The Four Agreements", I must continue to push myself in areas that feel very uncomfortable. That is the only way I will overcome my tendency to "take things personally" and "make assumptions". If I don't have the courage to ask the tough questions, I will be spending so much unnecessary energy trying to suppress

My client is a 15 years old, Hispanic female who was born in July 28, 2001. My client is a 10th grader. Client is from Mexico, but she came to the United states at the age of 8 with the company of her mother, and two siblings. She is the second one from her siblings; her oldest sibling is 17, her younger brother is 11 years old and her little sister who was born here in the United States is one-year-old. The client is currently living with her mother and siblings, because her father had to stay behind in Mexico, in order for him to be able to pay for rent and other utilities. This is my third session with the client. During out previous sessions I was able to learn that the client seems to have a great relationship with her mother, because

Do you believe that your role as a therapist will end at the end of the day or will it be present in your personal life also?