As a counselor, I would like to work with a few different populations who struggle with a variety of mental illnesses. I have specifically wanted to work with anyone who has suffered from any form of trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression or other mental illnesses. Recently I have really enjoyed working with college students as a mentor. Through my work with college students and my personal life, I believe that the family system plays a huge role into who we are as individuals. I would still like to
The one positive about Ms. Roderick is that even though she is not at the clinic very often she made herself available when the clinician needed to talk to her through phone conversations or email, which was helpful. However, overall I had a really negative experience having Ms. Roderick as a supervisor. She had several requirements (visual schedule, goal sheet, rules sheet), and although some were helpful, it was a lot of extra work to keep up with and it all had to be used during each session
1. How do you think these changes impacted Nicholas’s life? List both positive and negative sides. Nicholas’s transition brought on both positives and negatives. While it made Nicholas learn more about himself as a person and provided him happiness with who he is, there were also certain complications. The complications include having a strained relationship with his eldest child who still occasionally misgenders him and having to let people he cared about go. One specific example of a positive that
best suits me, I realized that no matter which theoretical orientation the therapist choses, warm, non-judgmental, productive therapeutic relationship, along with empathy, congruence and genuineness, are the foundations of counseling. However, it is essential to be comfortable with the techniques the chosen theory offers and to teach the client to produce healthier behaviors and beliefs; therefore, cognitive behavioral therapy is definitely compatible with my world of view. Cognitive Therapy and/or
What Taught Me to Get Back Up I was diagnosed with Autism when I was 2 years old and it has affected my entire life more than anything else I have experienced. It has impacted the way I socialize and communicate with people, the way I think and understand the world,and it also affected my speech and development when I was younger. Autism also affects the way other people see me and I’m often misunderstood. I don’t remember everything about my life at that time, but I do know that I struggled
3.) How important do you think maintaining the marriage should be when a couple enters relationship counseling because of conflict and emotional distress? Do counselors have a greater ethical responsibility to encourage couples to maintain the marriage when children are involved? What guidelines would you provide to a new couple 's counselor trying to help a couple decide whether to stay together or divorce? I believe that maintaining the marriage should be the decision of the parties involved when
Growing up, I always wanted to do something in the medical field to help people. As a child, many of my extended family members were involved in the medical scene; whether they were ER nurses, doctors, or administrators, I heard all kinds of talk about what went on in the day to day lives of them and their patients. I loved hearing their stories of how they had been impacted by their patients or how they managed to help and brighten their patients’ day. The more and more I heard these stories
I found the article, “I Actually Don’t Know Who I am”: The Impact of Bipolar Disorder on the Development of Self” (2008), by Inder, M., Corwoe., M.,T., Moor, S., Luty, S. E., Carter, J.D., and Joyce, P. R to be very interesting and very much needed. The research explored how one’s sense of self is impacted by the diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder (BD) at an early age. As seen in the study, the diagnosis had a major impact on the participant’s sense of identity and self worth. There was four major problem
palliative care Over the past five weeks, I have learned what palliative care really is all about. I found that there were areas that really changed my perspective as well, about what palliative care is. Some of these include, but are not limited to, when palliative care is used, how difficult is can be to get patients the pain management they need, as well as how many different complimentary therapies are available to patients. Before I started this class I thought palliative care was only used as
Many of us have heard or read stories about a soldier coming back home from overseas. On the outside soldiers look perfectly well and happy to be home, but on the inside part of them just feels that they are still out there in a war zone. One may not have a clue of what’s actually going on in the head of a veteran until it starts to get out of hand. The hyperarousal feeling they get is just one of the many symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or as we know it PTSD. Hyperarousal is when soldiers