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Counselling reflective essay
1.Introduction
Reflect on your motivation for becoming a counsellor/psychotherapist
First interest, in psychology: understanding human behaviour then stumbled upon counselling leading me to want to learn more about it
2.Explore your unique life experiences
(who, what, etc.) that influenced your decision to potentially enter the field of counselling/psychotherapy
watching family members experience counselling: saw the positive impact that counselling and psychotherapy had.
Making me consider into going into counselling myself
Previous experience with vulnerable children
5.How Client Problems Originate
From your theoretical position, describe how client problems originate. Be specific and use examples to illustrate your views. For example, do problems stem from client beliefs? The way people think? Feelings? Unconscious forces? Chemical imbalances in the brain? Issues related to family of origin? The way people view themselves, others, their lives? Be specific in your description and discussion.
Be transparent about things happening in therapy
Believe that there is not necessarily one right way that problems originiate but mostlikely from people's past and environment.
6.How Clients Are Best Helped
Describe your view of how clients are best helped in the counselling process. This must be related to your personal perspective (e.g., “This is how I would approach working with clients . . .” “I would . . .” etc.). Be specific with techniques and interventions and justify your rationale. Use brief examples to illustrate your position.
Build a good rapport with patient first (from my experience)
4.How does the theory(s) reflect your personal values, convictions, etc.?
Describe what ethical considerations you will reflect on in working with the client groups or clients you would likely to work with. What are the safeguarding issues if you are working with children or young people? What if treatments are not congruent with cultural or religious beliefs?
Would love to work with children
3.My Personal Approach To Counselling
Name and describe existing theoretical orientations from which your personal theory comes (e.g., Client-centred, Existential, Cognitive-Behavioural, Psychoanalytic, ACT, DBT, CAT, Gestalt, REBT, etc.).
client-centred therapy+ Gestalt
Describe any multicultural considerations you will address through your personal theory in thinking about the client group or clients you would likely to work with.
Try and include multiple cultures into account (billiangualism can help)
Be specific about what elements of the existing theoretical orientations relate to your personal theory. You may select one theory or multiple theories; however, all elements must be supported and adequately referenced.
Don't believe there is just one way to look at counselling due to people being different and having different needs.
Describe any major assumptions; goals and objectives of therapy; client-therapist relationships; techniques and application principles, etc
Humnaistic approach: free sill, people are fundamentally good,phenomenology is central
Maslow's hierarchy of needs (1954)
Carl rogers