Challenges In Adolescence Reflection Paper

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Challenges in Adolescence Reflection Paper April 30, 2015 University of Phoenix Challenges in Adolescence Reflection Paper In this paper I will reflect on two challenges that I experienced as an adolescence. I will explain why I consider these experiences to be developmentally challenging and which areas of development were affected by these challenges. Finally, I will show how identifying these challenges influence my effectiveness as a counselor. When I was 10years old I was told by my mother that my sister and I were going on a summer trip with my grandmother to California. Living in a Georgia at the time, I thought, how exciting, so we boarding a Greyhound bus headed west. At that time the trip took three and a half days, I remember…show more content…
During gym class in eighth grade my right leg buckled for no known reason, after going to the doctor and upon examination it was determined that cancer had eaten my bone and there was talk of amputation. I come from a very religious background and I lived with my grandmother who truly believed in the power of prayer. I had to undergo multiple test and see multiple specialist and learn about the power of prayer while transitioning through puberty. Developmentally this was challenging for when others were outside playing, I was inside praying that my leg could be saved. After all was said and done the cancer diagnosis was changed to a non-cancerous tumor and the bone was replaced with a bone from another part of my body. Now the question is how can identifying these challenges influence the effectiveness of me being a counselor? The answer is in both situations, I had to receive information, process it and adapt. Even though I was young I was able to persevere. This will help me be an effective counselor by being able to identify with changes that clients may struggle with and support them as they process and adapt to

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