I can fully appreciate and understand why being a counsellor for a family and/or close friend is not advised. Even though I was playing the role of the listener, my inner self was in a constant tug-of-war between being a friend and keeping a professional step back as required by a listener. I was extremely nervous and realized only when it was too late, that I had forgotten the most basic and yet one of the most important things to mention at the beginning of my session, which was one of the boundaries; how much time we had. Establishing clear ‘boundaries’ with the time and sticking with the ethical code from the start of a session, is fundamental to both Client and Counsellor. “It is reassuring to be able to take for granted that someone who is a counsellor is inevitably a person of integrity and virtue who acts in accordance with an impeccable ethical code”.
We might think that it’s impossible to change the entire world—and it is—so we passively sit and continue to complain. While complaining may seem easier, it comes with a sinister cost. It casts a shadow of helplessness and victimhood and it compounds the issue. Nothing ever changes because of criticism alone. If everyone complained and no one picked up the trash, the situation would stay the same (at best).
Clinical Reflection Paper Throughout my clinical experience there have been several interferences that everyday life has thrown at me that have caused a delay on me finishing clinical, there were several times that I wanted to give up on not just clinical but on the everyday struggle of life. So for me my clinical weakness would be not allowing my own life outside of work or my education to steer me off focus of my main goals. Nothing good comes easy and without sacrifice and as God continues to wake me up every morning I am learning that lesson more and more. I feel like it’s all been a test, a test to see how bad I really want succeed. Another weakness would be confidence, I know I am capable of doing the work but sometimes I doubt myself and my capabilities especially in the O.R.
Carl Rogers (1961) explain that these core conditions or qualities are necessary for effective counseling in client centered or person centered therapy. However she rang me expecting the same advice as always and I found it extremely difficult to get her to concentrate on her own feelings. What I found was applying this approach seemed to be very difficult to someone you are close with. Week Two For week two, the focus was on self-awareness. We were asked to explore why self-awareness is significant
I was just beginning to get to know everyone. I have a tendency to not think before I speak and I was trying my hardest to start thinking before I speak especially when others feel that they can trust me with things since I trusted them. Well I was talking to another co-worker and accidently let something I was told in private slip. My self-concept on thinking before I spoke failed. I am still working on it today but it is beginning to get better.
Make the choice 5. Implement the decision 6. Evaluate the decision I have found this information extremely useful because it provides a clear roadmap and a best practice approach to decision making. In the past I have used similar steps but in a very subconscious manner, as a result in both my personal and professional life I did not necessarily consider the best possible decision mainly because I did not spend time generating and evaluating potential alternatives once I had identified the problem. Also, I think the sixth step related to the evaluation of decisions is also very important and one that I personally struggled sometimes to implement in fact, at times I found myself implementing a decision but never followed through to evaluate if my decision did provide the desired impact and resolved the problem identified in step one.
In “Glory and Consequence”, I heard you tell me, “Every moral has a story, and every story has an end. Every battle has its glory and its consequence” (Harper). It became clear that I needed to find the “moral” for each of my stories, learn from it, and move on to the next challenge. The past was behind me and the time for new adventures had begun. New beginnings also meant bidding farewell to parts of my life and, as always, you had taken the time to write a few words to help me along the way.
Atticus told Scout and Jem that being called a “nigger-lover” does not matter because it has no meaning to Atticus. If this mentality was present throughout the entire world, the amount of prejudice would decrease drastically. If we are taught that people who are different from us are bad, the cycle of hate will continue and mutate into something
However you don't even have to answers to, like who you are, what you will be, and what is your actual worth for living. You can’t sleep until you know who you truly are and trying to “survive the migraine” per-say, and once you do, everything is so much better, but if you don't try to find the truth about yourself, your mind can and will kill you and that you’re not the only one. My relationship to this song is just what it means, and how true it is; if you don't know who you are, how can you sleep and not be bothered and have those questions itching at the back of your head. If you let it go by and you just sit through it, you’ll end up letting your mind kill you, and that’s not what should happen. The migraine is the tough part of life when you're trying to figure out who you are and what you want to be.
I declined to return the blow and walked out. It was hurtful and painful that she did not honour my request, I was disappointed in myself that I did not stop the situation and its progressive pace. However as I become more aware of my lack thereof, I am slowing putting and keeping to my boundaries. I have decided to set aside time for myself and start considering my needs as important too. Certain people are finding ways to respect my new found rules, even with my ex roommate I respect my space and I have asked that it is respected.