Reflective Essay: The Skills Of Counseling

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So far in Counseling Skills much of what we discuss is approaches and theories that will help shape us into competent and well rounded counselors. How to take care of those who for the most part are having difficulty or can’t take care of themselves from a therapeutic standpoint. While counseling is a helping profession, it in my opinion must also contain areas of selfishness for the counselor. Self preservation the first rule of life and an important rule in counseling. Of course how can you take care of others, without taking care of yourself first. Self care and maintaining wellness has become a lost art amongst counselors for reasons both personal and professional. This article is a perfect example of how as counselors it can become so easy to get …show more content…

The fact that is seems as if helping others through counseling would be considered to be nothing but positive, I was stunned at how much of an adverse affect it has on a counselor. Talking and listening through problematic and or traumatic situations presented by a client will not only have a negative effect on you as a counselor but assists in the development of your own traumatization. In my opinion working under conditions such as those sets apart counselors who are passionate about their work from those who are just in it for the money. Personally as a counselor knowing that I could be potentially walking into an environment that could not only leave me damaged and traumatized and to have to do it on a consistent basis would be a horrifying experience and seem like punishment for a counselor but once again it takes me back to having a passion for the work you do and finding personal satisfaction in the fact that you are helping

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