Reflective Essay On Self Development

It is only while reflecting on my development, that I realised how much I have grown in only a few months. When I first began my course, I was expecting only to pursue my passion for Psychology. However, the foundation counselling skills lectures and workshops helped me surpass only pursuing a career. The module also helped me grow as a person.

My first experience of self development was my first workshop at the university in which we were given a handout called “Expanding Self-Awareness (from your internal frame of references)”. I took the handout home to fill it privately and truly reflect on the questions in order to produce honest answers. The handout made me feel like I was on a road to self discovery because there were questions in the handout which I had not explored about me before (for example, how my religious values and education influenced me and who holds authority in my life, etc.). Then, there were questions which I did not want to answer such as my relationship with my

I no longer judge others like I used to, I have learned patience, the skill of focusing and I have discovered what makes me emotional, among many other things. However, I still have a long way to go until I am a good counsellor. Thus, my plan is to keep practicing counselling and develop the 3 core qualities I need to be an effective counsellor. I will also keep investing myself wholeheartedly into self awareness and mindfulness. I plan to redo all the handouts given on self awareness to check my progress.. I also intend to continue practicing mindfulness every day as I do now. Moreover, I will keep writing logs. Writing my logs every time I have something I need to write down really helps me clear my head. It also makes me realise how I keep changing when I go back to read them. Sometimes, the change is negative and sometimes it is positive. But it makes me realise where I