lesson learned

 

Okay everyone, two weeks down from this madness called a the final semester of my graduate program. All I have to say, is the last two weeks have been absolutely amazing. I would like to take this time to give you some reflections about what I have been learning about this amazing semester. It should also be mentioned that this must the has also been very challenging, and at times frustrating. I have been able to realize that when I have been challenged and I am feeling frustrated I am learning a lot about just how amazing this profession is.

So I have a amazing opportunity to complete some of my internship atSuccess 4 kids & Families. Success 4 kids & Families is a phenomenal organization, that I have been affiliated with. I am having the opportunity to see how a community-based agency runs. I also have a opportunity to truly create ideas that. I feel that I have a lot of ability to be creative.

Metropolitan ministries is a place that I left. I have come to realize just how I am still passionate about this organization, and the people that we support. This organization gives you some very unique counseling opportunities. You have a the opportunity to interact with many different types of clients.

The biggest lesson I have learned over the past two weeks is, that it is not all about me. Let me try to explain what I mean by that. As a mental-health counseling student in training we all have requirements that we need to meet. These requirements come from schools, and the jobs that we have. We have requirements that we needed to do. Some of these requirements could include making audiotapes of counseling sessions for review by supervisor. Another requirement is to have client contact time that meets the requirements of school. As you can see, I have a lot of requirements that I have to do. However, it is about the clients that I work with. Yes of making sure that we get the right amount of client contact time is important. However we have to be able to focus on the needs of our clients more than focusing on what we need to. We'll in this profession to empower individuals to totally change their lives.

Another lesson I have learned is we need to be able to accept feedback. Yes sometimes it is not easy to listen to feedback, but this is the only way that we are going to grow to become excellent professionals. We need to be able to use supervision to grow into professional. Part of this ongoing professional growth, is the willingness to accept feedback from colleagues and supervisors.

At the end of all this, I keep coming back to one simple believe. This craft, known as counseling is absolutely amazing. Counseling is about developing relationships with people. I'm thrilled every day that I have the opportunity to practice my craft, and truly help people as they try to engage in change.