Role of Counseling: Professional Development Essay

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professional goals current level -awareness a counselor. - Set personal professional goals accomplish 5 years. - Outline a plan accomplish goals. Describe current internal processes counseling a client children foster care.

Professional goals and current level of self-awareness as a counselor

Over the course of the next five years I hope to establish myself in my profession. I want to be able to point to real, material developments in the lives of my clients that demonstrate that their existences have been made better through my efforts. My goal is to complete my education with high grades and to find a stable position in which I believe I am genuinely helping others. I hope to find a workplace that is client-focused and which strives to help the people it serves to the maximum extent possible. I believe that ultimately every workplace is about the colleagues you work for and with this in mind, I intend to carefully research the positions I apply for in the future where I can do the most good. "Social workers are tasked with caring for the most vulnerable.

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They provide the human connection between individuals and families in need and the benefits and services designed to help them" (Frech 2013:1)

When counseling a client in foster care, I am very careful to 'tune into' the client's needs. I try to understand where the client is coming from and where he or she hopes to be in the future. For vulnerable populations such as children, I am aware that I am often the child's main advocate if the child does not have a stable home environment. The client's biological, social, and psychological needs must be taken into consideration to provide a holistic action plan. I must be objective yet empathetic.

This objective yet empathetic stance is necessary for me to have the right emotional balance when I am dealing with a client. I listen to the client and am completely 'present' on an affective level; cognitively, however, I am analyzing the client and attempt to understand him or her in terms of a wider social context. I have come to realize that I can empathize with a client and his.....

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