Importance Of Trust In Counseling

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When one thinks of trust the first thing that comes to my mind is mutual respect and the belief that your best intentions are in good hands. Whether it involves trusting someone with money, secrets, or possessions, trust is crucial in every relationship. I have heard the phrase” without trust there is no respect and without respect, there is no relationship.” I definitely feel that trust built between groups of individuals is sacred and rare nowadays. Which raises the question- where has trust gone? According to Webster dictionary (2017), trust is “assured reliance on the character, ability, strength or truth of someone or something. “ Basically trust is contingent on hope and what might or not be evidenced necessarily. According to Beverly …show more content…

Scammers are everywhere.3. The Government and businesses let us down. (Flaxington, 2013). So when it comes to counseling it is of the utmost importance that trust is established and maintained in order to have a mutually beneficial relationship. I see a counselor now and having that trust was a major concern of mine. Now that I look back, I see that I was cautious, rightfully so, but may have been overly so. Since I will be in the counseling field, I want my clients to understand that I am trustworthy due to my “character, competence and communication.” (Clemenson, "Trust Me! Building, Losing, and Rebuilding Trust", 2005) The area where I need to work is my competence. I do trust people’s knowledge, skills and abilities, seek out others and are open, and help people learn skills and bring people in rather than on a need to know basis. The areas that I do not do well are giving people room to fail and …show more content…

Like Clemenson said, I work on a continuum like others. Clemenson, "Trust Me! Building, Losing, and Rebuilding Trust", 2005) I would say that I overly trust which is harmful and so I have been hurt by many people in the past. Now I operate on the basis of someone is untrustworthy until proven otherwise. So many people have made me think they are trustworthy but really have are out to blindside you. I have trusted people with secrets, money, possessions and it has all been stolen from me by several people. Although I had to learn the hard way, it made me operate differently with people which are to my advantage because I have less hurt in my life. Any way that I can ameliorate pain is the best choice for me. I also fall into the category of “valuing being trusting and deciding that my thoughts and actions towards being more trusting are important. “Clemenson, "Trust Me! Building, Losing, and Rebuilding Trust",

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