Self Analysis And Thinking Skills As A Counselor

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Being raised with certain values and beliefs allows everyone to have different strengths and weaknesses. Based on comfort levels of individual counselors, certain skills to come easier to some as opposed to others. Reflection of content and reflection of feelings are two skills that come easiest to me. When practicing these skills, and learning about them during the semester, I came to realize that I use them to some extent daily. Being a kindergarten teacher I found these to be two skills that go hand in hand with my current career. Every day I use these skills like a counselor would to better understand my students and their thoughts and feelings. Understanding my students correctly, allows us to build a stronger relationship throughout the school year.
Reflection of content allows me to restate what I previously heard. It allows me to make sure that I have the correct understanding and often get more clarity into the story. “Clients experience being listened to, and may clarify their thinking as they explain their situations to their practitioners.” (Chang, Scott, & Decker, 2013, p. 140). As a teacher, my students are like my clients. I often must interpret what my students are saying whether it be a story or a current situation. Just like a …show more content…

Identifying a client 's feelings is important while restating a previous statement or phrase. Feelings can be stated while the client is telling you a story. Feelings can also be assumed by a person 's body language or tone of voice. Reflection of feeling is important for identifying the feelings that the client has and making sure they are labeling their feelings correctly. As a teacher, it is important for me to use reflection of feeling because at this age my students are just learning about feelings and how to correctly express them. I often find them confusing feelings and therefore using reflection helps me understand them

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