My first week in New Directions Counseling Center had me feeling many different emotions. I was nervous at first, not only because of those first day jitters, but I have social anxiety. I go to individual and group therapy for my anxiety. I have made a lot of progress in my journey, however I am not in place where I am comfortable with myself yet. I walked into the agency not knowing what to expect and that feeling alone makes me want to run. However, the agency I am interning in is a small place with a very calm aura. New Directions is an agency that provides people with individual, group, and educational classes for many different issues. Most of the clients found at this agency are court ordered men that have been referred to the agency by the court. Depending on their situation these men have to take an anger-management group, domestic violence group, parenting group, or drug diversion classes. Women can also receive help at this agency for individual therapy or parenting classes, victim domestic abuse classes. I have not made any client interactions yet, I am nervous to interact with this population. I never saw myself working with abusers of domestic abuse. Not knowing how I will react to what these people will say or act makes me nervous. I am hoping that I will be able to work with this …show more content…
The tasks that I will be doing at the agency are intakes, exits, phone calls to clients, and filing. On my first week there one of the interns went over the days/times of the group meetings, how to call clients to make up classes, and looked over an intake form for domestic violence clients. This intern made me feel extremely comfortable by saying that I could go to her if I ever needed help with anything. This made me happy, because I have always been afraid to ask for help and knowing that I can have someone there to go to is
In my interview Shayna Bennett, I asked her questions that were pertinent to the issue at hand. All of my questions were directed towards how she and her faculty handled this situation as well as the different methods that were used to pinpoint the issue. The reason I chose to do an interview is because I wanted to get a first-hand experience as to how one should handle children with behavioral issues because of a domestic abuse problem. The answers that were given seemed pretty
during the sessions, and I was nervous about participating in counseling sessions. Before my first
Australia aimed to highlight the fundamental nature of IPE by developing the Centre for Professional Education Advancement as well creating a push for policy makers and legislators to acknowledge IPE as a crucial necessity of practice as more and more evidence arose to prove its effectiveness in achieving optimal client rehabilitation and development. One of the driving forces behind interproffesional collaboration coming to the forefront of practice was due to the highly complex nature of client problems, that couldn’t simply be addressed or fixed by one discipline alone (Mccallin, 2008). Take for example a young girl who has been fallen pregnant at the hands of her abusive partner. This client would need the expertise and ongoing support of health professionals including a doctor to assist throughout the duration pregnancy if she wished to continue as well as psychologist to help her with the emotional trauma of being a domestic violence victim. She may also have a social worker and perhaps even a lawyer if the situation were to escalate into legal custody battle. Complex social issues can permeate
Being given the opportunity to intern with the staff at the Family Resource Center in the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) has been a tremendous learning experience thus far. The opportunity has truly surpassed my expectation of what I imagined the journey of internship would be like and how it would help me to evolve into the professional arena as a social worker. I see myself transforming and viewing the community in which I live, the clients served, those deprived, and the tremendous job that we as social workers are tasked with to advocate for those in need from a more open-minded perspective. By enhancing and developing my personal and professional skills, such as active listening, observation, and professional comportment, I will be
Conceptualization of the assertive training group will provide knowledge to group facilitators who are concerned with how the initial domestic violence occurred, and how it lead to becoming a domestic violence survivor. For the purpose of measuring effectiveness in
This agency has helped me to empathize with the struggles of the clients with HIV/AIDS within and outside the LGBTQ community. It created an awareness in me that assisting those in need really renews another person’s hope, and that in turn may cause them to pass that hope on. Through this experience, I have appreciated that I am exactly where I want to be, and have learned the realities of being a counselor in an agency. I feel that this experience has given me a perspective that I will value throughout my career.
English has never been my best subject. Reading books can be exciting, but the writing aspect of English can be dreadful. Somehow, however, I passed all my advanced English classes with at least a B, and my teachers always considered me to be “above average.” My impartiality toward English shifted to an indifference near the end of my high school career; my indifference then shifted to appreciation. This appreciation is attributed to American Studies and Honors Writing, the most difficult English classes at Belleville East Township High School. American Studies and Honors Writing have strengthened my writing skills beyond what I believed possible. I still do not believe that I am the best writer, and English may never be my best or favorite
I have friends and family who also have, and a few who are stuck in it right now. Women who come from serious abuse are afraid, lonely, and often lack social skills. Having had it pounded into their heads for so long that they are worthless, they eventually start to believe it. Many abused women think they do not deserve any better. Abusers cut their victims off from the world, and that is how they manage to manipulate them to such an extent. They cause problems with their victims’ families and friends, or outright forbid them to remain in
Because of the nature of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault we will be working with young adults from 18 to 45 years of age. DV does not have a gender basis, men and women are both abused within relationships. However, with this set of group sessions, it will be focused on women that are or have been in a domestic violence situation. Because SA and DV are so closely related when it comes to a domestic violence situations the group sessions will also take sexual assaulted victims...
The victims generally feel shame, fear and genuinely love their abuser therefore the results is an inclination not to report the abuse (The National Domestic Violence Hotline, 2018). Additionally, the victim of domestic violence suffers in silence; many victims are walking wounded afraid to seek assistance. Perpetrators of domestic violence require separate approach to treatment as the clinicians is required to breakdown constructs and beliefs that abuse, whether physical, emotional or sexual, is permissible due to the intimate relationship. Clinicians require a delicate approach with victims and the perpetrators in order to build rapport of trust and honesty, which will enable appropriate referrals to treatment
There is this saying, “Everything happens for a reason” and I believe certain things do. I believe that everything I have gone through my life has been preparing me for the beginning of a great career. This world can be a scary place, but there is also beauty in this world with lots of opportunities, and people who want to help make a difference. I want to be one of those people who inspire others to do better, to guide them and to teach them to not give up. If it was not for my counselors and mentors I would not be where I am at today. I was able to accomplish one of my goals of being the first in my family to graduate with my Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from CSULA. I want to further my education to better myself, and help others along the way.
A counselor is defined as a person trained to give guidance on personal, social, or psychological problems. Professional counselors help to identify goals and potential solutions to problems which cause emotional or social interruptions. Counseling also improves communication, strengthens self-esteem, and promotes behavior change in relations to mental health. Counseling enables us to appreciate how we are in healthy relationships and safe environments due to some of the bad things others experience. Counseling helps clients understand and clarify their views on life and learn to reach their goals through making wise choices. In most counseling situations, the client is experiencing personal issues such as low self-esteem,
Over the course of the semester, I feel that I have grown as a writer in many ways. When I came into the class, there were skills I had that I already excelled at. During my time in class, I have come to improve on those skills even more. Before I took this class I didn’t even realise what I was good at. This is the first class where I felt I received feedback on my writing that helped me to actually review my work in see what areas I lacked in and where I succeeded. Some of the skills I had shocked me as I didn’t think I had those capabilities in me.
A victim may be too embarrassed or humiliated to ask for help. Being a victim of domestic violence myself, you learn to hold things in and stay to yourself. You feel that if you steer clear of everyone and everything, things will correct themselves on their own. Not true. Accept the help that is being offered, overcoming domestic violence is not something you have to do alone or live in fear
One aspect I found striking was the role of advice giving in counseling. Prior to this class, I knew that counselors did not typically give opinions or advice to lead a client in a certain direction. What I did not know was the entire reasoning behind this. A counselor might avoid giving advice so that a client learns to make his/her own decisions, does not become dependent on the counselor, and to ensure that a client will not later blame the counselor if the counselor’s advice did not turn out well. In this context, I have a better appreciation and understanding of why therapists refrain from telling the client what to do.