SS1112 Multicultural, Child and
Adolescent Counselling
Subject Coordinator: Mishelle Ryan
STUDENT’S LAST NAME: TEO FIRST NAME (Preferred name): JASMINE
ASSESSMENT TASK: PERSONAL POSITION ESSAY
QUESTION: REFLECT ON ISSUES PERTAINING TO MULTICULTURAL COUNSELLING, SUCH AS RACE AND GENDER. HIGHLIGHT PERSONAL VALUES AND BELIEFS THAT MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE COUNSELLING PROCESS. CLARIFY AND IDENTIFY YOUR BASIC CHARACTERISTICS, VALUES AND BELIEFS IN THESE ISSUES.
TITLE: PERSONAL POSITION ESSAY
WORD COUNT: 1213
TUTORIAL DAY & TIME: MONDAY 1500 – 1750
STUDY PERIOD/YEAR: SP51/2015
Personal Position Essay
Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines
Jasmine Teo
James Cook University…show more content… My greatest weakness in relation to counselling is sometimes having a tendency to give out advice too quickly due to an innate need to solve problems as fast as possible. Even though the sincerity to help exists, sometimes people might only desire a listening ear instead of suggested solutions to their problems. Other issues with this tendency of quick advice giving are that I may seem overly insistent, may make the client less comfortable with divulging further information or feel misunderstood overall. In terms of strengths, a strength of mine would be open-mindedness; I take in new concepts and ideas very easily and in a nonjudgmental manner. I fully believed in my mother telling me that we are all able to learn something from every person we meet and this notion has proven true for me all my life. The saying keeps me open to listening to what others have to say. In regards to counselling, although the counsellor is supposed to help the client, I believe that perhaps clients can sometimes teach the counsellor new things, as well.
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