12/6/14 Integrative Theory paper I have always hoped to be able to work with adults dealing with trauma, mental illness, and addictions. My personal opinion is that there is not enough counselors out there for adults. I welcome the idea of having my own practice and to being able to help someone make a positive change in his or her life. Though I must admit, that after working with aggressive, traumatized, abused kids I think I will work with families as well as single adults. At the beginning
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Change to me is good because it breaks us from being so content and living our life through tradition or being solely accustomed to what we are familiar with. I can use myself as an example of going through stages of change in my life. I was raised with both my parents in the home and a major change for me was having a set of twins at the age of 17. This was a big change because I was spoiled and didn't know what it was like to have to do for others, such as my own children. I left home at 17 and
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and a fixture in the social life like Donald Trump. When I asked Paige about what influences her path and becoming an adult, she answered with angelic smile that life experience and her environment forces her to be an adult at an early age as 13. For example my mom had been sick at home with Osteoporosis (a joint disease) since I was 12 years of age. I had to make sure she was properly care for at night, by assisting with medication and her frequent bathroom visits. My parents had so much pride to
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My Personal Philosophy of life. My Personal Philosophy of life. Philosophy of life will be different between each person. A persons philosophy will vary depending on ones life experience. I believe that no two people will have seen life in the same way. There would be many people that have similar philosophy on life but none of them would be exactly the same. I will share my ideas and thoughts on what is my philosophy of life. The way have experience life has made me change my way thinking more
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you, “my mother said, with tears in her eyes. My teenage years were hard. I was the daughter of an addict. I had little family support, but still I made the best of everything. Two months before my sixteenth birthday, I found out my life was going to change. I was pregnant. Being pregnant at a young age was expected in my neighborhood. Pregnancy at this age was not what I wanted for myself. I knew pregnancy could be tough on a woman mentally, financially, and also physically. In life, people
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“Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.” Changes and adaptation is the vital part of everyone’s' life and one should always be ready to accept the coming in the way. Being open to changes is a great benefit as sometimes "What You Wants Turns Out to be Not What You Wanted". In such cases in spite of having complaining attitude lets welcome the new changes in life. Don't regret from past. Learn from it and become more vigilant in making a choice in future. In this Agile world
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Philosophy of Life Philosophy of life will be different between each person. A person’s philosophy will be different depending on one’s life experience. I believe that no two people will have seen life in the same way. There would be many people that have similar philosophy on life but none of them would be exactly the same. I will share my thoughts on what is my philosophy of life. The way I have experience life has made me change my way of thinking more than once, I am sure it will change again.
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not able to affect change in the world as well. I have realized that true greatness does not come from flashy cars or fancy clothes but rather it is found in selfless service to others. For me, I don’t want a college education to I want to run the world or be able to buy everything I want in life, but I believe a college education will help me serve those who are around me better. By learning about the world, we live in I will better be
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Who Moved My Cheese During everyone’s life, there are changes that are bound to happen. Whether it be starting a new job, moving away, or going to school. Change can be exciting, but it can also be very frightening. The beauty and curse about change, is that you don’t know what is going to happen next. The book Who Moved My Cheese illustrates this concept very well, and I learned many things from this story that I can apply towards myself. I have recently had two new changes in my life. I have
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There are many changes that can happen in a person’s life. Some changes are very tiny and would not affect your life very much. However, other events could be very important and could change a person’s whole life, such as getting married, having a baby, or losing someone special. The important event that changed my life is coming to the United States to study. When I first arrived in this country, I realized that a tremendous transformation that would happen in my life both physically
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