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“The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in
every detail of their lives” (Psalms 37:23, NLT)
It’s so amazing how God can order
your steps. This verse gives me hope that everything that I am doing now is
ordered by God. As I was going through my undergrad and looking for a place to
do my internship, it never occurred to me that it would end me where I am
today. I look back now and all I can say is “God ordered my steps”.
Whiles reading chapter 5, I couldn't
help but cast my mind back on what I was doing wrong back then as a milieu
counselor and also a substance abuse counselor. SOLER was something I was not practicing as I look
back now. For instance, there was a desk between my clients and me with a computer
and other files. I was always writing as the client talk or on the computer. Another
thing I was doing wrong back then was that I was always sitting with my arms
folded. I find myself struggling with my hands now that I am trying to learn
the right way during our practice.
Sosin and Thomas stated that “the
workload of a counselor can take a toll” (pg.110). Working as a substance abuse
counselor can be very stressful but having poor supervision and a caseload of
60 clients could cause the counselor to be burned out and not be effective.
Chapter 6 helped me to learn the
different ways of asking questions, summarizing and paraphrasing during
counseling. In reading this chapter I was surprised to learn that summarizing
is skill that is often neglected y counselors. Overall these three chapters have
helped me to pay more attention to myself as a counselor in training and also
some skills from my past experience that shouldn't be repeated. I sincerely
believe that the Lord who ordered my footsteps to be in this career path will
perfect me in every way to be an effective counselor. Amen!!
Reference
Thomas, J. & Sosin, L. (2011).
Therapeutic expedition: Equipping the Christian counselor for the journey.
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