Counselling Reflective Report
Introduction
In this reflective piece I will first discuss professional development and now I believe that the professional development of a counsellor cannot be separated from the personal development of a counsellor.
I will briefly describe and outline my place of work and the work that I undertake and I will discuss some of the growing pressures the service I offer has begun to experience in the past few years.
I shall go onto list and discuss the research and learning that I have engaged in during and throughout the past year, September 2015 to September 2016. I will demonstrate how my learning pertains to my practice and has aided my understanding and practice. I will, as best I can, evidence my continuing professional development, by the end of this essay I intend to demonstrate that I have and do achieve far more than the minimum requirement.
Basically
The professional tools I most often utilise, in connection with my counselling, are contained within me. My …show more content…
The position requires me to manage the entire counselling service; from referral and appointments, to assessments and re-referral to other services (if required), to offering a full counselling service with record keeping and communications with the surgery staff etc. as previously mentioned the surgery is a training practice and as such it is also my duty to inform the trainees of what I and the counselling service offers the patients and how counselling can aid and benefit their practice. (I am occasionally invited to give presentations regarding counselling and the counselling process to post graduate medical trainees at Bangor Hospital).
With a decline in the number of personnel and in the scope of the service that local Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) offers, the service I provide is called upon to support persons with ever more complex mental health
In this reflective piece I will first discuss professional development and now I believe that the professional development of a counsellor cannot be separated from the personal development of a counsellor.
I will briefly describe and outline my place of work and the work that I undertake and I will discuss some of the growing pressures the service I offer has begun to experience in the past few years.
I shall go onto list and discuss the research and learning that I have engaged in during and throughout the past year, September 2015 to September 2016. I will demonstrate how my learning pertains to my practice and has aided my understanding and practice. I will, as best I can, evidence my continuing professional development, by the end of this essay I intend to demonstrate that I have and do achieve far more than the minimum requirement.
Basically
The professional tools I most often utilise, in connection with my counselling, are contained within me. My …show more content…
The position requires me to manage the entire counselling service; from referral and appointments, to assessments and re-referral to other services (if required), to offering a full counselling service with record keeping and communications with the surgery staff etc. as previously mentioned the surgery is a training practice and as such it is also my duty to inform the trainees of what I and the counselling service offers the patients and how counselling can aid and benefit their practice. (I am occasionally invited to give presentations regarding counselling and the counselling process to post graduate medical trainees at Bangor Hospital).
With a decline in the number of personnel and in the scope of the service that local Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) offers, the service I provide is called upon to support persons with ever more complex mental health