Counseling Artifacts

Before starting on this artifact, I was not comfortable with the counseling standards. They seemed obscure and subjective at best. I had no idea that counselors have definitive guidelines with substantial training on how to accommodate each concept to each situation. It is quite daunting to imagine that there is a well-established standard of procedures and protocols that are flexible and successful in addressing each individual need. By compiling the information for this comprehensive notebook, I have a whole new appreciation for the many resources that are available to me that will allow a successful beginning to my new adventure as a school counselor. Humbly, I realize that I will never be entirely prepared. I still have much to learn and look forward to each learning experience as I become a greater asset as well as an effective counselor. Justifiably, putting this comprehensive artifact together was a bit overwhelming in the beginning. All the items I needed for each section was challenging for me to conceive. However, Dr. Dixon assured us this notebook would be a resource we would turn to again and again, and having that source to rely on …show more content…
Dr. Dixon consistently facilitated the process and clarified the practicality of this resource and how the components of a comprehensive counseling program tied the standards together. Some of the resources in this notebook are simple like contact information, lesson plans for each domain, and yet there are important resources on suicide, and other student issues like depression, anxiety and motivation. The notebook will also help me modify my program to fit the developmental needs of the age group with which I am working. I know that my notebook will be a resource that I will continue to add to and will turn to again and again for years to