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According to “The Lexicon of Adlerian Psychology”, the courage to be imperfect is described by Dreikurs as “…requires the realization that ‘I am no angel, that I am not superhuman, that make mistakes, that I have faults. But I am pretty good because I don’t have to be better than the others’” (as cited in Griffith, Powers, 2007, p.19). The courage to be imperfect is best exemplified when people show their authentic self to the world.
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The concept of the courage to be imperfect is most important when working with students. Students know when adults are not being honest or authentic with them. As a school counselor it is important to show students the real you to gain their trust. No student is going to open up to an adult if they are not being open with them. Part of …show more content…
The courage to be imperfect does not mean that a school counselor must tell students about every wrong decision they have made or about all their flaws. It is focusing on being honest about mistakes or wrongs and sharing an authentic opinion about issues, not just the politically correct answer. The courage to be imperfect is the courage to be original and not hide behind the right answer, not hide be behind anything. It is displaying to the world a person’s true self and being proud of that person, flaws in all. According to “Perfectionism and Depressive Symptoms in Early Adolescence” by Kenneth G. Rice, Brooke A. Leever, Chad A. Noggle and Daniel K. Lapsley, which studied how students from the ages 9 to 11 years old dealt with perfectionism, depression, and how these ideal relate to each other“…one potential implication of this finding is that depressive symptoms might be lessened or prevented by girls’ learning how to be less concerned about making mistakes, and correspondingly more self-forgiving” (Rice, Leever,
According to “The Lexicon of Adlerian Psychology”, the courage to be imperfect is described by Dreikurs as “…requires the realization that ‘I am no angel, that I am not superhuman, that make mistakes, that I have faults. But I am pretty good because I don’t have to be better than the others’” (as cited in Griffith, Powers, 2007, p.19). The courage to be imperfect is best exemplified when people show their authentic self to the world.
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The concept of the courage to be imperfect is most important when working with students. Students know when adults are not being honest or authentic with them. As a school counselor it is important to show students the real you to gain their trust. No student is going to open up to an adult if they are not being open with them. Part of …show more content…
The courage to be imperfect does not mean that a school counselor must tell students about every wrong decision they have made or about all their flaws. It is focusing on being honest about mistakes or wrongs and sharing an authentic opinion about issues, not just the politically correct answer. The courage to be imperfect is the courage to be original and not hide behind the right answer, not hide be behind anything. It is displaying to the world a person’s true self and being proud of that person, flaws in all. According to “Perfectionism and Depressive Symptoms in Early Adolescence” by Kenneth G. Rice, Brooke A. Leever, Chad A. Noggle and Daniel K. Lapsley, which studied how students from the ages 9 to 11 years old dealt with perfectionism, depression, and how these ideal relate to each other“…one potential implication of this finding is that depressive symptoms might be lessened or prevented by girls’ learning how to be less concerned about making mistakes, and correspondingly more self-forgiving” (Rice, Leever,