Essay On Smear Feces

I sat across the table from my very first client, frightened and confused. I was a brand new graduate who had landed my first career position quickly, but was I really ready for what was in store? My client tearfully informed me that her two year niece that she was caring for had begun to smear feces around the home and my client was at her breaking point. The look in her eyes was one that I will always remember as she looked to me for answers that were just not there.

I spent months working with this family as their case manager: setting up services, connecting resources, and making home visits to provide support to the family. Inside this little girl, she held some of the deepest and darkest secrets that any human could ever hold on to; …show more content…
During my testimony I became overwhelmed with emotions as I observed her to cling on to her caregiver whom she would not even allow to touch her only months before. There were no more feces, there were no more night terrors, and there were no more daily emotional and behavioral outbursts; now there was just love and acceptance. This was that one client that would either make or break me; it was in that moment that I knew that I was in the wrong career. I applied that day to begin my journey to become a Licensed Professional Counselor.
The progress that this child made was not something that I could take credit for, but nonetheless, I was in awe by the progress. I was able to assist the family in obtaining counseling for the child and I found myself so amazed at the progress that was made. I want to be part of that progress for others. Each and every one of us has our very own human experience which molds us and shapes us, but some do not have the skills to cope with occurrences in their unique human