Reflecting on the materials covered thus far in this course, I have learned and gained tremendous insight of the field of counseling psychology. One of my favorite aspects of the course was learning about the history of counseling psychology, specifically the difference between counseling and clinical psychology.
Prior to the course, I was not very cognizant of the difference between the two fields. I assumed the main difference between counseling and clinical psychology was clinical psychology focuses more on diagnosing and treating patients with mental illness and disorders. While counseling psychology concentrates primarily on therapy and counseling individuals. Although this is correct to some extent, I have become more knowledgeable on …show more content…
I currently work at the help center in the University of Maryland as a student peer counselor. The help center is a peer counseling and crisis intervention hotline. To become a counselor, you are trained for approximately two to three semester on how to answer emotional calls ranging from rape to suicide. Many of the techniques we use when answering call are based on a humanistic approach. For example, we did not give advise to the callers and we provide them with positive regard no matter the circumstance. This relates back to Carl Rogers, Person-Centered approach that highlights the need for positive regard and positive self-regard during development (Iwamoto, 2016).
Even though I am not pursing counseling psychology in the future, I still enjoy learning about the field. I love learning about the different practices commonly used by counseling psychologists. It very important for me to know the therapeutic approaches used in counseling psychology because counseling and clinical psychology are very similar. Often times, clinical psychologists use some of the same approaches as counseling …show more content…
To be more specific, while discussing about Albert Ellis: Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy, I was further able to understand some of my actions and the consequences of such actions. Rational Emotive behavioral Therapy explains that our thinking of particular or specific events affects and our emotions and behaviors; behaviors and emotions also affect our thinking (Iwamoto, 2016). When I got rejected from some of the summer research programs I applied to over winter break, I became very sad and began to think I was a failure. The activating event in causing this action was not being offered the opportunity to conduct research over the summer at a few of the institutions I applied for. I wanted to conduct research to further my knowledge of research and assist my academic and career goals. My failure to get into some of the programs caused me to think I was a failure and that I was not smart enough to get into such programs. The emotional and behavioral consequence of my belief was I did not apply to other research programs. Using the ABC theory (A-activating event, B-belief, C-Consequence), I recognized that my irrational thinking was impacting my emotions and future behaviors (Iwamoto, 2016). I realized that I applied to many programs and just because I did not get into a few does not reflect who I am as a person and I could still get into other programs. Also, many of the programs
Prior to the course, I was not very cognizant of the difference between the two fields. I assumed the main difference between counseling and clinical psychology was clinical psychology focuses more on diagnosing and treating patients with mental illness and disorders. While counseling psychology concentrates primarily on therapy and counseling individuals. Although this is correct to some extent, I have become more knowledgeable on …show more content…
I currently work at the help center in the University of Maryland as a student peer counselor. The help center is a peer counseling and crisis intervention hotline. To become a counselor, you are trained for approximately two to three semester on how to answer emotional calls ranging from rape to suicide. Many of the techniques we use when answering call are based on a humanistic approach. For example, we did not give advise to the callers and we provide them with positive regard no matter the circumstance. This relates back to Carl Rogers, Person-Centered approach that highlights the need for positive regard and positive self-regard during development (Iwamoto, 2016).
Even though I am not pursing counseling psychology in the future, I still enjoy learning about the field. I love learning about the different practices commonly used by counseling psychologists. It very important for me to know the therapeutic approaches used in counseling psychology because counseling and clinical psychology are very similar. Often times, clinical psychologists use some of the same approaches as counseling …show more content…
To be more specific, while discussing about Albert Ellis: Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy, I was further able to understand some of my actions and the consequences of such actions. Rational Emotive behavioral Therapy explains that our thinking of particular or specific events affects and our emotions and behaviors; behaviors and emotions also affect our thinking (Iwamoto, 2016). When I got rejected from some of the summer research programs I applied to over winter break, I became very sad and began to think I was a failure. The activating event in causing this action was not being offered the opportunity to conduct research over the summer at a few of the institutions I applied for. I wanted to conduct research to further my knowledge of research and assist my academic and career goals. My failure to get into some of the programs caused me to think I was a failure and that I was not smart enough to get into such programs. The emotional and behavioral consequence of my belief was I did not apply to other research programs. Using the ABC theory (A-activating event, B-belief, C-Consequence), I recognized that my irrational thinking was impacting my emotions and future behaviors (Iwamoto, 2016). I realized that I applied to many programs and just because I did not get into a few does not reflect who I am as a person and I could still get into other programs. Also, many of the programs