Personal development is an essential element in counselling training: Discuss? This essay will aim to define what personal development is to me as a trainee counsellor. It will reflect on the importance of personal development to a trainee counsellor by looking at different theorists and their views on personal development. It will explore my journey of personal development over my first year of my counselling course.
Personal development can be defined in my opinion as the recognition of the places within us that may be hurt, ashamed, and vulnerable. It allows us the willingness to heal the hurt so that we can understand ourselves better. It is a commitment to the nurturance of the self so that we can extend outwards to others. One of my …show more content…
This role is known as the apologetic people pleaser. Through my personal development I have learnt that I moulded into this role as I had a low self-worth that stemmed from my childhood. My childhood was filled with uncertainty, conflict and family addiction. I was the placate as I did not want conflict and always wanted to please people as I found it easier and less frightening. I felt that my opinion did not count. It was remarkable to learn about this role and bring my awareness to it. I have changed from this role because of personal development. I also moved on into the role as ‘the computer’ in my late teens and early twenties when the addictions in my family brought huge dysfunction to the family dynamics. This role is known as the non-affectionate intellect. I used this role to justify things in my life so that I would not have to feel emotions. I would supress my emotions and feelings, put them in a nice little box on a shelf and think about things logically and in an intellectual way. This role allowed me to escape my true feelings and …show more content…
He argues that in order to understand human development, one must consider the entire ecological system in which growth occurs. This system is composed of five socially organised subsystems that help support and guide human growth. They range from the microsystem, which refers to the relationship between the developing person and the immediate environment, such as school and family, to the macro system, which refers to institutional patterns of culture, such as the economy, customs, and bodies of knowledge (Bronfenbrenner,1994). Each of these systems I have reflected on and how they have impacted on my development through my life span to date. This reflection has brought about a great understanding that will be beneficial to practising as a
Personal development can be defined in my opinion as the recognition of the places within us that may be hurt, ashamed, and vulnerable. It allows us the willingness to heal the hurt so that we can understand ourselves better. It is a commitment to the nurturance of the self so that we can extend outwards to others. One of my …show more content…
This role is known as the apologetic people pleaser. Through my personal development I have learnt that I moulded into this role as I had a low self-worth that stemmed from my childhood. My childhood was filled with uncertainty, conflict and family addiction. I was the placate as I did not want conflict and always wanted to please people as I found it easier and less frightening. I felt that my opinion did not count. It was remarkable to learn about this role and bring my awareness to it. I have changed from this role because of personal development. I also moved on into the role as ‘the computer’ in my late teens and early twenties when the addictions in my family brought huge dysfunction to the family dynamics. This role is known as the non-affectionate intellect. I used this role to justify things in my life so that I would not have to feel emotions. I would supress my emotions and feelings, put them in a nice little box on a shelf and think about things logically and in an intellectual way. This role allowed me to escape my true feelings and …show more content…
He argues that in order to understand human development, one must consider the entire ecological system in which growth occurs. This system is composed of five socially organised subsystems that help support and guide human growth. They range from the microsystem, which refers to the relationship between the developing person and the immediate environment, such as school and family, to the macro system, which refers to institutional patterns of culture, such as the economy, customs, and bodies of knowledge (Bronfenbrenner,1994). Each of these systems I have reflected on and how they have impacted on my development through my life span to date. This reflection has brought about a great understanding that will be beneficial to practising as a