Personal Narrative: A Career In Mental Health Counseling

Introduction When deciding upon a profession to pursue it takes a lot of deep thought and careful consideration prior to making a decision. For me, I put a lot of effort into my decision to pursue a career in mental health counseling. I became interested in mental health counseling after my friends, family and co-workers told me that I am usually easy to talk to, understanding, and a good problem solver. The more and more I heard these things about myself the more it made me think of how I could put these skills of mine to good use. This is why I decided to pursue a career in mental health counseling. When it comes to being easy to talk to and understanding, Carl Rogers was one of the leaders in this area of counseling. Rogers developed the …show more content…
This is typically done through the use of empathy and unconditional positive regard (UPR) (Egan, 2009). Rogers’ view differs from many other theorists as there are advantages and disadvantages to every therapeutic approach.
Advantages/disadvantages of Carl Rogers’ Person-centered Theory Despite the fact that there is a high regard for the person-centered approach to therapy, like all other approaches there are advantages and disadvantages. One advantage that I can see is that person-centered therapy can benefit a wide variety of individuals who are dealing with a wide range of personal issues. One of the main beliefs of Rogers’ theory is that the client has the ability to develop to their full …show more content…
My weakness is that I tend to jump to conclusions sometimes and have a tendency to speak out of turn. I know that I can overcome this weakness but fully engaging in the conversation and actively listen before I speak out of turn and interrupt the client. I plan to practice this in future mock counseling sessions as well as in my everyday personal and professional