The fifth strategy is to “capture yourself,” this is done by using digital, and video recording techniques. This theoretical orientation you espouse should be one that is easily recognizable on recording, so that you can determine whether your interventions, strategies, and ways of relating to your clients are congruent with your theoretical orientation. Sometimes, viewing themselves on a recording is the first time students in the helping professions recognize that their intended theoretical orientation is not apparent in the counseling session. Also recording provides an opportunity for you to receive feedback from others who can assist you in understanding whether or not your clinical work is reflective of the theoretical orientation you
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The sixth strategy gives you an opportunity to examine your theoretical orientation, is a launching pad for exploring your role as a professional helper. Hill, A. (2016, February, Monday). Top 10 Ways to Find Your Theoretical Orientation. The seventh strategy is to “Read original work,” reading the words of the theories gives additional insight into the values they support or hold and the philosophy of their theories, which helps you to see which are congruent with your own life philosophy. Theories textbooks offer a wealth of information about various theories, but each time a theory is paraphrased something is lost. Hill, A. (2016, February, Monday). Top 10 Ways to Find Your Theoretical …show more content…
For example, one professional counselor had what she called a “typical Saturday.” She spent her day going to the grocery store, getting her hair cut, she interacted with a 20-year-old Caucasian hairdresser who was expecting her second child and was unsure of her relationship with the child’s father. At the grocery store, the counselor interacted with a cashier in a wheelchair, and later she met a Bosnian house painter who was a highly regarded artist in Bosnian before the Bosnian War. In each of these situations, the counselor had the opportunity to monitor whether or not her humanistic leanings worked in her everyday life. The counselor notice she was able to have unconditional, positive regard for each of the people with whom she interacted. The counselor’s experience illustrates the importance of finding a theoretical orientation that fits his personality. Because the theoretical you support will ideally resonate with your being in most situations, you need one that fits with who you are both inside and outside the therapeutic relationship. Hill, A. (2016, February,
The sixth strategy gives you an opportunity to examine your theoretical orientation, is a launching pad for exploring your role as a professional helper. Hill, A. (2016, February, Monday). Top 10 Ways to Find Your Theoretical Orientation. The seventh strategy is to “Read original work,” reading the words of the theories gives additional insight into the values they support or hold and the philosophy of their theories, which helps you to see which are congruent with your own life philosophy. Theories textbooks offer a wealth of information about various theories, but each time a theory is paraphrased something is lost. Hill, A. (2016, February, Monday). Top 10 Ways to Find Your Theoretical …show more content…
For example, one professional counselor had what she called a “typical Saturday.” She spent her day going to the grocery store, getting her hair cut, she interacted with a 20-year-old Caucasian hairdresser who was expecting her second child and was unsure of her relationship with the child’s father. At the grocery store, the counselor interacted with a cashier in a wheelchair, and later she met a Bosnian house painter who was a highly regarded artist in Bosnian before the Bosnian War. In each of these situations, the counselor had the opportunity to monitor whether or not her humanistic leanings worked in her everyday life. The counselor notice she was able to have unconditional, positive regard for each of the people with whom she interacted. The counselor’s experience illustrates the importance of finding a theoretical orientation that fits his personality. Because the theoretical you support will ideally resonate with your being in most situations, you need one that fits with who you are both inside and outside the therapeutic relationship. Hill, A. (2016, February,