School counselor

high school. Sitting in my guidance counselor’s small,-dimly lit office surrounded by filing cabinets, I knew I had a challenge ahead of me. I was there discussing what to do in order to get into college. Being the first in my family to pursue a college education, my work was well cut out for me. I had the grades, I had the work ethic, but I did not have the financial support. In that moment, consumed by anxiety and getting close to the point of giving up; my high school guidance counselor…

Family expectations and obligations can cause anxiety among adolescents. When students become overwhelmed with school work, peer pressure, and family obligations their ability to make sound decisions can become compromised. Anxiety can cause them to lose sleep, over worry and some adolescents can become depressed. When working with students individually, it is important for the school counselor to be active listeners. One should have an awareness of the student cultural backgrounds and an…

prevalent as it is today and the dynamic of work has also changed. In todays world, work would be considered to have more collaboration, technology dependent, and would be considered more time pressured. Working in higher education or as a career counselor it is critical to be able to work with a variety of different individuals (age ranges, educational background, skill development, socio-economic status).…

requirements. As a counselor, I aspire to work with children and adolescents in unification with their families that are experiencing troubling matters. More specifically, children who are struggling academically, emotionally, or mentally for assorted reasons or conditions. I would like to incorporate cognitive behavior therapy, play therapy, family therapy, and dialect behavior therapy into my practice. When I got my first job at the age of seventeen, I began working as an extended day…

thousand adults from all over the country showed that, “Teens' average stress level was 5.8 out of 10 during the school year and 4.6,” during the summer, while, “Adults reported average levels of 5.1 in the past month.” On top of that, due to the stress they felt, “40% of teens report feeling irritable or angry; 36% nervous or anxious” (Jayson). Students are more stressed during the school year than adults, which had negative effects on those teens. The reason for students’…

According to the National Association of Social Workers, it is expected that social workers will adhere to the standards and principles of the NASW ethical code whenever they are in a social worker role. In my future role as a professional counselor and volunteer counselor, I plan to work mainly with children and adolescents. For this reason, I must adhere to the model code set forth by The National Catholic Risk Retention Group. According to the Model Code of Pastoral Conduct (2004), as a…

My perception of a counselor role when I first entered the mental health counseling program at Touro back in 2013 was with a supporter of the mental illness came the awareness of the importance of counseling as a practice of treatment. During my journey, I discovered that counseling may be challenging as it needs to be individual detailed. What works for one individual may or may not work for another. Whereas “finding counseling” has felt like a very lengthy progression already, I know that the…

What does it mean to be a Counselor? When people come across individuals in the profession of mental health they typically think of “crazy”, “bad”, or “it takes a special person”. A true counselor’s job responsibilities go well beyond what people imagine. Counselor’s help individuals deal with difficult emotions, mental health disorders, and trauma related experiences. A person who holds this title provides therapy and guidance to clients that help manage stress, redirect emotions, evoke change,…

am able to take the steps necessary to become what I’ve always dreamed of becoming. I decided to pursue my degree in Marriage and Therapy Counseling so that I can fulfill my dream to be a professional Marriage Counselor. Many people ask me…

undergraduate experience, I was a single mother juggling two jobs, quality time with my son, and school. I am also very passionate about my beliefs one of which is to educate myself so that I can make a difference. That passion and my own perseverance carried me through the undergraduate program at Lindsey Wilson College. Those two qualities alone were not enough for me as I stood on the threshold of graduate school. As I reevaluated where I had come from and where I was going, I discovered that…