Part 1- Introduction ( Counselor Identity)
-What do you believe about Human condition/experience
-How do you believe we become who we are?
-What values, principles, and characteristics (if any) do you think are important in helping others as a counselor?
-What role do YOU believe theory plays in the counseling process?
Part 2- Your selected Theory (Theoretical Development)
-Which of these theories speaks to your persepctive of the human condition?
-What does the theory suggest about the human condition and human experience?
-How do your beliefs fall in line and differ from this theory?
-What do you think the key figures of your theory got right?Wrong?
-Which of these theories speaks to how your believe counseling and therapy should be conducted?
-In thinking about how and where you diverge from your primary theory- what other theory fills the void or gaps.
How does that theory (or those theories) fill those gaps?
-How do you see these theories integrated?
Part 3- Conclusion
-What do you still want to know about your theory (theories)?
-In what ways are you still open to exploring you beliefs about the human condition/human experience? Do you think as you gain more self-awareness and explore your beliefs that your theoretical choices may change? Do you think we are stuck with only one theory?
-Summarize what you learned this quarter about counseling and about yourself.
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