The following assignments are informed by the following CACREP Standards and ACA Code of Ethics
Psychological Fitness
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CACREP Common Core Area Standards
2.F.1.b. The multiple professional roles and functions of counselors across specialty areas, and their relationships with human service and integrated behavioral health care systems, including interagency and interorganizational collaboration and consultation.
2.F.1.i. Ethical standards of professional counseling organizations and credentialing bodies, and applications of ethical and legal considerations in professional counseling.
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ACA Code of Ethics Standard: C.2.g
My self- reflection on my growth in psychological fitness is gaining additional insight on the ethical and legal practices of appropriate documentation
Self- Awareness
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CACREP Common Core Area Standards
2.F.5.f. Counselor characteristics and behaviors that influence the counseling process.
2.F.5.g. Essential interviewing, counseling, and case conceptualization skills.
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ACA Code of Ethics Standard: B.1.a & C.2.a
My self- reflection on my growth in self- awareness is after reviewing myself practice the SOLAR skills necessary for therapeutic rapport, I had strengths and weaknesses with these baseline skills. I have seen the most growth in my SOLAR and active listening skills is the empathetic communication, responding appropriately to what the client is saying, either verbally or non- verbally for client growth. I have grown to have more of an organic flow and balance between myself as a clinician and my clients.
Cultural Diversity
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CACREP Common Core Area Standards
3.1: Explain issues and trends in a multicultural and diverse society in the practice of professional counseling. [CACREP 2.F.2.b, 2.F.2.c, 2.F.2.e, 2.F.2.f, 2.F.2.g] (MC3, MC5)
3.2: Evaluate the importance of social and cultural competence in providing counseling services to diverse populations. [CACREP 2.F.2.b, 2.F.2.c, 2.F.2.d, 2.F.2.e, 2.F.2.f, 2.F.2.g, 2.F.6.f, 2.F.6.h] (MC3, MC5)
3.3: Assess their own social and cultural awareness, attitudes, and biases. (MC2)
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ACA Code of Ethics Standard: C.5, E.5.b, E.8,
My self- reflection on my growth in social and cultural diversity is how I continually manage my personal bias of Westernized individualism as a value. There are several journals that I continue to utilize to understand diverse experiences of those clients with different cultural and social backgrounds then myself as a clinician.
Acceptance
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CACREP Common Core Area Standards
2.F.4.a. Theories and models of career development, counseling, and decision making.
2.F.4.b. Approaches for conceptualizing the interrelationships among and between work, mental well-being, relationships, and other life roles and factors.
2.F.4.d. Approaches for assessing the conditions of the work environment on clients’ life experience.
2.F.4.i. Methods of identifying and using assessment tools and techniques relevant to career planning and decision making.
2.F.4.j. Ethical and culturally relevant strategies for addressing career development.
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ACA Code of Ethics Standard: B.1.a & C.2.a
My self- reflection on my growth in acceptance is being aware of the variety of marginalized groups of people who benefit from career counseling methods. This provides equal opportunity and resources to ensure fairness of career through specific interventions that address and accept the uniqueness of one's cultural experience.
Empathy
CACREP Common Core Area Standards
2.F.3.a. Theories of individual and family development across the lifespan.
ACA Code of Ethics Standard: A.2.c, A.4.a
My self- reflection on my growth in empathy as a clinician is to utilize a person- centered approach to take the client's perspective of what they are experiencing without judgement. This value is important for therapeutic rapport, the overall progression of treatment goals, and effectiveness of therapy.
Genuineness
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CACREP Common Core Area Standards
2.F.1.b. The multiple professional roles and functions of counselors across specialty areas, and their relationships with human service and integrated behavioral health care systems, including interagency and interorganizational collaboration and consultation.
2.F. 5.a. Theories and models of counseling
2.F.5.f. Counselor characteristics and behaviors that influence the counseling process.
2.F.5.g. Essential interviewing, counseling, and case conceptualization skills.
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ACA Code of Ethics Standard: A.1.a; A.4.b
My self- reflection on my growth in the area of genuineness has blossomed. I've come to recognize a balance between being a clinician and being my authentic self. To benefit the client by omitting my own biases, but keeping my passion and personality within the therapeutic relationship has fostered the rapport build in a tremendous way.
Flexibility
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CACREP Common Core Area Standards
2.F.7.i. Use of assessments relevant to academic/educational, career, personal, and social development.
2.F.7.m. Ethical and culturally relevant strategies for selecting, administering, and interpreting assessment and test results.
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ACA Code of Ethics Standard: C.7.b, C.2.f
My self- reflection on my self- growth in the area of flexibility has grown, especially in the use of technology resources for the benefit of client welfare. Especially providing different uses to psychological testing and a method to track scores through an online database in an easy way.
Patience
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CACREP Common Core Area Standards
2.F.1.k. Strategies for personal and professional self-evaluation and implications for practice.
2.F.6.f. Types of groups and other considerations that affect conducting groups in varied settings.
2.F.6.g. Ethical and culturally relevant strategies for designing and facilitating groups.
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ACA Code of Ethics: A.2.c, A.4.b
My self- reflection on my growth in the area of patience includes the understanding of an increased need for patience, especially in group work, due to the inclusion of individualized participants having different comfort zones and skills. When facilitating a group a clinician must hold patience for members to work together or provide the essential amount of therapeutic space for processing of thoughts.
Amiability
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CACREP Common Core Area Standards
2.F.5.i. Development of measurable outcomes for clients.
2.F.5.n. Processes for aiding students in developing a personal model of counseling.
5.C.1.c. Principles, models, and documentation formats of biopsychosocial case conceptualization and treatment planning.
5.C.2.d. Diagnostic process, including differential diagnosis and the use of current diagnostic classification systems, including the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
5.C.3.a. Intake interview, mental status evaluation, biopsychosocial history, mental health history, and psychological assessment for treatment planning and caseload management.
5.C.3.b. Techniques and interventions for prevention and treatment of a broad range of mental health issues.
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ACA Code of Ethics: A.2.c, A.4.b
My self- reflection about my growth in the area of amiability has included the importance of a clinician's warmness and being approachable within the therapeutic relationship. These elements are essential for building an efficient rapport for the benefit of client's treatment. Through the skill of amiability a client can feel comfortable disclosing their reporting symptoms for the construction of an accurate case concpetualizing and assessment for the most effective treatment.
Professional Identity
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CACREP Common Core Area Standards
2.F.8.a. The importance of research in advancing the counseling profession, including how to critique research to inform counseling practice.
2.F.8.j. ethical and culturally relevant strategies for conducting, interpreting, and reporting the results of research and/or program evaluation
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ACA Code of Ethics: C.1., C.2.e., C.2.f., C.4.f.
My self- reflection about my growth in the area of professional development is the importance about continuous education within the profession, as clinical interventions develop to be more effective or less effective for the client's welfare. The most important source of information to gather effectiveness is through understanding the research within the counseling field and continue to be most competent in my role as a clinician.
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