Week 8 Reflection

Learning Objectives:

To explore own self awareness as a counselorTo develop understanding of one’s external and internal relationshipTo examine tone, rate of speech, and rate of response within a therapeutic relationshipTo understand the role of the basket analogy in counselingReconsider counseling strategies as well as errors that occur in counseling 

Purpose:

This activity is designed to provide students with numerous ways of learning, practicing, reflecting, and processing the needed skills to build and maintain a therapeutic alliance. 

Instructions

Begin by watching all 3 video titles below. These can be found in the MACP Skills Learning Lab on the course dashboard.

• Module 2: Safe and Effective Use of Self 
• watch Developing Self Awareness ( the video for this is attached) 
Module 3: Micro-Skills
• Response DevelopmentResponse Delivery

Then, re-read Chapter 2 of Shebib (2022) textbook Choices using your coursepackThen, write a 2-3 page (average of 250 words per page) reflection paper exploring and discussing your self awareness and the external and internal relationship. Consideration of the elements of delivery responses including tone, volume, rate of speech, and rate of response as well as the basket analogy should be considered. The paper is to include consideration of all videos listed as well as the Shebib (2022) and Young (2021) textbooks as references. 

Structure

Required components: Title page, reference page. Do not add an abstract. Do not use a running head.Length of Assignment: The text body of paper (i.e., not including references or title page) should consist of approximately 500-750 words, (i.e., 2-3 double-spaced typed pages, Times New Roman font size: 12).Format: Please format your assignment in Word (files with extension .doc or .docx)References: Minimum is all 3 videos and the Shebib (2020) and Young (2021) texts and one relevant, peer reviewed article that is 10 years old or less

Considerations

Please use the rubric as a guide. Write succinctly and from first person point of view. Use headings and subheadings.

Resources

Any sources used to support your written narrative should be cited using correct APA format. Although Wikipedia can be a useful starting place to gather very general information no Wikipedia references will be accepted as scholarly citations. Use the Yorkville University Library and the EBSCO tool for academic search. It is important to select credible sources for assignments. This resource will assist students in determining which sources are credible: https://myyu.ca/ask/credible-source-guide/

Evaluation

The following rubric indicates those areas you should be focusing on in preparing your assignment, and how the professor will weigh these components relative to one another. 

Rubric for Assignment:

Criteria% of Assignment Grade1. Exploration (30%) Explore and discuss own self-awareness and the external and internal relationship/302. Reflection (30%) Reflection of own abilities to delivery responses including tone, volume, rate of speech (ROS), and rate of response (ROR), as well as reflection on basket analogy, creating responses, and overcoming errors in counselling/303. References (20%) Relevancy to subject matter with recent peer review resources/204. Writing Style (20%) Clarity, Accuracy, Consistency; APA Style