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Within the contexts of contmeporary counseling training, this book revisits the importance of continuing personal and professional development for every successful counseling practitioner. From the trainee and their personal development to the trainer and their course, it provides the answers to that all important question: what is personal and professional development and why is it necessary for counselors?
This new edition explores:
the importance of personal development and the core concepts that underpin it; the aims, commonalities and differences of personal development in different settings; the key differences in theoretical approaches and their implications for personal development; the issue of communication and relationship between counselors and professional organizations, society, and the ‘virtual’ world; the trainee and trainer and the challenges of personal development.
Packed full of vivid accounts of personal experiences, questions and points for refection, this book will prove an essential companion for anyone wishing to grow personally and professionally as a therapist.
A Curriculum for Personal Development: Contradiction or Paradox?
A Curriculum for Personal Development: Contradiction or Paradox?
“What aims and themes must be covered in personal development and what might be explored?”
This chapter will argue that personal development in in-depth training courses should be intentionally proactive as well as reactive: it needs, paradoxically, to be planned, at least as an outline, in addition to responding to what is present incidentally. It will explore a variety of starting points for devising a curriculum, such as:
- the purposes of personal development;
- theoretical frameworks such as the Johari window (Chapter 9), a set of ethical principles or an image/metaphor;
- a list of significant points, such as the aims of counselling, outcomes of training, learning objectives or competencies for personal development;
- a central driving principle, ...
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