Unconditional Positive Regard In Nursing Professions
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Applicability to Professions I feel that in some contexts, the aspects of person-centered therapy would be hard to apply. For instance, in counseling someone who had tortured and murdered a child, it might be hard to have empathy or unconditional positive regard for them. Another example is the component of being non-directive and how this might apply to a psychiatrist who needs to tell their patient to take their medicine. Essentially, while the components of person-centered therapy sound good in theory, I believe that the therapy might not always be easily applicable and especially in certain professional contexts. …show more content…
Part of my job description is to advise students academically. I have over 100 students that I advise in one-on-one sessions where we look over their grades and go over a through g requirements. I think that unconditional positive regard is a huge component for accepting students, regardless of their past academic histories and believing that they can make a change. Even if the road to change is long and hard, I have unconditional positive regard for my students in that I do not believe that their past defines their present and the abilities that they have to make progress. While some of my students have straight A’s, I do not believe that they are any better than my students who are failing a class. Each has faced unique circumstances to get they where they are today and I look at what they can accomplish through the lens of unconditional positive …show more content…
Because there are not really any specific strategies and just a general acceptance and positivity toward individuals, it would be beneficial for anyone. In my work setting specifically, I believe that an approach such as this would benefit students immensely. Since the future of students can depend on the type of information and access to resources a student has, an academic advisor that utilizes a person-centered approach has the opportunity to make a huge impact on the future of a student, regardless of his or her cultural background. As humans, regardless of our cultures, we desired to be accepted and also to have a support system to fall back on, and I believe that this is what person-centered therapy can provide for students in an academic advising
Applicability to Professions I feel that in some contexts, the aspects of person-centered therapy would be hard to apply. For instance, in counseling someone who had tortured and murdered a child, it might be hard to have empathy or unconditional positive regard for them. Another example is the component of being non-directive and how this might apply to a psychiatrist who needs to tell their patient to take their medicine. Essentially, while the components of person-centered therapy sound good in theory, I believe that the therapy might not always be easily applicable and especially in certain professional contexts. …show more content…
Part of my job description is to advise students academically. I have over 100 students that I advise in one-on-one sessions where we look over their grades and go over a through g requirements. I think that unconditional positive regard is a huge component for accepting students, regardless of their past academic histories and believing that they can make a change. Even if the road to change is long and hard, I have unconditional positive regard for my students in that I do not believe that their past defines their present and the abilities that they have to make progress. While some of my students have straight A’s, I do not believe that they are any better than my students who are failing a class. Each has faced unique circumstances to get they where they are today and I look at what they can accomplish through the lens of unconditional positive …show more content…
Because there are not really any specific strategies and just a general acceptance and positivity toward individuals, it would be beneficial for anyone. In my work setting specifically, I believe that an approach such as this would benefit students immensely. Since the future of students can depend on the type of information and access to resources a student has, an academic advisor that utilizes a person-centered approach has the opportunity to make a huge impact on the future of a student, regardless of his or her cultural background. As humans, regardless of our cultures, we desired to be accepted and also to have a support system to fall back on, and I believe that this is what person-centered therapy can provide for students in an academic advising