My desire to understand the world and society I live in started here. As a result, I went traveling a lot to learn about the different perspectives of life. I went on a volunteer trip to Ecuador, teaching english to the children there and helping to build the school. The experience I was given changed my whole perspective about life as the children were living in poverty and I got to see how different cultures systematically differ from each other (Friedman and Schustack 2012). I immediately had a sense of gratitude for the things I had in my life and the standard of living I am priviledged to have. From there my idea of life quickly transformed from, “there is only my way of life” to “there are many ways of life, which are NOT …show more content…
I tend to analyze situations very quickly, look for possible solutions to the problems and then start gathering the things I need and work towards to achieving the solution. I 've done so in film production as that is always the case in every single production I do. Thus, I have developed this skill but have yet to formally practise it in a counselling environment. However, I do see that this enthusiam that I possess aides me in successfully providing effective therapy as once I see a problem, I tend to draw on all possible resources to achieve goals. I have applied this to a person I 've supported as he is disabled and going through depression. In order to keep his spirits up, I drew on my resources of the local YMCA where he has made friendships and gotten volunteer hours helping and participating in his community. Additionally, his situation at home is not good as he has multiple conflicts with his parents. I have attended counselling sessions with him at his request and the counselor has reiterated to him a lot of what I was suggesting to him (however, I did not encourage him to take action without clarifying it with his counselor as I am not qualified