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PSY350 Careers in Psychology
Are the Helping Professions for you? Helper, Know Thyself
What Are Your Needs as a Helper?
• Typical Needs and Motivations of Helpers:
• To make an impact
• To reciprocate
• To care for others
• To work on your personal issues (self-help)
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What Are Your Needs as a Helper?
• Typical Needs and Motivations of Helpers (cont.):
• To be needed
• To gain recognition and acquire status
• To provide answers
• To gain and maintain control
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Portrait of the Ideal Helper
• Helpers who make a significant difference:
• assess their personal strengths and weaknesses.
• emphasize the quality of the therapeutic relationship.
• demonstrate curiosity and openness to learning.
• have developed good interpersonal skills.
• recognize that change requires hard work.
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Portrait of the Ideal Helper
• Helpers who make a significant difference:
• welcome and understand diversity.
• are committed to being social justice advocates.
• are aware of personal problems and their influence on interactions
with clients.
• have meaningful relationships with others.
• are committed to self-care.
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Portrait of the Ideal Helper
• Helpers who make a significant difference:
• are resourceful and flexible in applying strategies for
change.
• question life and engage in self-examination.
• have a healthy sense of self-love and are not self-
absorbed.
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Overview of Helping Professions
• Social work
• Couples and family counseling
• Clinical and counseling psychology
• Clinical mental health counseling
Overview of Helping Professions
• School counseling
• Rehabilitation counseling
• Drug and alcohol counseling
• Paraprofessional and human services work
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Factors in Choosing a Career Path
• Recognize that choosing a career path is an ongoing process rather than a one-time event.
• In choosing a career, consider the following factors: • self-concept • motivation and achievement • interests • abilities • values
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Factors in Choosing a Career Path
• Some work values for you to explore include:
• income
• power
• prestige
• job security
• achievement
• family relationships
• serving people
• adventure
• creativity
• inner harmony
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Factors in Choosing a Career Path
• Work values (cont.):
– interests
• teamwork
• intellectual challenge
• competition
• advancement
• continued learning
• structure and routine
• independence
• responsibility
• variety
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Know Thyself, Then Help Others
• Impact of professional practice on personal life
• The resurfacing of old wounds
• Value of self-exploration
• Transference
• Countertransference
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Know Thyself, Then Help Others
• Individual and group counseling as a means of self-exploration
• Supports healthy growth and development
• Provides remediation when needed
• Is a basic part of ongoing self-care
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Working with Family-of-Origin Issues
• It is essential that you understand how your family-of-origin issues:
• currently influence your life.
• might help or hinder you in working with families.
• affect your ability to have meaningful relationships.
• taught you about family structure (e.g., roles and rules).
• taught you about coping with conflict.
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Genogram Work
• Genogram work entails creating a graphic representation of one’s family of origin.
• Genogram work provides a structure, or frame, for family stories of emotional significance.
• Genograms are an effective psychosocial tool in counselor training.
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Life Transitions
• Three theories on lifelong personality development: • Psychosocial theory of human development
• “Gifts” of each stage of life
• Self-in-context approach
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Life Transitions
• The nine stages of development from infancy to old age
1. INFANCY: (Birth to age 1)
2. EARLY CHILDHOOD: (Ages 1 to 3)
3. PRESCHOOL AGE: (Ages 3 to 6)
4. MIDDLE CHILDHOOD: (Ages 6 to 12)
5. ADOLESCENCE: (Ages 12 to 20)
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Life Transitions
• The nine stages of development from infancy to old age (cont.)
6. EARLY ADULTHOOD: (Ages 20 to 35)
7. MIDDLE ADULTHOOD: (Ages 35 to 55)
8. LATE MIDDLE AGE: (Ages 55 to 70)
9. LATE ADULTHOOD: (Age 70 onward)
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Some Key Questions for Self-Reflection
• What are some major turning points in your development? • How have your earlier experiences impacted your
present way of thinking, feeling, and behaving? • Are there any ways that you’ve converted your
problems into sources of strength?