Personal Reflection

Personal Reflection



Personal Reflection

Introduction

Personal and Professional development is a part of learning process that comprises entirety of one's life. It starts from the enrolment of a child in pre-school and continues through to the important transitions in one's life. As important as the prevalence of concept and execution of personal and professional development among learners, the underlying idea of continuous learning is imperative to be hold by the learner to have the development part register significant impact over time. Continuous learning is the key factor behind the emphasis placed by various institutions teaching across different fields on the writing and submission of reflective papers. This Reflective Writing along with the presentation of Critical Analysis prepared by learners is the key source involved in inculcating continuous learning and development; personal as well as professional as it ensues Personal Development Planning (PPD). This assignment focusing on my development as a psychotherapist will be inclined more towards the side of personal reflection through highlighting overall development as a therapist, as it will not only be beneficial for myself rather it would be more than beneficial for my clients with whom I interact and counsel.

Discussion

Moving forward in the field of psychotherapy, I have faced numerous challenges and hardships not only in my professional career path but in my personal life as well, however in tackling with them, I must emphasize on the lifetime worth of experiences I gained. I enrolled into numerous professional training programs, certificate programs, diplomas, in addition to my professional degree of BA (Hons) in Psychology, and this equipped me not only professionally but personally as well. Life of a psychotherapist is integrated in terms of the threshold that separates ones' professional/ work life from that of his/ her personal life, and so the experiences attained in moving up in my psychotherapeutic career and the knowledge attained through enrolling in various educational and training programs facilitates me conclusively in elevating the quality and standard of my life as well as that of my client base and patients (Norcross and Goldfried, 2005).

I chose to enter into the field of psychotherapy with the vision to serve those who are suffering with immense dedication, so that not only I could provide them with the value for their money but provide them with a lifestyle that could help them invariably in overcoming their problems and challenges, as characterized by quality of living. I am a Jungian therapist; the class of psychotherapists who advocates and follows the school of thought that was introduced by Carl Jung. This reflective study is of most use particularly to Jungian psychotherapists as it is embedded in Carl Jung's philosophy; with Carl Jung being recognised widely as the father of Analytical Psychology. Wide array of tools aimed to use for assessment were conceived following the comprehensive study of the theories presented by Jung, with Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) being one of the most common personality assessment tools as indicated by the frequency of its usage around the ...