Counselor Module – Rewarding and Challenging Situations Facing Counselors Post 2 (M.Redding)
I would imagine counselors find it rewarding when students learn to trust them enough to openly share personal thoughts and feelings. Equally rewarding would be creating an environment where students can relax and feel safe. Affording children an opportunity to bond with someone who accepts them, is dependable, and always supports them, must be an amazing reward. Helping students set goals and seeing students meet those goals would be rewarding to a counselor, as it is to traditional classroom teachers. Being a child advocate must also be tremendously rewarding Challenging situations could include feeling overwhelmed by the volume of work required and lack of resources available to students and counselors. I would imagine the deterioration of social morality also contributes to increasing stress facing counselors. Dealing with students’ stresses everyday must be extremely difficult over time. I’m sure there are many challenges facing counselors I cannot imagine. The counselor interview will enlighten me regarding rewards and challenges I have not considered.
I agree that the "Trust" factor plays a major role if not the most important in my mind. Which also supports your next statement about a "relaxed and safe" environment. Students may have some if not many underlying problems that would not be addressed if the guidance counselor did not have that "trust" bond with the student. Many people could qualify for this job, but it takes a special person to be successful!
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