Reflective practice

REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER 2
GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENT
In this assignment you need to engage with an aspect of your counselling practice or a counselling related practice issue from the point of view of a reflective practitioner. You should choose an aspect of your work that interests you and which you will be able to explore further through accessing relevant and up to date literature and research.
Your chosen subject could be:
•    Something about you as practitioner e.g. when it is appropriate to use self disclosure
•    What or how your clients' present e.g. sexuality, different ways that male and female clients use language
•    The context of your work e.g. the impact of initial assessment by a different counsellor; the current user profile of the service in which you work considering and ways that it could be made more relevant and attractive to certain minority groups.
•    Any other counselling practice issue that interests you e.g. how the time of sessions may impact on the counselling process
Make sure the topic you choose has sufficient supporting articles and research papers for you to critically evaluate.
In your reflections:
• Describe the counselling or counselling related issue and explain why this
issue interests you. Explain how further exploration might benefit your
practice
•    Develop your interest in this topic by reading relevant literature and current research. You should consider at least 8 sources. (Seek help through the librarians and make use of both paper based and electronic journals.) Critically evaluate this literature with respect to your chosen counselling issue.
•    In the light of your review of the literature suggest ways in which your practice could be developed. Show awareness of the impact of the social context in which your work takes place (e.g. political context, race, gender, culture, disability, sexuality etc)

i will upload most of the information but this reflectiev essay is on loss and bereavement, am a counselling student doing placement with abereavement charity, the main issue i wanted to reflect on is the grieving process, thier models,how different clients present differently, the cultural aspects, i am of African decent,been in the UK for 11 yrs, my background is Registered Nursing which i have done for 19 yrs, am female, middle aged in my final diploma year, my clients (5) are all white, 3 female and 2male, age ranges from 34-76yrs, usually presenting with bereavement , 2 clients have lost thier mums,one his wife, one her sister and the other her dad. the assignement should be double spaced, Arial, 12 size font,Havard refferencing, am just going to attach all the requirements ,i chose this topic partly because that is where am doing my placement and partly because it is of interest to me,the model we use at college is the Relational approach but all aspects especially Carl Rogers 3 core conditions are important,i would decribe myself as having a secure attachment,self awareness and a good process is important. Hope this helps you to HELP ME!!.THANKS.LEVEL 5.