I am very excited to announced that I am a new contributing expert over at The ALOHA Way magazine! And I am in some pretty good company. Check out those other contributing experts above…and those are just some of their expert team! My first article for The AHOLA Way is on 5 Life Lessons Everyone Can Learn from a Graduate Program in Counseling Psychology, but before we get to that I want to tell you about ALOHA because I think they are just fantastic.
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In a counseling psychology graduate program, student-therapists garner a wealth of knowledge regarding psychological theory, human development, relationships, mental illness, assessment, trauma, coping strategies, ethics, counseling, and human behavior, among many other psychology related topics.
When I enrolled in graduate school to become a psychotherapist, I knew that I would graduate from my program with the tools and knowledge to be a skilled and effective therapist. But I completed my program with so much more than that.
In becoming a therapist, I learned many invaluable life lessons. I learned why humans behave the ways we do. I learned what it means to be “triggered.” I learned why we develop maladaptive behavior patterns. I learned how to be an astute listener. I learned how to hear the emotions behind people’s words. I learned how to be supportive. I learned how to truly be non-judgmental. And I learned the gift of empathy.
And with these lessons, not only did I complete my graduate program as an effective therapist, I also completed my program as a kinder, more empathic person. And that may have been the best lesson of all…
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