Peer Interaction
Week 2/Journal Entry
This first post was a great way to start our interactions (outside of our previous introductions) and the course. It was both a personal exercise and a way for Dr. Mamchur to show us that she practices what she preaches - that she cares about our well-being. My Peer Interaction:
Looks like there are a few of us working online just now - I like the idea that we're working together (in a way).
Like Stephanie some mother/daughter time makes me happy (but in my case, I'm the mother). Besides the fact that my kids are some of my favourite people I think part of the happiness factor has to do with the ease of a long standing, secure relationship. No matter what we end up doing (this time we went to "visit" her wedding dress which is waiting for a June wedding) it just feels good.
Who do you guys have in your life that you feel utterly and completely at ease with?
I have included this interaction because it wasn’t until after I wrote and posted it that I realised I had just made one of the main points of this unit –
I am happiest when I feel a real connection with the people around me. It was interesting to note that the majority of people in my group were happiest in the company of close friends or family as well, despite most of them being introverts.
Week 2/Journal Entry
This first post was a great way to start our interactions (outside of our previous introductions) and the course. It was both a personal exercise and a way for Dr. Mamchur to show us that she practices what she preaches - that she cares about our well-being. My Peer Interaction:
Looks like there are a few of us working online just now - I like the idea that we're working together (in a way).
Like Stephanie some mother/daughter time makes me happy (but in my case, I'm the mother). Besides the fact that my kids are some of my favourite people I think part of the happiness factor has to do with the ease of a long standing, secure relationship. No matter what we end up doing (this time we went to "visit" her wedding dress which is waiting for a June wedding) it just feels good.
Who do you guys have in your life that you feel utterly and completely at ease with?
I have included this interaction because it wasn’t until after I wrote and posted it that I realised I had just made one of the main points of this unit –
I am happiest when I feel a real connection with the people around me. It was interesting to note that the majority of people in my group were happiest in the company of close friends or family as well, despite most of them being introverts.
Type Theory
Week 3/ Journal entry:
I have included this entry because it marks the beginnings of a new relationship between my life and how I see the world and tools, insights, and stories encountered in this course.
Type theory is very exciting and clearly very useful in school and counselling situations. I am familiar with Jung and his archetypes but had little knowledge of type theory per se. Of course, now that I am aware of type theory and the eight psychological type preferences, no one is safe!
The first thing I did after determining my own type (ENFJ) I used the questions to guess my daughter’s type (ISTP – my exact opposite). I am grateful to have been reminded that each of us has our own way of coping, and learning, and interacting. After months of wringing my hands over her (seeming) lack of interest and habit of declining to comment when asked her opinion I took a fresh look at her (one without all the emotional baggage of a parent) and I realized, with relief, that she’s just fine - she’s not me, she won’t act or react like me and, what’s more, I can see where my “E-ness” (extroverted, action oriented) could push her and her “I-ness” (introverted, reflective oriented) into a protective place that could read as disinterest. I have since made some adjustments in how I interact with her (for example, I don’t insist on an answer right away) and, in return, she has loosed up a bit.
I am delighted with how what I am learning in this course is immediately applicable to my life and future as a counsellor. The reservations I held before starting the course are melting away.
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Week 3/ Journal entry:
I have included this entry because it marks the beginnings of a new relationship between my life and how I see the world and tools, insights, and stories encountered in this course.
Type theory is very exciting and clearly very useful in school and counselling situations. I am familiar with Jung and his archetypes but had little knowledge of type theory per se. Of course, now that I am aware of type theory and the eight psychological type preferences, no one is safe!
The first thing I did after determining my own type (ENFJ) I used the questions to guess my daughter’s type (ISTP – my exact opposite). I am grateful to have been reminded that each of us has our own way of coping, and learning, and interacting. After months of wringing my hands over her (seeming) lack of interest and habit of declining to comment when asked her opinion I took a fresh look at her (one without all the emotional baggage of a parent) and I realized, with relief, that she’s just fine - she’s not me, she won’t act or react like me and, what’s more, I can see where my “E-ness” (extroverted, action oriented) could push her and her “I-ness” (introverted, reflective oriented) into a protective place that could read as disinterest. I have since made some adjustments in how I interact with her (for example, I don’t insist on an answer right away) and, in return, she has loosed up a bit.
I am delighted with how what I am learning in this course is immediately applicable to my life and future as a counsellor. The reservations I held before starting the course are melting away.
.
