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Personal Development e-portfolio                                 1
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Personal Development e-portfolio
Introduction
When it comes to counselling, it is essential to look at how individual experiences can have a significant effect on an individual, and how it can make them into a better counsellor. In most cases, counselling is about being able to sympathize and empathize with people, and be able to help them out (House & Feltham, 2016). Thus, it would heavily depend on their own reflections.
In order to do so, an e-portfolio is one of the best ways in which an individual can look back at their milestones, and look at how each of the milestones was able to change their personality and how each of the milestones can make them a better counsellor in the days to come (Kolog & Montero, 2018). There are also personal dynamics that go into counselling, and which can help in looking at how an individual is supposed to act in certain situations as well. It can help in developing the personal dynamic and experiences of the individual as well.
The following is an e-portfolio of my milestones, and looks at how they have been able to change and mould my personality in a manner that would help me become a better counsellor. It also includes personal experiences that can help in changing the dynamics of the person.
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A major part of my life that could have had a significant impact on me would have been my childhood. Most of my life had been spent at home, or reading books. I lived in an area where there very little people my age, and there were a significant number of adults. This meant that I was often in the company of adults, most, if not all, of the time, and was quite mature for my age. This also led me to being a bit spoilt, since most of the adults gave me whatever I wanted. My parents worked, and as such, I was left in the care of the many old ladies in my neighbourhood, who did not mind caring for a child. This led me to be quite detached to my parents, since I never knew them very well. In my ability as a counsellor, it is this detachment that can help me stay detached from clients who might have tales of agony. It would also ensure that I do not get emotionally attached to the client, which is known to create many issues. It is during the ages of 2-6, according to many psychologists, that children start being independent from their parents, and start developing a personality that is unique to the personality of their parents (Domone, Valach & Yooung, 2015). Thus, it had been during this part of my life that I had been able to develop my own personality, which had been known to be quite beneficial to my career as a counsellor. I have not been a moody child, since I was with a lot of older people, and my temperament has been that of a calm individual. This has also been of significant help in ensuring that I am able to be calm and helpful around most people. This was the beginning of my interest in other people, and in looking at how their personalities can be developed in such a way that they are completely different from my own. It is this curiosity that might be of significant benefit to my role as a counsellor, and also hinder my role as a counsellor, simply because too much curiosity is not beneficial in helping an individual with their problems either. It would also be of significant help since there is a certain amount of curiosity that is required in order to ask the right questions and get the client to reveal information (Duarte, 2017).
The first milestone...