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Becoming A Helper 4th Edition by Marianne Schneider Corey & Gerald Corey Wadsworth Group A division of Thomson Learning, Inc. What Are Your Needs as a Helper? To what degree do you have the need to make an impact return a favor care for others work on your personal issues (self-help) be needed make money gain prestige and status provide answers gain and maintain control variety and flexibility Portrait of the Ideal Helper Some of the characteristics of a helper who is making a significant difference are: being committed to assessing your strengths and weaknesses doing in your own life what you expect your clients to do having good interpersonal skills recognizing that it takes hard work to bring about change welcoming and understanding diversity Portrait of the Ideal Helper Some of the characteristics of a helper who is making a

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significant difference (continued): being aware of your own problems and monitoring how they influence your work with clients taking care of yourself questioning life and engaging in self-examination having meaningful relationships in your life having a healthy sense of self-love Factors in Choosing a Career Path Recognize that choosing a career path is an ongoing process rather than a one-time event In choosing a career, it is well to consider the following factors: self-concept motivation and achievement interests abilities values Factors in Choosing a Career Path Some work values for you to explore include: income power prestige job security variety achievement responsibility independence family relationships interests serving people adventure creativity inner harmony teamwork

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How to Get The Most from Your Fieldwork Experience There are concrete steps you can take to ensure getting the maximum benefit from your fieldwork and supervision experiences Assume an open stance in learning from your supervisions This can best be done by: being able to ask for what you need saying "I don't know" at times expressing your reactions dealing with yourself and your client in supervision being willing to learn from supervisors, without copying their styles accepting different styles of supervision being assertive without becoming aggressive Myers-Briggs Type Indicator The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality inventory is to make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung understandable and useful in peoples lives. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random variation in the behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic differences in the ways individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment. Individual Assessment Group Discussion