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Essay in Counselling and Psychotherapy

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Essay in Counselling and Psychotherapy

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTIONReflective essay would be including writing about oneself, our background and culturefrom where we are coming and how would all these impacting the way we are thinking. Thiswould also be influencing our working or position on which we are working or the people towhom we are meeting in day to day life. The current essay would be including my backgroundand culture and how would this be impacting my career as counsellor or psychotherapist. Thiswould also be covering areas of awareness that person need to consider while broadening to meetall challenges of counselling role.MAIN BODYReflection and identification of cultural identities.As I'm inhabiting or originated in Lebanon which forms majority of Lebanese and SunniMuslim people. So, the culture of Lebanese people is emerged from various civilisation overmore than a thousand year which remain home for many immigrates like that of Arabs, Persian,Roman or Greeks. Thus, they have been influenced by all these types of people which is alsoreflecting onto their diversified culture like that of religious groups, festivals of countries,literature, music and cuisine as well (Iannaco, 2018). Their culture is also overlapping with thatof Egyptian one holding in field of literature, theatre, cinema and journalism. They also celebratethe festivals and holidays as per the calendars of both Islam and Christianity.Development of fundamental or key cultural identities.In this context, I could prefer putting the cultural identity theory which is telling aboutbelongingness of particular culture and group of people with whom we have been living orbrought up. This is a long way process which would also be influencing my career in field ofcounselling and psychotherapy. Like, learning and accepting heritage, cuisine, traditions,language and religion or thinking pattern of those people or group where we have particularlybrought up. This could then be telling us about our own concept of humans including that ofbeliefs, values and norms under which we are presenting ourselves. Both these would beeffecting what we are doing and how would our culture be getting into development of workwhich we are doing.Fundamental influence which is based on my life including own choice as counsellor.The job of counsellor is not an easy task which would be involving handling and treatingpeople who are suffering from problems like that of psychological or mainly related to mental1
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