Topic: PhD Psychology Practicum self-reflection paper

Order Description Students will be expected to present in written form three 10 page self-reflection papers documenting their perception of their attainment of practicum competencies and their professional development at critical points in their practicum experience details in att Psychology Doctoral Practicum Please help write good paper for my professor 10 pages APA Students will be expected to present in written form three 10 page self-reflection papers documenting their perception of their attainment of practicum competencies and their professional development at critical points in their practicum experience On the beginning of practicum; middle and end of practicum This is 3rd paper on the end of the semester but I think I will stay one more semester in this practicum (we have option if supervisor likes your work and you like place you can stay one more semester) What did you learn so far as future psychologist from this doctoral practicum? how this will influence my career in the future; what where (are) my goals for practicum? Did I accomplish them etc; Discover Your Strengths and Work on Your weaknesses - I learned that I have easy way and contact with young men (18-35) people they open very easy and quick in this facility and asking for individual therapy. My difficulties is to keep balance bettewn rest and work my Bishop, and friends coworkers are more often saying that I became WORKOHOLIC - I want to be a good psychologist this is why I work on my self with spiritual; director and during my own therapy with psychiatrist - this practicum increases competency and independence in comprehensive psychological services and provides experiences that will enhance professional attributes such as: Ethics Attitudes Responsibility Communication skills Critical judgment Technical skills health clients, etc.). so few links for help and you can chose another materials as example of the experience I`m learning Everything has to write like from my perspective http://www.stopitnow.org/help-guidance/faqs/faqs-on-sex-offender-treatment https://www.bja.gov/evaluation/program-corrections/sops1.htm http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug03/newhope.aspx http://www.doccs.ny.gov/ProgramServices/SOCTP_Guidelines_Nov08.pdf You can write that from sex offenders, substance abuse clients, mental health clients, sex offenders are most challenging and most favorite group for me to work with. I see few therapy group and few people per week for individual therapy after that all experience I share with Supervisor at the Practcum Center Ms Motta She is excellent!! Always she has time for me to explain new methods of therapeutic work or listening my experience or concerns about sessions If Only I can I wouold like to stay in this practicum for next semester I learn from her a lot …. (ect….) My practicum supervisor is Ms. Marielena Motta I have been assigned to the Center for Change and Recovery in Middlesex, NJ for fall practicum http://www.thecenterforchangeandrecovery.com/ Some characteristic of sex offenders (work with the same) Many of my clients are people what they say "Empathy was not in my vocabulary. I didn’t give a rip about anybody. I just didn’t care," "Unlike in some other states, in New Jersey we do not treat sex offenders as if they have a mental health disease. If you say to a sex offender, 'Oh, you have a mental problem,' he doesn’t have to take responsibility for that. He has a 'disorder'; it’s not his fault, "Instead, we say, 'You made a choice. A conscious, deliberate choice. And it resulted in a criminal act.' So we're putting the responsibility on them, and they have to change their behaviors. Not like, 'Oh, a doctor’s going to give you a pill.'" - the program is open to almost all sex offenders who are near the end of their sentences; only those who still maintain their innocence, or are appealing their conviction, are ineligible. The goal, after all, is to make the participants accountable for their past behaviors, - About 80 sex offenders are now enrolled in the core courses, and an additional 23 are participating in after-care. - Sessions are held two to three times a week for the core courses and once a week for after-care, but the duration of the program can vary widely — it could be as short as 10 months or as long as four years, depending on the progress of each participant. - "If you’re going to be in (the program), we cannot tell you, 'Here is the date you’re going to finish,"because we don’t know how fast you can learn this material to our satisfaction." - The program doesn’t guarantee an automatic ticket out of prison; those who "graduate" can become eligible only for work furlough, not parole. - the set-up discourages participants from trying to game the system. - "You’re dealing with a population that knows how to manipulate. We love to manipulate," "So, when you set a time limit and say, 'We’re going to do 18 months,' I, as a manipulator, will wait you out. I’ll just participate in the program, say whatever you want me to say, do whatever you want me to do, just because I know that, 'If I go through that, I get to do whatever I like.' But, if there’s no concrete timeframe, I can’t do that. So this system gives all the leverage that the department needs to ensure that each graduate of the program is ready for re-entry." - To be considered "ready," participants are expected to develop "cognitive coping skills" that can prevent them from engaging in sexually abusive behavior. - To do that, they first have to acknowledge their past behaviors, learn to empathize with their victims, and recognize the series of bad decisions that led them to commit their crime and figure out how to avoid — or deal with — high-risk situations. - This can be a lengthy undertaking, - "There’s a lot of shame when you commit a sex offense. You want to keep it secret,". "So, at the beginning, we spend a lot of time pushing back denial, pushing back minimization, getting you to admit what you really did, as opposed to what you want us to believe you did." - To help ease the process, the program combines individual sessions with group therapies. - "The best people to perceive if you’re telling the truth are other sex offenders," "So, if you are being less than truthful, the other offenders around the table are going to sniff that out and say, 'Bullshit.'" - "We try to make sure that there’s a common ground for each group, so that people have an easier time giving feedback to each other," "So, if you’re an incest offender, you should have your own group. If you’re a predatory child molester, we want you in your own group. Given enough time, most participants go on to develop their own set of coping skills to steer clear of trouble, only about 3 percent of the participants end up dropping out or getting kicked out of the program. - "It’s about the choices that we make," "We have the choice every day to choose whether or not we go left or right, or if we’re going to be violent or not going to be violent, or if we’re going to steal or not going to steal. Whatever it is, we always have that choice." A Violent Crime Spree ………….. is not one to mince words. Ask him about his criminal past, and he gives it straight up: "I was the worst of the worst. I was locked up with the baddest of the bad. And I’ve done the evilest things you can do to a person." It all stemmed from the “violent upbringing” he had growing up in a Kalihi Valley housing project, ….. "In my immature mind, the violence was always the answer. That was the way you responded," "You don’t like what anybody says, punch them in the mouth. You don’t like what they do, punch them in the mouth. If I want to take something from you, I’m just going to take them." -