When I
first started reading this chapter, the first this that pops up is the value of
solitude (Corey & Corey, 2010). The
book talks about how we need to take moments in our lives to think about how we
are doing. While reading that I automatically
thought of this class and how we are being in a state of solitude. We read these chapters on different topics of
life and we are suppose to reflect on the material based on our lives. This class provides us with a sense of solitude
not only based on the book but our final projects as well. This sense of solitude
is very helpful for not only us as grad students but as high school students as
well. One of the main questions that is
asked during your high school years is what are you going to do with the rest
of your life? It will be important to
have a student reflect on who they are and knowing this information can help me
bring up specific topics that they can reflected upon.
Another
topic that is talk about in this chapter is loneliness and how to confront it
(Corey & Corey, 2010). I must say
that I had to deal with loneliness a lot when I was a kid. After my parents got divorced I started to do
things on my own. I would be up in my
room a lot playing video games and homework.
I was a busy kid but I was alone a lot and I didn’t like it. I really don’t like being alone. That is actually one of my greatest
fears. I love being with people and
talking to them. I actually kind of hate
that I live in an apartment all by myself right now. I know that loneliness
happens with a lot of people and that it is normal but I try to avoid it as much
as possible. Confronting loneliness is
hard but doable. After all we need to be
alone in order to reflect on our lives.
This knowledge will be helpful for me as a future counselor but letting
other students know that being lonely is okay and there are ways to help that
loneliness.
When
going over the Hodgson and Werthiem (2007) article, I found it very
interesting. The study was really good
and it even relates to the topic of solitude even though the article is on forgiveness. The study found that people who are attending
to emotions, being clear about their emotions, and being better able to
repair or regulate their emotions were people who could forgive better. Those individuals that could take time to
themselves to reflect were ones that were able to forgive not only others but
themselves too. This information will be
very helpful as to teach students that it is really helpful in many ways to
take time to think about their lives and who they are today.
Corey,
G., & Corey, M.S. (2010). I never
knew I had a choice: Explorations in personal growth. (9th ed.).
Belmont, California: Thompson Brooks/Cole.
Greason, P.B, & Cashwell, C.S. (2009). Mindfulness and
counseling self efficacy: The mediating role of attention and empathy. Journal of Social
and Personal Relationships. 24, 931–949. DOI:
10.1177/0265407507084191
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