Typical Motivations Of Helpers

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Typical Motivations Of Helpers

• Need To Make An Impact
• Can be frustrating when client doesnt wan to
  change.
• Return The Favor
• Emulating a role model
• Need To Care For Others
• Natural helpers - be sure to heal thyself

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Motivations Contd

• Need For Self-Help
• Are able to identify with client - must be on
  the road to your own healing (Do No Harm)
• Need To Be Needed
• Great satisfaction from helping - do not make
  client dependent on you
• Need For Money
• Financial motives can work against good
  relationship

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Motivations Contd

• Need For Prestige / Status
• How important is this to you?
• Provide Answers
• Strong need to give advice
• Whats best for you may not be best for client.
  Client must discover own course.
• Need For Control
• Control others lives vs. teach others to regain
  effective control of their own lives?

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Motivations Contd

• Need For Variety / Flexibility
• Wide variety of ways you can get meaning from
  your work.

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The Ideal Helper

• Knows own strengths / weaknesses
• Healthy sense of self
• Open to learning - curious
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Genuine care for others
• Can deal with wide range of thoughts, feelings
  emotions
• Realize that change is hard - willing to stay the
  course when assisting a client
• Utilizes resources for clients
• Engages in critical self-examination of personal
  beliefs values
• Aware of personal needs motivations

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Challenge Your Vision

• Talk to various practitioners
• What are their motivations for choosing
  remaining in the profession?
• Challenges, demands, frustrations??

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Work Values Assessment

• Beliefs, Attitudes, Values Inventory

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Developing A Self-Portrait

• Who are you? What do you stand for?
• Add brush strokes to it each meeting.
• A Work In Progress
• If you like - be creative.
• Could be a page in your weekly journal.

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Prospective Counselor Interview

• Role Play
• 10 minutes each
• Get feedback

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The Helping Professions

• Social Work
• Casework, community intervention, social policy,
  some counseling
• Masters (MSW)
• Broad course work in counseling
• http//www.socialworkers.org

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• Community Counseling
• Trained in assessing / treating mildly disturbed
  persons.
• Assist relatively healthy people in solving
  developmental problems - function more
  effectively.
• A variety of options available -
• Vocational/Career Counselor
• Skills specific to employment
• Personal Counselor (agency / private practice)
• Wide variety of mental health issues
• Adult / adolescent One-on- One
• http//www.counseling.org

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• Marriage Family Counselor
• Group and individual therapy from a
  family-systems prospective.
• All require Masters Degree / Licensure
• (LMHP)

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• School Counseling
• Individual / group counseling, group
  guidance, consultation coordination.
• Developmental preventative by nature.
• Implement coordinate state guidance
  curriculum.
• Academic,career, personal/social issues.
• Elementary, middle school, high school.
• Requires Masters Degree -Licensure
• (CSC)
• http//www.schoolcounselor.org

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• Clinical Psychologist
• Focus on assessment, diagnosis and treatment
  procedures of mildly to severely disturbed
  persons (psychotic disorders, etc)
• Interview clients, write case studies, develop
  treatment modalities.
• Requires a doctorate for licensure
• http//www.apa.org

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• School Psychologist
• Focus on student assessment, data
  interpretation, consultation, observation
  intervention development to meet individual needs
  within a school system.
• Academic needs / behavioral modifications are a
  priority.
• Educational specialist degree is needed for
  certification (CSP)

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• Other Helpers
• Non-licensed, but may have specific training
  competencies.Often have education training at
  undergraduate level.
• Fulfill broader roles such as advocacy
• Alcohol/Drug Counselor
• Residential Counselor
• Child Care Worker
• Client Advocate

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Becoming an LMHP

• Meet the graduate program requirements.
• Complete licensure procedure through State Of
  Nebraska Department Of Health
• Successfully complete NCE (National
  Counselors Exam)
• 3000 supervised hours in a mental health
  services setting (Provisionally licensed)
• Once LMHP - must complete 32 continuing
  education hours every 2 years.
• www.hhs.state.ne.us/crl/mchs/mental/mentalindex

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Color Personality Matrix
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