Becoming a professional school counselor, it can sometimes be difficult to turn theory into application and there are many personal components that go into selecting a theory or theories to use in practice. However, having a theoretical orientation can provide the counselor a framework from which to work from and assist the counselor in being intentional when working with a client, thus deciding on a theoretical orientation is an important part in becoming a professional school counselor (Halbur & Halbur, 2015).
At this point in time, this learner feels that she is more aimed towards humanistic and constructivist approaches. In addition, taking the selective theory sorter-revised, identified that the top theories included person-centered, Gestalt, constructivist approaches, such as solution-focused brief therapy, and existential (Halbur & Halbur, 2015). It is interesting because this learners top theories of choice fall into the above schools of thought.
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However, counselors tend to focus on one area more specifically in order to create change in all three areas (Henderson & Thompson, 2011). This learner’s personal perspective is inline with a more humanistic and constructivist approach in that the student is an expert on themselves and with a genuine therapeutic relationship change can occur (Henderson & Thompson, 2011). In addition, the process to change feelings and thoughts can occur when positive behavioral changes occur and small changes can lead to larger changes (Henderson & Thompson,