Mental Health Counseling

We would like to know more about you and your interest in becoming a counselor. Please address each of the following questions to thebestofyourability. Pleasegivecarefulthoughttoyouranswers.Considertheseformalessays,payingattentiontoclarityofthought, grammar, and punctuation. Write your answers out on paper or type them on a computer and carefully edit them before you complete this form. _ANSWER BOTH_ 1. Please describe a time when you were able to appreciate another person’s viewpoint even if you did not agree with the person. We are interested in how you reacted psychologically and how you responded to the other person, not the particulars of the topic on which you disagreed. (Please provide a specific example) 2. Openness to feedback from instructors is an essential component of growth during a graduate counseling program. Please describe a time when you received feedback that was difficult for you to hear. What were your initial reactions and how were you able to work through those initial reactions in order to act upon the feedback given? (Please provide a specific example)