Accelerated Development

Counseling is one of the noblest professions, if a teacher teaches minds, and doctors heal bodies, a guidance revives mans spirit and inspires early(a)s to live more(prenominal) fully. It is both a challenge and a calling to be a counsel because one must be physically and mentally present to those who arise for help. Counselors are still humans despite the breadth of their responsibilities to help others, and they are also prone to look burnout and exhausted in their jobs.A counselors well-being and state of mental health is followly chief(prenominal) to the training he/she has received in the counseling profession, counselors must have a strong sniff out of self and be able to deal effectively with his/her stressors in order to become effective counselors (Campbell, 2000). David has been executeal as a counselor for many years have probably effd the signs of burnout non abstracted to drill, exhaustion, sluggishness and unhappiness. Burnout results when the counselor h as non given importance to his birth personal care.David must nurture his own well-being and seek ways for him to become more effective in his job. Fortunately, there are a number of ways that would help David, he could place himself in different types of supervision- undivided, group and peer. Under individual supervision, David would have the opportunity to work closely with a more experienced counselor. The role of the supervisor is to evermore check and evaluate Davids performance and the difficulties he may experience in a limited case (Campbell, 2000).David can benefit from individual supervision if he is willing to establish a workings and mentoring relationship with the supervisor. David on the other hand, must not feel threatened to be scrutinized and made to wait his own issues. In individual supervision, David can take on from the more experienced counselor by discussing with him/her how to adhesive friction certain cases, what approaches to use on clients that ha ve specific problems as well as learn spic-and-span developments in the counseling profession. If David decides to place himself in peer supervision, he will work together with colleagues in resolving personal dilemmas and difficult cases.There will be no designated official supervisor and everyone interacts and sells his/her views, professional know-how and experience to enrich others (Campbell, 2000). Peer supervision is actually same(p) a support group in function it is valuable in terms of establishing friendships with similar jobs, hence every member of the group can subsume to what is being experienced. David can benefit from peer supervision if he can work with others on equal footing, without structure and a leader and if his clients are actually more sensitive than others which make it difficult to share with those who do not have the same clients.Another option for David is group supervision, in this type of supervision, David works with other counselors as a group and they invite a seasoned professional or expert counselor to provide valuable input on their problems and difficulties (Campbell, 2000). The benefits of being in group supervision is that David can learn from other counselors and at the same period receives feedback from an expert as to how they could do it better and be more effective in their jobs. Group supervision is actually a good set-up if David can fancy like minded counselors who are receptive to supervision and who have similar cases.The strengths of counseling supervision is that the counselor does not feel that he is alone and that there are persons he can turn to for technical expertness and friendship (Campbell, 2000). Individual supervision allows one-on-one evaluation and feedback, it removes the threat of being embarrassed in front end of others and the counselor can decide his supervision program. The drawback is that it is difficult to find an expert counselor who has the time to work with individually.And if th e counselor and the supervisor has established rapport and become close friends it is very difficult to maintain objectivity in the process. In peer supervision, there is the added bonus of having a group that everyone can share and be heard and no one is there to criticize but to help others learn. The negative side is that because it is not structured, the group meetings may not actually respond to the needs of all the members and since there is no supervisor, no one is there to check whether one is doing the right thing.Lastly, group supervision offers a class-like set-up which many find appropriate when it comes to professional growth, however because it is a group, the expert may not have enough time to address the needs of all the members and it may take longer for a certain issue to be discussed even if it is an immediate need for the counselor. Reference Campbell, J. (2000). Becoming and effective supervisor A workbook for counselors and psychotherapists. Philadelphia, PN Ac celerated Development.