My
time here at Shafa Home has been very enriching. What I started as my course
requirement went on to become a valuable experience for me.
My
internship was for around one month, first week was for observation, which was
really intense and kind of eye opener for me. Then I started taking case
histories, but during this course, I committed a mistake, I started building
some kind of an emotional
bond with the residents. In some ways, I started
feeling sorry for them. I learnt not to create any emotional bonds with my
clients. A big lesson for me. Also I developed interviewing skills, though with
constant guidance and support from all the staff present in Shafa.
Through
various psychological tests example SCT, MAST, Sentence Completion, ASI etc. I
was able to gather information on every client in my case-load about what is
going on in his mind, about his feelings in treatment, about his expectations
from treatment and what he has gone through.
Staff
at Shafa has been very helpful; they were just like guides and elder brothers
to me. I do not know whether I took them as seriously as they took me. At times
I felt helpless, hopeless in taking case history and conducting tests (How to
help client, relieve their pain, sufferings…). But later came to know about the
role of a counselor, that he can’t be a magician. There was so much to learn in
sessions.
I
do not know whether I helped my clients or not, but I really felt touched by
them. It has been like a second family now.
Like
all other good thing Internship is also coming to end. Thank You all at Shafa
Home for your support, especially Director Sir for granting me this
opportunity…
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