1. How are the helping professions defined? What are some key examples of the helping professions? What are key characteristics of the helping professions? Which of the helping professions are you personally interested in pursuing?
2. What are three main factors that affect personal development? Explain each.
3. What are three main theories or approaches for working with clients as a helping professional? Explain the principles and viewpoints of each theory. Which theory would you find most beneficial to use as a helping professional?
4. What are key ethical principles and ethical guidelines for working as a helping professional?
5. What is emotional self-regulation? Why is it such an important step for individuals to achieve?
6. As a helping professional, how would you avoid the issues of personalization and implicit bias when working with clients?
7. What kind of helping contract would you use with clients and what would you include in it?
8. What strategies would you implement as a helping professional to facilitate change and problem resolution in your clients?
9. What are key strategies to implement when working with a client in crisis?
10. What are key types of groups you would work with as a helping professional? What are key strategies you would need to implement to work with clients in groups?