{"id":8595,"date":"2017-04-04T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/"},"modified":"2019-05-31T13:07:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T18:07:17","slug":"minds-motion-edward-alvarez-professional-counselor-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/minds-in-motion\/minds-motion-edward-alvarez-professional-counselor-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Alvarez: The professional counselor identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"clearfix\"><p>\u201cI have been taught that empathy creates a successful therapeutic relationship,\u201d he says. \u201cEstablishing that element of empathy and trust is one of the single most important components that a counselor must do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edward continues on to discuss how the master\u2019s degree program in Clinical Mental Health Counseling helped him develop the tools to create an empathetic environment with clients\u2014including effective listening skills, multicultural competencies, and how to select the correct interventions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I&#8217;ve learned about the counseling profession\u2014its purpose, its theoretical foundation, its goals\u2014is far beyond what I ever could have imagined,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Edward concludes his talk by emphasizing how the faculty at The Chicago School created an environment that helped him develop his own professional counselor identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey acknowledge my struggles, celebrate my successes, and in a way, they are creating an empathetic environment, one in which I feel heard, seen, and validated,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8746 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MIM_Edward_992x500-1-992x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">About Minds in Motion<\/h2>\n<p>Exemplifying The Chicago School\u2019s Engaged Professional Model of Education, Minds in Motion offers students, alumni, faculty and leaders a platform to explore turning theory into practice.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edward Alvarez\u2014a student of the M.A. Clinical Mental Health Counseling online program at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology\u2014describes the importance of the professional counselor identity in building successful therapeutic relationships. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-8595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-minds-in-motion","post_format-post-format-video","insight_issues-clinical-mental-health-counseling","insight_issues-mental-health","insight_issues-minds-in-motion","insight_issues-students","insight_issues-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Professional Counselor Identity - Minds in Motion | TCSPP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you know the importance of the professional counselor identity? 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