Original source: Psychological Counselor Training Project of the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Author: Ruyan
My name is Zhou Qiyu, and I am a teacher. I signed up for the basic training program of psychological counselors in October 2021 and took the online exam on May 21, 2022. After 7 months of study, the total score of the exam was 94.7 points.
Learning motivation
I want to register for a psychological counselor for the exam, but it still has to be traced back to my college years. I particularly liked psychology when I was in college and I also read a lot of psychology-related books. I remember that I could still take the psychological counselor certificate at that time, but when I was preparing for the exam, the certificate was cancelled, which was also something that I couldn't help. Despite this, I still maintained the habit of reading psychology-related books during extracurricular time.
As a young teacher, I am relatively close to students and want to get to know students faster, so I have the idea of taking the psychological counselor certificate exam. Wanting to better understand yourself, constantly improve yourself, and to make your mentality more peaceful is also one of the reasons why I want to continue to learn psychology knowledge and get the psychological counselor certificate.
When you are depressed, some knowledge gained through psychology-related books can indeed organize your thinking more clearly and no longer be too boring.
Learning method
I think I am an exam-type contestant, and every exam is a chance to prove myself. I am not particularly satisfied with the results of this exam. During the usual mock exam, I scored around 97 points, and this time I only scored 94.7 points, so I still have room for improvement.
90 points are the goal I set for myself. In order to achieve the goal, starting from November 2021, I set my study plan from total to points.
The content of our exam is divided into several major sections, so I first compare the course videos and quickly become familiar with the textbook knowledge. After I have learned the textbook knowledge in each chapter, I will first complete the homework questions in the unit chapters. After finishing the questions and correcting the answers, I will continue to read the book and memorize the knowledge points of the question content. In my study, basically every section does this.
After learning the textbook content, I will use the "Planning Psychological Questions" applet to practice questions. During the process of practicing the questions, I also first wrote one chapter after another. In my impression, I tried the questions in each section no less than 30 times. Later, when I did the questions in the mini program, I could get the answers in seconds when I saw the questions, and I could find all the knowledge points corresponding to the questions in the book.
Problem and Solve
During the learning process, the content of the "Abnormal Psychology" chapter is the biggest difficulty I encountered. This chapter has many details and is complicated, and there are many knowledge points that are easy to mix and make mistakes. When reading a book, I often can't read this content. I often want to give up during the "Planning Psychological Questions" mini program, and sometimes I can't find the knowledge points in the question. "Abnormal Psychology" often gives me a feeling of boredom, and I will put it to the end every time I do the test.
Later, after many attempts, I found a solution. First, go to study with your teeth. Then, list mind map according to the unit structure, and further study according to the corresponding textbooks of the framework. After getting familiar with the framework, return to the textbook. Through this method, I feel that my interest in learning has improved and the effect has also improved. After I became familiar with the textbook content, I went to the mini program to do the questions. However, at the beginning, I was slow in my mind, so I still studied in the way the corresponding textbook knowledge points of the questions. After learning the questions and the corresponding knowledge points many times, the speed of the questions improved, and the mastery of "perverted psychology" became more and more familiar with the knowledge of "perverted psychology".
Learning and gaining
I have gained a lot from learning the "Basic Training Project for Psychological Counselors", such as learning some more useful knowledge such as basic psychology and developmental psychology , especially developmental psychology. I think this part of the knowledge will be of great help to me in parenting in the future. Of course, the biggest gain is that I fulfilled the dream I always wanted to fulfill.
Now I also like perverted psychology very much. Although I am a little bored with this aspect during the learning process, I have discovered some "perverted" symptoms through learning, which can also be used as a small standard for self-examination. In addition, there are some self-evaluation scales in counseling psychology, such as SCL-90, SAS, SDS, etc., which can also be used as standards for self-examination.
In addition, by learning the scientific knowledge in the "Basic Training Program of Psychological Counselors", I can guide me to better face the unfair treatment I encounter in life, and even some things that make me depressed can be faced with a better attitude. I have become more peaceful and transparent when looking at problems, especially when I was learning " Relaxation Training " and "reasonable emotional therapy", I used the emotional ABC theory to deal with and integrate the things that make me uncomfortable in my life. The effect was good, and I obviously felt that I was growing up.
In addition, learning the "Basic Training Project for Psychological Counselors" has also helped me a lot in my work. I will use the class meeting time to teach students some knowledge about psychology, which can greatly stimulate students' interest and facilitate me to carry out teaching work better.
Interest is the best teacher for a person. If you are really interested in psychology, then you should study and don’t find reasons for not having time. The time spent on studying is squeezed out, and I think there is no problem in studying this course and using your spare time to pass the exam. As long as you follow the teacher’s live course, read more books, and practice more questions, there will definitely be no problem.
If you want psychology knowledge to become your own employment helper, then this course is also very good. This is the basic content. After learning it well, lay the foundation for yourself to continue to study. After all, you can’t help but have more skills.
If you are a teacher in school, I strongly recommend that you learn the course "Basic Training of Psychological Counselors", because every school is equipped with a psychological counselor. After you have a certificate, you can do the corresponding work more professionally, and better understand students and promote the healthy growth of students.
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