My Beliefs, Values and Clinical Gestalt

My Values, Beliefs, and Clinical Gestalt with Individuals and Systems

Kellie Williams

BSHS 322

January 17, 2010

Professor Amy Donaldson

My Values, Beliefs, and Clinical Gestalt with Individuals and Systems

I was raised in a religious family with strong beliefs in faith and helping others as God would want us to do. I have strong values in honesty, kindness, love, faith and in doing what is right by others. I feel a strong need and desire to help those less fortunate than myself but sometimes that is harder to do than it seems. It is hard to help those who do not want to help themselves. I believe this desire and my beliefs will greatly help me in my career to provide services to a wide array of people.

My experiences as a child with my family receiving help from friends, family and neighbors had a wonderful impact on my life. You develop a great respect for those willing to step out of the box and help someone in need, especially when they do not expect anything in return. I think this has impacted me the most in my desire to help others. When kindness is shown to you, you want to return the favor and spread the love you feel on to someone else. It is a great feeling to know you do not have to go through your problems or situations on your own and that there are people willing to help out as needed.

Growing up in a poor household with both of my biological parents and four siblings in a loving, nurturing relationship has helped me to have a successful marriage of almost 14 years. My family is very supportive and encouraging. Their morals and values sets them apart from many other families and gave me the courage and strength to face problems that I have had in my own marriage. I believe I am a better parent because of the way I was raised and the values that my parents instilled in me as a child.

Working with people brings me great satisfaction but, it does come with a limit. It will be hard to work with some people...