Introduction
Hi everyone! My name is Libby Ventura and I’m a senior at BASIS Phoenix. I plan on studying psychology and child development in college and hope to become a therapist for children after college. These goals are my motivation behind my senior project titled “Exploring the Effects of Different Therapeutic Techniques within School Counseling.”
I’m interning with a school counselor at a K-8 school where I’ll learn about the different tasks that school counselors have. I’ll also help set up counseling activities and aid in communication between school counselors nearby. I’m very excited to work with my advisor and intern at her school.
There are two parts of research when it comes to my actual project. My project explores different kinds of therapies, tasks, and interventions that school counselors use while working. I hope to answer questions like “what are the most effective and efficient student resources within high school counseling?” and “which tasks take up a majority of the time of counselors?” To answer these questions, the first part of my research is a literary review where I’ll look into pre-existing studies and works to compare and contrast the different mental health resources that schools offer.
For the second part of my research, I’ll be reaching out to high school counselors in my area to conduct interviews and gain first-hand answers to my questions. I’m super excited about this part of my project because I’ll be able to find answers to my project questions and I’ll be able to learn more about a field of psychology that I’m interested in pursuing.
Overall I’m extremely excited to see where this project takes me and I can’t wait to learn more about counseling and research methods in general.
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