Ongoing self-reflection.
OBJECTIVE
To suggest that ongoing self-reflection sharpens clinical performance.


METHODS
This is an amplifying, affirming response to "An Existential Framework for Understanding the Counseling Needs of Clients" (C. S. Spillers, 2007).


RESULTS
Attending skills improve as we increase self-awareness.


CONCLUSIONS
By becoming increasingly aware of our beliefs about ourselves, others, and the world around us that fashion our actions and feelings, we become increasingly able to distinguish clients' and caregivers' cares, concerns, and lives from projections of our own.
Silverman
Ellen-Marie
EM
D017281:Cost of Illness; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D011361:Professional Competence; D012649:Self Concept; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology