My First Post for Basic Helping Skills

                   
                    Hi everyone, welcome to my first post and thanks for spending your time to read my post. First of all, let me briefly introduce myself so that you guys know who I am. My name is Hii Siew Yuen with matrix number 66123. I am a first-year UNIMAS student which taking counselling under the Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development. I came from Sarikei, Sarawak. Sarikei is a small town located on the Rajang River, near to the river empties into the South China Sea. It is well-known because of its sweet and juicy pineapple production. Thus, the town is also called as “pineapple town” and the “food basket of Sarawak”.

                Once I get knew my UPU result, I am offered with the program counselling in UNIMAS. My heart suddenly sank and felt depressed. Counselling is my 7th choice out of 12. I’m really not interested in counselling courses. I know, be a counsellor must good in communication and capable to deal the problems with the clients. But, I am the kind of person that very quiet and seldom talk with others since I am small. So, I don’t have the confidence that I can be a good counsellor in the future. It is a big challenge for me to make new friends and communicate with others in university life. It is hard for me to adapt myself in a new environment. I worried that I can’t make a new friend and scared to be alone. Thankfully, I had made some new friends. They are very precious to me and very friendly to me.

                           

Friends who always joke around with me and 

make my unilife become more meaningful.💗

                Now, I would like to share with guys about my experience with the basic helping skills class during the first week. In the beginning, I feel very nervous and worried actually. This is due to I don’t know who is going to teach us and the lecturer is strict or not. But when Dr Fa steps in the tutorial room, she smiles at us. I find that Dr Fa has a deep dimple on her cheeks and a very familiar Chinese’s eyes. She greets us with a kindly smile and gives us a good impression in our mind. I feel warm with Dr fa because of her humorous and gentle personalities. Before the lesson start, she asked us to state what strength do we have own. I asked myself and tried to find out what strength I have. A few minutes pass, I still don’t have the answer. I felt annoyed because I don’t like someone ask me to stand up and answer the question. So, I just simply replied, “I don’t know what my strength is… and I don’t have strength…” Dr Fa continues, “Hii, everyone has their own strength. You just didn’t realize it. Try to think for a moment before you give us an answer.” Then I think and think, I figure that my strength is honesty. I can be a good listener and help others to keep the secret. I felt very pleased and thanks for Dr Fa awakening me so that I can see my strengths.

                After attending the class, I had learned about what is helping, helper, helpee, the characteristics of effective helpers and the types of helpers through the first lesson. Besides, I also had learned various helping technique and skills that are important for a counsellor to have. This is because all of those techniques and skills can help a counsellor to deal with client’s issues and help to ensure the counselling session run smoothly. Lastly, I hope I can overcome all the difficulties faced by me and keep going until achieving my goals.

That’s all for me and please look forward to my next post 😬

HII SIEW YUEN (66123)