After Internship
Alhamdulillah...It really the most moment that I have waited for the whole of my life as a Counselling student. I have successfully done the 3 months internship. There are a lot of sweet moments that I will never forget for being a school counsellor at this school and the bitter moments I will make it as the good experiences to improve myself. This internship is the platform for me to improve myself after the previous practicum. Besides, this internship also had taught and prepares me a lot before enter the real setting and be the actual school counsellor later.
Some of the things that I need to improve are time management, the documentation of my clients and session notes. I do think that I have minor problems in term of managing my time to do counselling session and do the report of counselling session at school. This is because as I worked at school, I have to follow the school administration such as enter the classroom during relief class. Usually, I have a trouble to make the session report after conduct counselling session and sometimes I have no choice to do the report at my hostel. Thus, it will be a bit difficult for me to switch off my mind from all the works at my room. However, I do believe that later after enter the real setting of work, I am able to manage my time wisely.
Apart from that, as I have received the warm welcome from the counsellors, teachers and administration, I never feel hesitate to seek guide and help from them. Because of the wonderful atmosphere at the school, it encourages me more to do my internship very well and the most important thing is I have successfully replace the negative stigma of ‘I will never enjoy being a school counsellor’ to the better and positive perception of the school that ‘I will have the joy and more fun be in the school later.’
Furthermore, I do feel better of being a school counsellor now so far after done the practicum and internship at schools. This internship has given me the most beautiful gift in my life. Is is the new paradigm I have gained during the internship. Before this, I were totally avoided to be in school and it was the most last thing I want in my life. However, right now, instead of make the circle that full with negative elements around me such as feel bad, low self-esteem and weak, I break the ice circle and start to think this is a chance that Allah gives to me. For me, Allah gives me the things that I hated the most (be in the school), not because He wants to torture me, burdened me or it does not mean He did know what I want. For surely Allah Knows the best for me. He is given me the big chance to enjoy the sweet moments and open my heart to see the beauty of school. Thank you to Allah because let me to think that way and able to find the answer of question such as ‘why certain thing happens to me?’. It really makes me feel better right now. I feel like things around me just fall at the right place and how beautiful it is Allah has arranged my life. The thing I hate the most does not mean it is worst for me. Now, to my own surprise I do love be a counsellor and work at the school is just so much fun to me.
This internship prepares me a lot on how to face the real setting later and give myself an opportunity to experiment my skills as school counsellor. It is the good platform for me as counselling student to know good things that I have to maintain and bad things that I have to improve in order to make me the better counsellor. This not the end but it is still the beginning of my journey as school counsellor. The most important thing I have learned is the life will be better if we give the chance to ourselves by open our hearts and minds to see the positive things in our lives.
