Rowan Finley
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Father. Academic Advisor. Musician. Writer. My real name is Jesse Balogh.
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Counselor in Training Immersive Cultural Experience with the Latin/x Community
Part I: Research Hispanic/Latin Americans are eclectic, as they are comprised of people from many countries. Hispanics are any people who have ancestry from Spain or Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America (twenty different countries), which includes people from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America, and other Spanish-speaking regions. “As of 2022, Hispanic people constituted approximately 63.7 million or 19% of the US population representing a 77% growth rate since 1980 (14.5 million)” (Borrell, 2024). Emerging multicultural counselors must take the time to research and learn about the rich history, attributes, and customs of Latin Americans, as the percentage of people within America is rising quickly.
By Rowan Finley 7 months ago in History
Counselor in Training, Exploring Multicultural Development
Personal Background My family heritage is a mixture of Hungarian, English, and German. I was raised by a white, middle-class, single income, conservative, homeschool family with four siblings. My parents adhered to pretty typical male and female gender roles within the household. Meaning, my father tended to do more of the outdoor work and my mother tended to focus more on the indoor maintenance and household care. My father was the predominant breadwinner of the family and he was bi-vocational, meaning he worked full-time for the school system as an elementary guidance counselor and a part-time church planter for the southern Baptist association. All this being said, ever since childhood, there was a very strong religious emphasis on my day-to-day living. Being raised by practicing Christian parents, who, also, were involved in church- planting, or new church start-ups, meant actively reading the Bible daily and serving on Sundays for morning and evening services. In addition to Sunday services, participation in other Bible studies and meetings in the middle of the week were also expected as well. Being homeschooled from kindergarten through twelfth grade, included a school curriculum that had a strong Biblical emphasis.
By Rowan Finley 7 months ago in Psyche
My Entry into the Workforce
I remember the day that I got hired for the first day of my full-time job. It was a front desk student affairs position directing students to student services and admission processing. I started on a Tuesday, the day after Labor Day, in September of 2013. The reason I was in a rush to work was because I desperately wanted to get married and have a family. This was just how my nineteen-year-old mind worked at the time. A job or career was a necessity in order to have a family. The girl I loved during the latter years of my teenager years moved away. Apparently, she didn’t want me to follow her across the country to go to the same university as her, even though I was more than willing to do so. I thought it would have been so amazing to attend the same university. Supposedly, from the counsel of her parents, they didn’t think I was the right person for her to be with anyhow. Or, maybe she just used them as an excuse… whatever.
By Rowan Finley 7 months ago in Confessions
Integration of Christian Spirituality in the Counseling Profession
The integration of Christian spirituality into the clinical counseling profession consists of predominantly being the embodiment of Jesus’s character and qualities through demeanor. If it is determined that the client is a professing Christian, then more overt Biblical concepts can be shared, but only ones that align with the client should be expressed. If the client is an atheist, then demeanor and gentle guided encouragement wording are a better fit. Integrated spirituality is understanding that every client is a unique masterpiece made by God. Regardless of where the client is at in their understanding of spirituality, the counselor can be the gospel through their extended qualities such as compassion, patience, gentleness, and understanding.
By Rowan Finley 7 months ago in Longevity
Jostle Up the Word “Wedding”and You Get “Webbing”
Isn’t it somewhat ironic that if you turn the dd’s around in the word wedding that you end up with the word… Webbing Are some weddings the shedding of the exoskeleton of self and the ebbing of a webbing when you fast forward several years down the road?
By Rowan Finley 7 months ago in Poets
Temptation Can Be Blinding
Temptation The first recorded story of temptation in the Bible is about Adam and Eve. God told them that they could eat from any tree in the garden except not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Genesis 2:16-17 says, “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, ‘Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.’ ”
By Rowan Finley 7 months ago in Longevity
