Introduction

For this discussion, you will have the opportunity to discuss how your personal and professional personas might influence society and your community. A person’s persona, whether personally or professionally, can have a significant impact on the way he or she is perceived by society. For example, your personal persona would be how you present yourself (personality and character) to your family, friends, and community. Your professional persona would be how you present yourself in the workplace. This could ultimately cause positive or negative impressions depending on the behaviors and actions taken and therefore, cause specific consequences and ramifications within society and communities alike. This awareness and reflection will be advantageous to you when completing the week 6 final project in the course.

Initial Post Instructions

Take a moment to review the two articles, ‘We can’t live without beliefs’: Self and society in therapeutic engagements and The Social Self, . After this preparation, provide in-depth responses to the following questions:

Describe how your personal and professional personas might influence society and your community and share some examples.

Based on what you identified in your research, your own self-reflection, and your understanding of this topic, discuss some ways you would like to alter your own personal and professional personas to be more positively perceived by society and your community and share why this might be important.  

Explain how the findings from the two articles apply to this discussion as supportive evidence and helped to frame your response.