i need to provide an example of how my own values and beliefs impact on my work with individuals experiencing mental illness

Answer 1

This answer would vary depending on your actual values and beliefs. So I don't think we could help you.

Answer 2

If you have strong religious beliefs, you may have trouble empathisizing with a patient who's an atheist.

Answer 3

For years, I had difficulty working with people who suffered from depression: I veiwed it as a weakness, a choice, in them.

Currently, I have great difficulty working with folks with personality disorders, such as antisocial; and immature disorders.

Is this a result of my WASP upbringing? Perhaps. Is it a result of my career in the military, where I was shielded from these folks? Perhaps.