...counselor Counseling others is a difficult job that requires people to listen, take notes, and respond in ways that are positive and helpful. It is important that trust be built between the counselor and the patient so that the patient will feel comfortable speaking about issues that are private or embarrassing. There are many different types of counselors including drug counselors; marriage counselors, grief counselors, job counselors, diet and exercise counselors, and others that can help people improve their lives in different ways. Counselors are trained to offer advice and listen to issues that may be bothering other people. They are not allowed to prescribe medication or expected to provide medical advice. Approximately 25 percent of North Americans suffer from diagnosable mental health issues each year. With the increasing awareness of the related social, political and economic impacts of these problems, there is a greater need for professional mental health counselors. Additionally, health care insurance providers, driving the demand for more qualified professionals, recognize most mental health counseling. After earning a master's degree in mental health counseling, most people choose to get licensed or certified in a specialty such as: • Rehabilitation counseling • Substance abuse counseling • Marriage and family counseling Mental health counselors work with individuals, groups and communities on a variety of mental health issues: • Addiction / substance abuse •...
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...Clients seek counseling for help with dealing with issues in everyday life, sometimes the client look to the counselor for relief from his or her issues. Some clients that goes to counseling are not so certain if they are willing to change or not. It is not unusual for some client to participate or cooperate with the counselor and the plan of treatment. Resistance is a technique a client use when he or she avoids or do not want to disclose any information about himself or herself to the counselor to make the counselor feel anxious. Resistance from clients such as talking to much, talking to little, being unprepared and etc. (Sommers-Flanagan & Sommers-Flanagan, 2017). When resistance derive from clients, they are usually in the stage where they are not interest to change or they have considered a temporary change....
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...• Your intervention practices (successes, failures, preferences) o This week, I was introduced to grief counseling. I would consider my desire to learn and participate in this counseling practice a success. Despite the success I had, I would prefer to learn more about more uplifting intervention practices. Throughout the week, I was reminded that the use of grief counseling is used within any social work setting just not the hospital. It is important to at least become competent of the practice so when this intervention is needed I will be able to assist the client in reaching their goal. • Aspects of clinical practice that consume or renew your energy o While shadowing the dialysis center, the relationship building aspect of clinical practice encouraged my understanding why social work is important in this department. After further reflection, I was encouraged to remember that building a rapport with clients in any social work setting is mandatory. I was able to explore how much the social work support is helpful for patients progression toward their goal. •...
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...important asset for individuals who do not want a face- to- face meeting. Other advantages include access to mental health information to people in rural or remote; however, individual must have Internet access to a computer, provides accessibility to disabled and homebound individuals, and many of the sites are free or provide low cost sessions. Research of online therapy sites reveals several forms of therapy sessions such as online chat, e-mail, Skype, and texting. Online therapy is an asset to traditional therapy methods. Serenity Online Therapy Serenity offers e-mail counseling, and chat therapy. Carl Benedict, is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor specializing in depression, anxiety, mental illness, and substance abuse, just to mention a few . Benedict’s received his bachelor’s degree in psychology, and his master’s in Mental Health Counseling, he is licensed with the Board of Counselors and Therapist in Maryland. Serenity offers online voice chat via Skype, webcams, and telephones are not used in therapy sessions. Secure email address with Secure Socket Layers encryption ensures individual privacy is protected....
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...their fists available to meet their needs. It is the clients responsibility to research the online therapist as well as the services they have to offer client. You'll also need to research how the therapist will secure the information that they would be given to the therapist. It is also the clients responsibility to research the disadvantages and advantages of the online therapy that they will be receiving. Online therapies researched The first online therapy site and I've research was online their human factor Masha Godkin (Godkin 2013). She is based out of California and is a licensed marriage and family therapist as well as a professor of psychology. Dr. Godkin specializes in addictive behaviors and have experience with online counseling for individuals, groups, couples, and family therapy. She facilitates recovery meeting. Dr. Godwin offers a client the opportunity to fill out a new client questionnaire via safe mail that allows a...
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...Technology in Mental Health Counseling Tiauana Robinson MidAmerica Nazarene University The section on the American Mental Health Counselors Association “About Mental Health Counselors” upholds a great deal of information. It answers a variety of questions that the profession has on a daily basis such as “What is a Clinical Mental Health Counselor? Where can you find a Clinical Mental Health Counselor? What makes a good counselor? And What exactly is the American Mental Health Counselors Association?” To summarize and answer these questions a clinical mental health counselor is simply an individual in the helping field that provides flexible consumer oriented therapy that withholds the proper education, practice and training in the national standards. You can find a mental health counselor in various settings such as Psychiatric Hospitals, private practices, substance abuse treatments and etc. I also found the YouTube video titled “Evidence-based Treatment: What does it mean” and it gives advice on how to find a good counselor by reviewing three facts 1. Number of Studies: same outcome by different people in different settings 2. Quality of Studies: the treatment is being compared to another treatment with individuals being assigned to the treatment groups randomly and the groups are the same in the beginning but one group will have a...
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...Biblical Approach to Crisis Intervention A Biblical Approach to Crisis Intervention and Brief Therapy Brandon Carpenter Liberty Theological Seminary Abstract The paper discusses the brief counseling approach to crisis intervention as utilized by the author. After a crisis is defined and determined, the author uses a short-term counseling methodology adapted from the ABC model as introduced in Kristi Kanal’s text. The counseling pedagogy blends the elements of the ABC model with biblical principles which may be used by the Christian counselor for the purpose of short-term crisis management. A Biblical Approach to Crisis Intervention and Brief Counseling Every believer in Jesus Christ is called to a ministry of encouraging and helping others, especially to other brothers and sisters in the faith whose lives have been encroached upon by a crisis. Many times the abundant life that was promised by Jesus is disrupted when a crisis presents itself. Although every believer can experience the joy of their salvation through the ministry of the Holy Spirit which inwardly resides in them, Christians are not exempt from the distress and vulnerability that crises are capable of producing. Counseling, which is bathed in prayer and which appropriately uses and applies the Word of God, is an essential responsibility of Christian life and fellowship. Moreover, various intervention models and presuppositions are available for the Christian...
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...Items Name Institution Current Professional Issues, Relevant Etiological Models, and Key Actionable Items Introduction Thesis Statement: A healthy therapeutic alliance depends upon the resolution of professional issues facing the client-counselor relationship in addiction counseling practice. Counselors encounter regular professional challenges. These problems are exacerbated in substance abuse counseling due to the link between criminal activity and addiction. Counselors must weigh the risks and gains of various solutions to arrive at suitable decisions. This paper examines five current professional issues in addiction counseling, including the relevant etiological models and key actionable items for addressing these issues in a real world environment. Professional issues encompass topics of debate on practical or ethical conduct that underpins appropriate professional practice. In addiction counseling, five such issues are client rights (confidentiality, privileged communication, and privacy), physical and psychological self-care by the counselor, dual relationships, countertransference, and record keeping. Professional Issues In addiction counseling practice, it is common for interested parties (family members, medical doctors, probation officers, psychologists, or other counselors) to ask a counselor to share information concerning a client. Such a request could also come from an ancillary helping professional or the judicial system. Sharing...
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...Ethics Paper: Individual or Group Therapy HSER 511 Liberty University Abstracts The paper researches the ethical issues faced in group counseling. It also shows a comparison of individual and group counseling. The paper discusses issue of confidentiality, and how it affects group counseling. Confidentiality is considered cornerstone to counseling (Kocet 2006). It is very important for the counselor to reinsure that the client understands confidentiality policies. When dealing with adolescents, confidentiality rules and regulations are the same as adults. Counselors are bound by the same rules and regulations to keep the client’s (the minor) records privileged, but in cases of immediate danger or harm to others the counselor can disclose information to the minor’s parent. I think that I was direct leader, and I utilize several of the qualifications and skills that I learned in the class. Ethics Paper: Individual or Group Therapy When seeking help, it is very difficult to decide what type of therapy to choose. Because we have different situations and problems, the decision to choose individual or group therapy could be a very hard one. Many clients choose to benefit from both individual and group therapy. Groups can be a valuable resource to clients and helping them work out their...
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...Briefly outline and describe the essential elements of a solution-based, short-term pastoral counseling strategy such as its goal-orientation; brief (i.e., number of sessions) and time-limited (i.e., length of each session) nature; basic tenets and guiding assumptions (briefly explain each tenet and assumption), essential interpersonal skills, and possible behavioral positions (i.e., attending, blaming, willing). The goal-orientation for the short-term pastoral counseling should be to get the counselee to focus on their own goals that they have for themselves, and not so much what others or the counselor has for them. The class presentation, Overview of a Solution-Based, Short-Term Strategy, presents that you should limit the counseling to four sessions of either 50, 60, or 90 minutes. These limits fit well within the examples that Kollar gives throughout chapters 8 through 11. Phase 1 – Getting the Present Story The main purpose of this phase is to intently listen to the counselee and gain a solid understanding of where they are coming from. The goal is for the counselor is to actively listen to the counselee. “Active listening mirrors or paraphrases back to the speaker what he has just said, thus confirming for the speaker that he has been heard.” (Kollar, 2011, p. 92) The chief aim to this counseling session is to develop an overall solid picture of the present state of where the counselee is coming from. The counselor’s role in this phase is as a listener and confidant...
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...Running head: Confidentiality SHB5315 - Ethics and Leadership in Studies in Human Behavior U10al Analysis of Work Environment and Ethical Dilemma Due: June 15, 2012 By: Katrina Hines The purpose of this paper is to analyze a hypothetical ethical dilemma within a hypothetical work environment, describing professional role within the environment, structure within the professional role who does one supervise and who supervises one, identifying the population that will be served in the professional role and the diversity of the population, addressing social and cultural diversity. Selection; of the appropriate code of professional ethics and ethical decision model; evaluating the function of the work environment in relation to the legal and accepted standard of practice for setting. Selection of the environment Helping Hands is North Carolina’s leading provider of children’s behavioral healthcare. The Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) accepts children from throughout the state. The organization is accredited by the joint Commission, which is recognized nationwide as a symbol of healthcare quality reflecting the highest level of performance and certified by the North Carolina Department of Human Services as a Critical Assess behavioral Health Agency (CABHA). The agency offers a comprehensive array of treatment options for children with emotional and behavioral difficulties. Helping Hands mission is to provide quality professional treatment to children...
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... Abstract The clinical mental health counseling approach has been described as a continuum with healthy individuals on one end and severe mentally ill individuals on the other; consequently, everyone can benefit from clinical mental health counseling. The client-counselor relationship is one in which the client is led to identify strengths and challenges, and develop skills with the goal of independent problem-solving, long-term benefits and future prevention. This paper seeks to explore these domains further. Clinical Roles and Approaches of the CMHC The clinical mental health counseling approach has been described as a continuum with healthy individuals on one end and severe mentally ill individuals on the other; consequently, everyone can benefit from clinical mental health counseling. According to Hersehson and Poser (1987), the client-counselor relationship is one in which the client is led to identify strengths and challenges, and develop skills with the goal of independent problem-solving, long-term benefits and future prevention. Clinical mental health counselors (CMHC) are trained to treat their clients holistically and to use diverse approaches to address wide-ranging issues, diverse cultural backgrounds and life styles, and community settings (Gladding & Newsome, 2011; Myers & Sweeney, 2007). According to Gladding & Newsome (2011) the CMHC will provide services in the following capacities: Mental health counseling, treating people with mental health issues...
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...educational process, there remains a sense of purpose rooted in the belief of true compatibility. Nestled within this attraction is the opportunity to develop an external character that mirrors the beauty of the internal. It is this congruency in which one is motivated to continue on the journey to become a counselor. Throughout this journey I have been afforded the opportunity to become aware of the strengths and growing edges that I possess. When I consider the time I have spent in the counseling program thus far, I am reminded that in such a short amount of time I have evolved from an individual who was guarded and very much afraid of change and the efforts of social interaction, to a man exhilarated by human interaction and the opportunities provided to further my personal evolution. In order to expand on this idea of growth I will reflect upon my current strengths and weakness, my personal reservations, and current interpersonal factors as they relate to intentional interviewing skills. As a counseling student I often begin to doubt myself, particularly my own relative mental health and emotional stability. I have asked the question, “How can I help someone else, when I’m such a wreck myself?” This is a legitimate question and unfortunately it is too rarely asked by those of us who need to ask it most. There is a lot to think about and work through. My own personal family history, my work life, my loves, my other relationships, my belief system not to mention all of the course...
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...Career Barriers Since making the choice to pursue a career in the field of counseling, I have discovered a few barriers to my own development. Many of these are internal and ones I have not truly looked at before and some are just a factor of my environment. Putting these barriers down on paper is a major step for me in addressing them. I have come to realize that my own self confidence in my ability to do this type of work is my biggest barrier. Beginning a Master’s level program has brought up some hesitations about my potential success as a counselor. I wondered how much I really knew about inspiring change, trust and confidence. I found that the way I have gone about connecting with clients in the past may work with a specific population, but may not necessarily work with others. I have often utilized my personal experiences in order to build rapport, and now question whether I have done so at the risk of over-disclosing. I have utilized self-disclosure with resistant clients, but yet still keeping the clients agenda at the forefront. During a role-playing (“fishbowl”) exercise in another class, I found myself at a loss quite a few times while playing the role of counselor. It resulted in some frustration because I have worked one on one with clients for over six years. I discussed my feelings with my therapist, where I realized that though I have received positive feedback from clients, I have not necessarily received positive feedback regarding my ability...
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...Assignment 1 Chestnut Ridge Counseling Services (CRCSI) is a community mental health facility with three locations in Fayette County, PA. They are a 501 ©, nonprofit organization. They provide comprehensive behavioral health outpatient services in a professional, and compassionate manner to promote wellness and improve the quality of life of children/adolescents, young adults, adults and seniors (age 65 or older). The agency offers programs for persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, persons with serious mental illness (SMI), those who have experienced trauma, and individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They also provide assertive community treatment (ACT), consumer run (peer-support) services,...
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