Essays on Counsellor

Counselling a young adult who is experiencing transition from adolescence may be challenging for new counsellors and therapists. The case at hand is a nineteen-year old college student who is feeling frustration and anxiety about his failing grades and looks back to his past as a high school student garnering high grades. Add to this, his homesickness, living so far from home, just so he can attend his school makes him miserable, and it affects his academic performance. Personally, I would choose the humanistic approach in counselling because it offers a fresh and hopeful disposition for the anxious client. ...

Introduction

Genetic counselling is defined as the information, guidance, and support provided by a genetic counsellor or medical geneticist to an individual, a couple, or a family about a genetic condition. The information may help the client (affected individual or family) understand how a gene variant underlies an observed phenotype, disease prognosis, and the probability of transmission to progeny. Apart from information to help the client make informed decisions about lifestyle, treatment, and reproduction, a counsellor provides psychosocial support to minimize the adverse psychological, intrafamilial, and social consequences of genetic testing. Therefore, genetic counselling has an educational as well as ...

Ethical dilemmas are surely inevitable components of the counseling profession. Throughout their careers counselors are facing with various complicated moral choices that unconditionally need the common sense and profound reflection. Before taking any serious decisions, every counselor should take into consideration that the same ethical standard could differently manifest itself in a variety of everyday situations. Those dilemmas are aimed to test counselor’s reserve and prove that definitive resolution will surely eventuate far beyond the office door. Of course, it is very useful to have the appropriate resources, knowledge and skills while confronting any ethical dilemma. However, more ...

ADHD is an abbreviation for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This disorder occurs in the human brain and usually caused by a series of inattention or hyperactivity during the developmental stages of an individual. The symptoms of ADHD usually manifest in childhood especially between 3 years and 6 years. These symptoms can be observed during adolescent and adulthood stages (Kail & John 17). Having the symptoms of ADHD during childhood can translate into positive functioning during adulthood when the victim of the disorder undergoes medication. This process increases individual focus and reduces hyperactivity thus resulting into positive functioning during adulthood. Infancy describes ...

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Introduction The world “Existential” refers to the experience of existence, and “existence” refers to a complete and “whole” life (Sykes, 2010). Existential therapy works on a belief that inner conflicts within a person occur due to certain issues of existence that are considered as “existential vacuum”, also referred to as “existential frustration” such as meaninglessness, apathy, boredom, and isolation (Yalom, 1980). It is a philosophical way of treatment (Sapp, 2010), and helps the client by showing him or her that the counsellor is with him or her rather than by doing things for the client (Iacovou & ...

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Evidence based practice refers to the use of best available research in clinical practice and decision making while considering the characteristics, preferences, and culture of patient (APA, n.d.). Therefore, it is considered as the integration of best available research evidence, clinical expertise, and the patient values (Buysse, Winton, Rous, Epstein, & Lim, 2012). Some researchers suggest that the information from local context is also an important element of evidence (Oliver, Innvar, Lorenc, Woodman, & Thomas, 2014). In the evidence based practice, best research evidence refers to the clinically relevant published studies showing the positive impact of an intervention ...

Abstract/ Introduction

Herodotus who has been called the father of history is often seen as the first unbiased author of history. This is because he includes accounts from varying perspectives. Herodotus also takes notice of women in a way that was not customary in Greek culture of the time Women play a key role in the works of Herodotus Histories. They are participants in a number of events that make up the main form of his work. His portrayal of women is quite different from that of most authors of his time, who tended to feature females who were victims of ...

Counselling, in most cases, appears to be the last resort that clients take when they are faced with challenges or when experiencing struggles in life. Before resorting to visiting a counsellor, individuals are most likely to have exhausted the different support systems around them. They may have sought the counsel of parents, siblings, religious leaders and other members of the society. The counsellors have an important role of replacing the pessimism that clients have accumulated with hope.

Creating a sense of hope

There are several ways through which counsellors can successfully create a sense of hope and optimism in the client. When a client ...

PERSONAL AWARENESS AND PREPAREDNESS FOR SOCIAL WORK

PERSONAL AWARENESS AND PREPAREDNESS FOR SOCIAL WORK

Part 1

In the beginning, I have always regarded that being a social worker is similar to providing public service to people who may be in need of advice that is related to the social, emotional and life situation between a client and a social worker. The social workers are expected to have longer patience and being able to understand the issues inside the home, school and community for they are tasked to provide both direct and indirect services to students and families. Most people define a social worker is one who provides services ...

Research on psychotherapy denotes that there is a great degree of influence that therapeutic relationship has upon the outcome of counselling, although the mechanism that is used in the relationship that eventually brings in the change is unidentified. The desire to comprehend the way in which psychotherapy could help people change has been an inspiring aspect for researches and practitioners in the field of counselling psychology for several decades now. This inspiration has resulted in the accumulation of vast amount of literature, both theoretical as well as empirical, with respect to the various mechanisms that facilitate change in the ...

Introduction

Confidentiality is a basic ethical principle across many disciplines. An ethical dilemma usually arises when the principle of confidentiality is likely to be in conflict with other ethical principles. In the healthcare setting, the principle of confidentiality is breached when a doctor or nurse reveals information of patient to a third party. In counselling or therapeutic sessions, confidentiality is breached when a counsellor reveals information of a client to a third party. The Tarasoff v. Regents was a case that occurred in the University of California in 1976 (Cohen, 1978). The case held that Dr Lawrence Moore was responsible ...

Introduction

A child who is naturally endowed with a great mental prowess typically having an intellectual quotient (IQ) 130 or above is considered gifted. The definition however now includes a variety of different categories for giftedness with a particular measure which includes mathematical, spatial-visual, musical and interpersonal. According to the National Association for Gifted Children, “there is no universally accepted definition of giftedness”.

The Needs and Nature of Gifted Learners

It is accepted as a general truth that gifted learners differ from their peers not only in intellectual ability alone but also in different aspects. American psychologist Lewis M. Terman initiated a study to prove this and ...

Minnesota Multiphasic personality inventory

Interpreting MMPI-2 profile with non-Caucasian individual The Minnesota Mutliphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) examines the various personality traits of an individual as well as psychopathology. This test is used to identify individuals that suffer from mental health problems. The MMPI-2 has 567 questions and a large research base, making it ideal for use by psychologists (Archer & Archer, 2011). In several cases, non-Caucasian respondents especially Blacks, have always scored higher compared to their white counterparts. This implies that non-Caucasian individuals have higher chances of becoming mental challenged or suffer other mental problems. In this regard, it is imperative to interpret MMPI-2 ...

The case presents Joseph, a 2nd grade student at Samuels Elementary School, who had to be taken in to foster care after his mum was imprisoned. Joseph has faced physical abuse, and neglect during his stay with his mother. Various professionals including the school counselor, case manager, guardian, school administrator, school psychologist, and the social worker have tried to help him by reviewing his case using different psychological perspectives. Employing different methods to evaluate a case may result to several intervention strategies, and solutions been applied which may not work for the individual. Therefore, it is essential that different ...

1. Select one type of ethical dilemma that may arise in counselling practice and build a mock case example around it to use for your assignment. a. The ethical dilemma could be in the areas of the client’s rights, counsellor responsibilities, confidentiality, boundaries, professional competence, supervision or any other area that may cause an ethical dilemma for you as the counsellor b. Whatever ethical dilemma you choose to construct as an example for this assignment, make sure it offers enough opportunity for you to demonstrate your ability to assess, work through and resolve an ethical dilemma directly related ...

Introduction

Roberts (2003, p.89) argued that performance appraisal is a controversial management tool that provides answers to problems within the system design and administration of organizations. Majority of the organisations have adopted appraisal systems to enable it gauge employee performance in trying to boost morale, and reward them accordingly. However, despite the importance and popularity of the performance appraisal in organisations, its implementation and effectiveness have been controversial (Liu and Dong, 2012, pp. 150). In fact, some studies revealed that there are many performance appraisal systems that have completely failed to motivate employees to do a better job (Oh and Lewis, 2009, ...

There are a number of challenges that the young Americans are facing today, especially with respect to their careers. Unfortunately, today, the unemployment rates are very high and are between 16 – 24%. Astoundingly this the double of the national employment rates.

Higher levels of unemployment has its own set of social and economic maladies. Youth with high energy levels without proper outlet for their energies have a challenge of keeping themselves busy. On the economic front this adds to the challenge of costs that are involved in maintain the unemployed youth. The unemployment situation is very unique to our ...

Emotion is a conscious experience exhibited by human beings in reaction to biological, mental, or cultural components. Emotion is a physiological response of communication and expression to factors that influence the mood, personality, temperament and motivation of an individual (Zachar, 2014). The psychology of emotions has close links to the arousal of the nervous system. Emotions also relate to a complex state of feelings associated with physical or psychological changes that influence the behaviour of an individual. Psychology is a science that endeavours to study the mental functions and behaviour of human beings (Tracy, 2014). Psychologists explore human concepts ...

Crisis intervention can be considered as an emergency psychological aspect that is subjected at helping individuals in some definite crisis state so as to reinstate equilibrium their bio-psychological operational and lessen the possible psychological trauma. Every person finally experiences crisis moments that may vary in content however seem to have a particular shared characteristics. Commonly, crisis involves the loss, threat or an unexpected assumption. There have been diverse theoretical methods presumed for assisting those running through crisis. Normally, the most effective method seems to follow some short therapeutic approach that stresses the episode inaccessible from other challenges and pursues an ...

Core values are the important beliefs of a person. Core values are what helps people to live their lives on a daily basis. They guide a person’s behaviour and action. People can choose to live by a number core values. They include, loyal, reliable, dependable honest, humorous, fun-loving, adventurous, just to mention a few.

Counselling

Counselling is termed as a therapy where a person can talk about his or her problems and how they feel in a more confidential environment with a counsellor. People can share their emotions and feelings with someone who can listen to them and put herself or himself in their shoes.

Role of a counsellor

A counsellor is a ...

Abstract

Addiction is multicultural meaning that it could occur to anyone regardless of their race, social standings or culture. There are many addictions in the world today, but the most common are gambling addiction, alcohol and drug addiction, sex addiction, shopping addiction and video games addiction. These addictions have become troublesome in the community in that most people in the society have had a family membesr fall prey to the addiction. The addiction has caused a lot of consequences to the victims and the society. For the victims or addicts it has landed them in prison, made them homeless and ended up ...

Assignment 1: CHCAOD408B and CHCAOD411A

Assignment 1: CHCAOD408B and CHCAOD411A 1. What are you required to discuss with a client prior to an assessment? Although the exact sequence for preparing a client for an assessment might vary across different organisations, the personal/organisational introduction should always be the first step because it allows us to engage in small talk, establish rapport, and it makes the client feel comfortable. However, in addition to establishing rapport, this phase of the meeting also serves for the purpose of observing the client’s reactions and behaviours. Examples of presenting behaviours in clients with a history of alcohol or other drug ( ...

Abstract

This paper provides a critical reflection about Counselling and Diversity. The course focused on understanding multicultural counselling strategies. The topics included in the following reflection include personal bias identification and management, intercultural understanding in the context of providing service to diverse clients, how to understand a client’s unique world view, and the importance of counsellor self-care with a focus on wellness. As a counsellor reaching out to a diverse community of clients I will need a diverse toolkit to prepare myself for the experiences. Inside my multicultural toolkit are tools to keep my bias in check, tools for understanding diverse clients, ways to ...

Synopsis

Bad Teacher is an American comedy released in 2011 under the directorship of Jake Kasdan. The 90 minute film features a seventh grade teacher, Elizabeth Halsey committing offences that require being fired. They include drinking heavily, smoking marijuana, cursing her students and watching movies with them while she sleeps. The movie is cynical to the current public education system. Known to be gold digging about one of the wealthy businessman in the area, she becomes dumped. This leads her to start chasing Scott Delacorte as a replacement. Realising that Scott’s former girlfriend had large breasts, she starts collecting money by ...

Carter and McGoldrick

Abstract Family bonds are the most important things in the life of human beings. These bonds have a power to build as well as destroy the proper shaping of the personality of children, especially of adolescents. Thus, in the assignment, we would discuss about the Todds, a family that had difficulties in becoming strong as a family and how they dealt with the difficulties. Also, some tips of communication for parents is discussed.

Keywords : Family, adolescents, personality, tips of communication.

The structure and type of a family varies from culture to culture. A family has both inclusive as well as exclusive elements. Keeping this in mind, the U.S. Bureau of ...

Introduction

Drug abuse, or drug addiction, is over dependence on a medication or a drug, legal or illegal. When the mild use transforms into uncontrolled craving, it begins to cause serious problems. The overuse of the drugs begins to alter the way the body and the mind behaves (SAMHSA, 2009). The physical and mental health deterioration is a given, relationships are also affected and the law of the land can pose long-term consequences. The overall costs of drug abuse, including crime-related costs and productivity costs, in United States are estimated to exceed $600 billion annually (Drug Facts, 2012). Among the population abusing ...

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Introduction

The best way to describe critical reflection is through a passage delivered by Aldous Huxley in which he said, “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happened to him” (University of Texas, 2012). In the healthcare profession, a health professional is confronted by situations that that requires critical understanding. Some encounters are challenging and perplexing. And because there is a level of urgency in the practice of medicine and healthcare, majority of the time healthcare practitioners does not have the luxury of time to contemplate on their actions. This is unless the incident ...

Criminal Law

A professional, working with criminals in a jail or prison must be guarded against contingencies that arise suddenly. As jails and prisons house criminals with varying criminal records, it is best to expect the unexpected. Normally, a professional review a prisoner’s activity log, any or all disciplinary actions taken against him or her, check their grievances, and other reports of that person in jail. It is important that any contingency that arise during their visit to a cell or criminal is addressed and corrected as soon as possible, to prevent it from growing out of proportion. As a professional working in a jail or ...

Abstract

The theory of interpersonal relationships was forwarded by Hildegard. E. Peplau and is known as Peplau’s theory. The theory of interpersonal communications was influenced by Harry Stack Sullivan's theory. Researchers have also named Peplau’s theory as psychodynamic nursing. The term psychodynamic nursing is associated with the understanding of one’s behavior. Peplau’s theory describes the different roles a nurse would play in a healthcare setting. Leader, counsellor, teacher, resource person, stranger, and surrogate are the different roles of a nurse described by Peplau’s theory. Orientation, identification, exploitation and resolution are the 4 phases of interpersonal relationship. The paper ...

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Part 1 Man is a social being. His behaviour and actions have an impact on the society in which he lives. The behaviour of an individual should thus be in coherence with the accepted norms of the society. Every individual behaves in a particular manner based on his mental development and his perception of the environment in which he lives. Accordingly, the cognitive development of every individual is unique. This cognition in turn influences his various skills that govern his interaction with the society. Psychology plays a pivotal role in determining how a person thinks, behaves and what triggers this behaviour. Psychology ...

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Introduction to the Theoretical Model

Psychology study became more popular in the year 1900 than before. The contribution made by Sigmund Freud’s in his book “The Interpretation of Dreams” made psychology study and its application a great achievement towards understanding of the psychodynamics of mental dreams and other mental processes. All psychodynamic themes have a stem from psychoanalysis. The two major perspectives applied to psychology are psychodynamics perspective and cognitive behavioural perspective. Psychodynamic perspective also referred to as insight-oriented therapy explains on ...

Abstract

The paper is about personal theory of counselling. The theory is mutual to a person’s cognition and behaviour hence the paper shall discuss different terminologies and views concerning the personal theory in relation to cognitive behavioural theory. The personal theory also known as personal construct theory (PCT) developed by an American psychologist, George Kelly. The paper shall examine how the basic skills of development counselling facilitate the use this theoretical orientation (personal theory of counselling). In order to understand how the basic skills learned in development counselling skills facilitate the theoretical orientation, a wider and deeper view of the personality ...

Introduction

Anorexia nervosa is psychological disorder in which a person has an abnormal eating behaviour, so that the person can lose weight. The word anorexia nervosa was first used in 1873, by one of Queen Victoria’s physician known as Sir William Gull. There are two types of anorexia which are the restricting type and binge-purge type. According to the medical term, this disorder is said to be lack of appetite (Kaye, 2009, p.450). The people who are suffering from it have fear of gaining weight. This prompts them to do whatever it takes to lose weight. Anorexia is mostly experienced ...

Analysis of counselling session

Analysis of counselling session

Introduction

Countertransference usually happens when someone says something to a person because they may have possibly triggered something from their past and their response to the person may triggers something back towards them (Gelso, 1995). So the person is now "counter" transferring it back to them - "basically returning" the transference feelings back to the other individual. The counselor interest in this subject derives from my own preference to use (or be used by) the transference process in the work. It likewise comes from the counselor’s personal experience of being on the receiving end of what ...

The field of social services and mental health have been solely focusing on an individual’s pathologies, deficits and problem behaviours; yet, the need for a more holistic model of development has become more necessary during the last decade (Trout, Ryan, La Vigne, & Epstein, 2003). Historically, deficit-based approach has been embraced by the field of counselling and has not been focusing on the healthy self, providing interventions that would promote the positive aspects of it, rather than focusing on an individual’s strengths (Smith, 2006). However, a new paradigm in the field of counselling has been introduced, where individuals are viewed ...

Correctional Counselling

Amanda is a female offender who has been sentenced to 27 months in prison after being found guilty of aggravated assault. An assumption has been made by this researcher that if a careful assessment of Amanda’s needs is carried out, she will be much more likely to experience a successful recovery. 1. On the basis of your profile, state clearly which offender type or types you believe the offender fits, and the primary text references to be used Amanda fits the typologies of female offender and drug offender. She also has challenges to face in order to overcome her ...

Potential ethical issues

Any person who works as a counsellor has the potential to encounter ethical issues. Marriage or family counsellors are likely to face specific challenges and ethical dilemmas in their work. However, by understanding the root cause of the problem, and how to handle the problem when it a rose, a client is better equipped to continue helping his/her clients thereby remaining professional. This paper will review three potential challenges that counsellors face and how they can be resolved. Marriage and family counsellors advance the welfare of families and individuals; they have to respect the rights of the people seeking help or ...

DVD ANALYSIS DVD Analysis on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Introduction

There are events that may happen to a person’s life, which may affect a person’s behaviour and perception towards certain things later in life. Such a person may develop an attitude towards certain things and actions, which may be related to the events that happened previously, in the person’s life. Therefore, such a person requires professional assistance in order to cope and eventually overcome the prevailing effects of previous events. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a pragmatic, psychotherapy form emphasizing on the imperative role of perceptions in the way people feel and ...

I am due to graduate from Temple University in 2012 with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. My ultimate career goal is to become a professional counsellor in the field of mental health. I would welcome the opportunity to study at your establishment as I believe it will provide me with a solid basis from which to launch my career. One of my major goals of graduate studies is to understand better the depth that counselling can help people who are suffering from mental distress. During my time spent studying for my Bachelor’s degree I have developed an intense interest ...

The video, Tools and Techniques for Family Therapy, shows the counsellor using a technique where he asks a person to say something that the other person has not heard before (Edwards, 2009). While I think this technique is a valuable one, and one that I wish to use in my own work as a counsellor, there are various elements of it that I would do differently. The concept of asking family members to tell each other something they have never said before is an interesting one, and not one that I have previously heard of. According to the counsellor, the person is ...

Introduction

Group therapy has its origins in 1905 when J.H Pratt was treating tuberculosis patients. He noted the positive effects of the instruction classes on the patient’s emotional states. Triggant Burrow in 1925 got impatient with individual therapy and began group therapy. He wanted to decrease the authority of the therapist in the sessions and increase interpersonal interactions. Paul Schilder and Louis Wender in the 1930s found group therapy to be effective in the treatment of prison inmates and discharged mental patients. After World War 2, many of the soldiers were treated successfully using group therapy. Over the years ...

Proposal for Group Therapy for Bullies

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Proposal for Group Therapy for Bullies

Introduction and Rationale

In every school across the world, bullying is a significant problem. In schools in Alabama, bullying may not be as prominent as it is in other states, but it is still a problem: currently, Alabama is ranked at around the eighth best state for bullying (BullyPolice.org, 2003) meaning that it is currently one of the best states in the country in terms of its lack of bullying. However, just because it is not a bulging issue, it is still a problem – we cannot simply just ignore those students who are being bullied, simply because they are a minority. ...

Introduction

Much concentration has been centred on the educational attainment of students, in this era of standards-based learning reorganization. With the hustle to accomplishment testing, learning institutions could have lost track of the 25 - 30 percent dropout rate over the past decades (Barton, 2002). Barton illustrated that many scholars, both graduates and dropouts, are lacking career development proficiencies as they penetrate the labour market or change to post-secondary learning (2002). In a survey of high school psychoanalysts’ career improvement proficiencies, Barker and Satcher (2000) established that they were inclined to ignore the requirement of implementing career improvement programs, ensuing in ...