How does Person-centred counselling, influence the understanding of the development of concept of self? (245 words)…
Person Centred approach uses methods such as reflection , summary and giving the client space…
Bringing a new baby into the world and family can be a wonderful experience for most parents. All mothers and fathers have been faced with challenges when dealing with a newborn affecting them both mentally and physically, and it is natural to experience joy one minute and feeling depressed the next. These mood swings can be known as “baby blues” and usually, subside after birth. However, some women aren’t so lucky, and the feelings of depression dwell and don’t go away. This is when it is referred to as postpartum depression. Women aren’t the only ones who can suffer from this, new fathers as well may be susceptible. Postpartum depression describes maternal depression occurring after birth, with symptoms occurring within the first month of…
If information given by Cecilia Benoit is correct, pregnancy and childbirth are major events in women’s lives. The arrival of an infant is normally seen as a happy occasion and it is assumed that the new mother will likewise be delighted. Unfortunately, some women spiral downwards after the birth of their child, feeling despondent and depressed while others around them are rejoicing. Postpartum depression – involving a sense of helplessness, hopelessness, irritability, and physical symptoms such as fatigue – is a major public health problem affecting about one in seven women after childbirth (2007). There are however, some coping mechanisms that mothers with post-partum depression (PPD) may use to decrease symptoms. Mothers diagnosed with post-partum depression may find it useful to seek out psychiatric counseling, self-help groups, and medical treatment, as a way to decrease symptoms.…
Psychodynamic counselling was developed from psychoanalytic theory. Its main purpose is the client’s self-awareness and understanding of the influence of the past on present behaviour.…
observed behaviour. They will use these signposts and allow them to direct which way the…
Psychodynamic counselling has a long history and vast literature to condense so only a brief overview is possible here – following on from the themes already discussed and with particular focus on four psychologists: Freud, Jung, Adler and Klein.…
Psychodynamic counselling and therapy involves a number of important elements, which perhaps is what makes the psychodynamic approach more and more interesting to those who go on developing in their work. (E.g. Erik Erikson 's work on life stages and the object relation theory) While in no sense wishing to undervalue the importance of basic listening and responding skills, nor the centrality of a positive therapeutic relationship, the ongoing experience of working with people leads to more and more thirst for understanding how and why different personalities function differently, why people think, feel and behave the way they do (Jacobs Michael, 1998).- Consider deleting the above.…
For this part of the assignment I am using examples from a 50 minute session recorded within the learning environment. I play the role of the counsellor, and another student plays the role of the client. In order for me to answer the learning outcomes, I have watched the DVD recording.…
Three of the main forms of counselling can sometimes be confusing. In this article I hope to unravel and clarify some of the mystery surrounding these three types of counselling approaches by means of comparing and contrasting with reference to their differing theoretical rationale, therapeutic interventions and processes of change.…
However, stereotyping can also be based on assumptions and presumptions about people which leads to judgementalism and can result in a bypass of the counsellor’s capacity for empathy. As such, it is highly relevant to the counselling experience. Stereotypes are not fresh or born of the present moment and tend to reduce the full humanity of a person and obscure the bigger picture.…
Carl Rogers (1902-87) was the founder of the client-centred or person-centred approach to counselling and therapy. (McLeod 2001)…
Gabriel, L. (2005). Speaking the unspeakable. The ethics of dual relationships in counselling and psychotherapy.…
My client, Carla Matthews, age ONLY 15, was charged for assault on her mother. However, there is more to the story. My client was merely protecting herself, acting in self defense.…
Karen Lee the counselee is a middle age, middle class housewife with 3 teenage kids who reported general dissatisfaction over her uneventful and predictable life. The therapist in attempt to help her has studied her through psychoanalytic and cognitive behavioral therapies. The difference between these two therapies is very obvious in their length of treatment approach with psychoanalytic therapy requiring longer treatment period. Both also have differences in their substantial grounds such as in their rudimentary assumptions, views of assessment, therapeutic goals and established therapy processes.…