Ruby Malcom is a single mother of three, Maria (16), Irene (14), and John (13). Ms. Malcom has been attending counseling with social worker, Sandra Kaplan, for the past four months for treatment to address anxiety related to family stress. Ms. Malcom was referred to the Urban Family Services by her oldest daughter’s pediatrician. Ms. Malcom’s daughter, Irene, is experiencing increased and escalating behavioral issues at home and school. Ms. Malcom is of Haitian- American decent and has receives supports form her co-workers, church members and her parents; who live in the building adjoining hers. Ms. Malcom strives to take a different approach to discipline than that of her parent and not practice the use of corporal punishment to correct Irene’s behaviors, but instead has sought collaboration from various agencies.…
In summary, A Orange County 52 year old woman, Connie Barraclough, was arrested in Newport Beach. She exclaimed that the Police Department violated her women’s civil rights. The woman was reportedly booked in a jail where men are processed to be held in jail. Connie was recently drinking earlier that night at an Angels game in Anaheim, the pursuer who arrested Connie reported that she was driving under the influence and arrested her. This all started when Connie realise she was not processed in the correct place for holding. She was actually sent to Orange County Jail in Santa Ana, because of a mishap of not having a female jailer to be “available” to process her. This resulted Connie being held for 12 hours in Orange County Jail rather than Newport Beach Jail which could resulted a…
This article is based on a case study in which Dr. Dennis Bull explains the process of his patient undergoing sexual abuse as a child. Having her mind repressed the memory of such sexual assault, as she grew up into becoming a well successful professional without having any symptoms, and to afterwards have her repressed memory surface to her consciousness with an extreme downfall of mental and behavioral effect, which transfer her to a psychiatric hospital in which she had uncaring treatment to be heal. Once having recognized that there were absolutely no positive results of being stabilized or treated properly that she began outpatient psychotherapy with Dr. Dennis Bull.…
Patty is the fifth child of eight children. Patty’s mother, Rosa does not work and currently receives a monthly welfare check. Patty admits that her, her mother and siblings can sometime have strained relationships due to their current drug use which often is a center of conflict for the family. Patty…
In the essay “Variations on Grief”, author Meghan Daum losses a childhood friend unexpectedly. Brian Peterson’s passing had a seemingly small emotional effect on Daum. In fact, she doesn’t even feel the need to cry or be saddened by the sudden loss. Daum goes against the norm of how you’d think one would grieve a close friend. Instead of mourning she “decided to create an ironic occurrence rather than a tragedy” (Daum 157). She goes on with her life as if nothing happens. Daum even begins to lie about the events surrounding Brian’s death. She says that the lies are to help the Petersons cope. For instance, Daum was dishonest about Brian’s commitment to becoming a successful writer. In a way, she also lied about his death. She wouldn’t speak…
Mary Barnett, the mother of a six month old daughter, left for San Francisco to see her fiancé. Leaving her daughter behind, she returned seven days later to find her child dead. After calling the police and telling them she left the child with a baby sitter, she later told them this was not true and that she left the daughter on purpose knowing the consequences. A trial was then conducted to determine if she would be convicted of second degree murder and be sentenced to 18 years. The witnesses and information they provided was laid before me and I am to determine with the evidence presented whether Mary Barnett is rightfully guilty or not guilty.…
He points out that the Post Modern context has created a hybrid and mixed economy, where the overall responsibility and control ca not be hold by a single agency. That generates confusion, especially for the service users, who do not know clearly who has the overall accountability. Therefore, the inter-professional working is perceived by the public as a massive jigsaw, where the pieces can't be fitted together, creating a cursive and coherent picture. The death of Victoria Climbie is a good example to validate what Andrew cooper says about responsibility . The girls case shows shameful failings of different organisations that didn't use their abilities to protect the most vulnerable children. The police, NHS, social services did not work…
Cloud and Townsend (1999) wrote a gem of a manual when they penned their book about how to include boundaries in marriage. The basic premise of the book is that it takes two mates that are willing to respect each other’s boundaries (while maintaining personal boundaries) in order to have a healthy partnership. Of course this is easier said than done. Cloud and Townsend delineate boundaries as the ways in which we define and maintain our sense of individuality, freedom and personal integrity. The boundaries are displayed by Cloud and Townsend in four parts: Understanding Boundaries, Building Boundaries, Resolving Conflict and Misunderstanding Boundaries.…
Ernesto Miranda was a poor Mexican immigrant living in Phoenix, Arizona, during the 1960’s. Miranda was arrested after a crime victim identified him in a police lineup. He was charged with rape and kidnapping and was interrogated for two hours while in police custody. The police officers questioning him did not inform him of his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, or of his Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of an attorney.…
References: Cameron, H. (2008). The Counseling Interview: A Guide for Helping Professions. New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillian.…
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“Now that you have started reading this essay, you and I are now connected by a web of connections.” This is what Susan Griffin, author of “Our Secret”, a chapter taken from Griffin’s insightful book A Chorus of Stones, most likely would have declared. Griffin argues that, “all of us, especially all of us who read her essay - are part of a complex web of connections” (265). But how are people who do not even know each other connected? Griffin implies that people are part of a “larger matrix” and have a “common past” (265). The “common past” between people that Griffin asserts can be proved by examining the unique underlying comparisons and analogies she applies in the chapter. “Our Secret” is a collection of Griffin’s own life story and the life stories of others, including Heinrich Himmler, Heinz, a painter, a friend, Holocaust survivors, a homosexual man, and her sister. She even uses RNA and cells as analogies to indicate how even the materials that compose people have similar functions to people themselves. Although people may question how…
Brené Brown is a contemporary research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, also a conference speaker and author.…
Too often we associate negative emotions with the endings of relationships be it romantic, personal, or professional. But as helpers we must remember that our role is to enable development, assist helpees explore and learn different coping methods and discover with them ways of achieving their objectives not to have a dependant relationship. Thus we should feel proud of any progress we make in each and every session. a summary that includes accurate paraphrasing, reflecting meaning and feeling, active listening and a sense of acceptance is key inn keeping with Carl Rogers’ core conditions of UPR, genuineness and empathic understanding in order to gain closer understanding of another.…
The two agencies that can offer support to any person facing a similar predicament as that of Conrad would be the family court support worker program and the Alberta response program center (Karkouti et al, 2014). Both of these agencies usually offer counselling, advice and support to people who have faced problems emanating from either divorce or separation from their families or spouses. Both of these agencies encourage people to share their problems with one another so that they can lighten their burden (Karkouti et al,…