documentation requirements that account for a considerable portion of addictions counselors’ time. The result is that addictions counselors have less time to spend with clients (Alexander & Lemak‚ 1997) and‚ thus‚ may perceive pressure to expedite the counseling process. As a result‚ their interactional style with clients may take on a rather direct‚ "get down to business" tone (Lemak‚ Alexander‚ & D’Aunno‚ 2001; Rohrer‚ Rohland‚ Westermann‚ Knott‚ & Zwick‚ 1999). One critical factor for addictions counselors
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difficult part being a school counselor? After I read the ASCA Model on page 9 of textbook‚ I knew the leadership‚ advocacy‚ teaming and collaboration and systemic change are all what school counselors should focus on. I also learned that school counseling is a profession that focuses on the relations and interactions between students and their school environment with the purpose of reducing the barriers in order to help students to success. In my opinion‚ the team-member and collaborator is the most
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Trauma is a broad term used to define and describe the emotional responses of an extremely stressful occurrence. The effects of trauma are wide-range in length and severity depending on the circumstances of the incident and the individual it affects. Trauma is influential and affects more than just the individual. The consequences of experiencing trauma are significant in its impairment and change must be done today to help individuals cope with the effects of trauma. That is not to say that people
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Analyzing Interventions: Solution Focused Brief Therapy Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to show how using different research methods such as: quantitative‚ qualitative‚ single-case designs‚ action research‚ and outcome-based research is used to form an intervention focused on an adolescent with any kind of phobia based on the Solution-Focused Brief therapy. Not to retract in time‚ but to help the client come up with a possible solution of their phobia within a short amount of time. Different
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Vicarious trauma is when a person‚ who has not experienced a traumatic event himself or herself‚ begins to display symptoms of trauma and crisis because of hearing about or witnessing the traumatic events victims of crisis. Vicarious trauma usually unfolds over time or dependent upon the intensity of the crisis experience. Because vicarious trauma can happen to individuals who are trying to care for victims of crisis‚ it is important that those who have experience crisis is given a safe‚ yet “initial”
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In the counseling field‚ there are many rules a theorist need to go by to bean affective counselor. There are many concepts and developments that goes into each of the ethical rules out there for a counselor to abide by. The client may decide you strongly disapprove of‚ leaving you torn on whether to support there or not. The various ethical codes for branches of the counseling professions give you guidance on the tough calls. Therefore‚ Ethics comes into place and this will protect you and your
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Defining Psychotherapy: The informed and intentional application of clinical methods and interpersonal stances‚ derived from established psychological principles‚ for the purpose of assisting people to modify their behaviors‚ cognition‚ emotions‚ and/or other personal characteristics in directions that the participants deem desirable. Theory: In scientific usage‚ a consistent perspective on human behavior‚ psychopathology‚ and mechanisms of therapeutic change. Common Factors shared by all psychotherapies
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How to Overcome Childhood Traumas “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional‚” is a Buddhist proverb. Everyone has had pain in their childhood. The pain can be as diminutive as finding out that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy are a sham‚ or it can be as immense as being abandoned and abused by someone. Trauma can leave mental‚ physical‚ and emotional scars that last a life time. As you transition from childhood to adulthood‚ letting your past skeletons haunt you will hold back and keep you in self
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PERSONAL COUNSELING PHILOSOPHY “…Counseling children is like working with an array of different gems and stones. Some are perfect as they are. Others need a little polish to shine‚ and still others need to be examined for preparation before they are shaped to be the most beautiful and functional…Each is different‚ each is beautiful in its own right and‚ most important‚ each has value.” ASCA President’s statement‚ Janice Gallagher‚ summarizes the foundation of my personal counseling philosophy
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found myself being somehow an eclectic counselor. As I grow professionally and expand my knowledge‚ I find myself incorporating in my counseling style‚ various other techniques from other models of psychotherapy. I have administered many techniques from varying theories‚ thus‚ I believe it would be inaccurate for me at this point‚ to identify my style of counseling with one particular mode or theory. Throughout my graduate work I often played in my mind the ways in which I would counsel others
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