Explore the subject of ’self disclosure’ by councellors Disclosure in the dictionary is ’the act of revealing and exposing to view’ My understanding of self disclosure in this context is to mean revealing the counsellors personal information and emotions. In this unique relationship this is to be expected when the client is communicating‚ in fact it is actively encouraged‚ because that is their roll in the therapeutic relationship. However my exploration will concern when is it acceptable for
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on the reflective practice of counsellors’ belief system. Wong-Wylie (2007) defines reflective practice as an individual that reflect on their personal experiences of others. The first case study focuses on a married couple that have asked for counselling they are disputing the husbands’ fidelity. The first section will examine the married couple and the two belief systems of the counsellor. The next section will research the second case study and two belief systems of the counsellor. The case
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Nichola Hanson-Jones The Importance of Insurance in Counselling There are two main reasons that as a counsellor you will need to be insured and they are : first of all for the safety of the client both Physical and Psychologically. And secondly to protect you the counsellor from costly expense. You may think that there is little to no risk involved in counselling‚ and while for most part you would be right there are of course instances where things go wrong. It is for these times
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theoretical perspectives in counselling‚ personal centred‚ cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic I will look at the general theory‚ the view of the person in therapy‚ the blocks to functioning of the person in therapy and the goals and techniques of each theory. I will compare and contrast the three approaches looking at the similarities and differences between the three counselling perspectives and how the counsellor in each theory differ in their techniques to counselling their clients. The person
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face of it‚ I wanted to comment on how strange this question is. Then I “Googled it”‚ and the search engine came back with 147‚000‚000 results! Whilst‚ at the top of the list were examples of essays (it seems that every psychology/psychotherapy/counselling course has this question on the curriculum)‚ it also seems that this question has been on the lips of people (in many cultures) for a very long time. Right up there are quotes from the King James Bible‚ with one website quoting 70 versus from the
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TRAUMA AND ABUSE COUNSELLING Case Study 1‚750 words Topic: Childhood Abuse A lady‚ Hannah‚ now in her fifties‚ has come to see you. The perpetrator was her father‚ who was highly influential in the church. She (as well as several sisters) was sexually and emotionally abused between the ages of 9 and 16. As a child Hannah made several attempts to disclose the abuse but was unable to feel heard or believed. Hannah has attempted to tell a school nurse‚ a school friend. She has also
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The first question that I tackled was what do of a client makes a sexist or racist remark. The advice that the book suggests is somewhat vague‚ honestly. They suggest to both acknowledge and diminish the comment‚ depending on the circumstance. The authors say the need to address such is dependent on the client’s illness and the therapist’s values (Pipes & Davenport‚ 1999). There is a distinction made as to how to handle the comment if the client shares the same race or sex as the therapist. My take
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until the first half of the 20th century dominated psychology. An American theorist called Abraham Maslow began to research creativity in humans through art and science. He first introduced his concept of a hierarchy of needs in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation”. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is most often displayed as a pyramid. The lowest levels of the pyramid are made up of the most basic needs‚ while the more complex needs are located at the top of the pyramid. Maslow emphasised the
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may be dysfunctional‚ but they aren’t emotionally insensitive or unintelligent‚ and are very likely to hear the implied feelings of the therapist. Obviously‚ this will do little to establish or maintain the kind of trust necessary for effective counselling. I need to recognise this more in myself. I am sure that intellectually I try to have no prejudices; however I know that I do because I can tell by the tone of my voice or the little voice that may appear in my head. I know that I am hypocritical
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Loss and grief can mean a variety of different things. It can be the physical loss of a person (death)‚ a thing‚ a limb. It could be the loss of something social –relationships‚ divorce‚ friendships‚ or it could be the loss of a job‚ a loss of expectations. Grief has many different stages and every individual grieves in their own way‚ no two people are the same when it comes to grieving‚ though there are particular stages most people go through‚ but not in any certain order. These include: shock
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