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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Counseling Pairs Dialogue Paper I The client is a 24 year old Caucasian female who has suffered with drug abuse for 7 years. Being that she has been in several rehabilitation facilities and relapsed all those times‚ she was sent to me. I played the role of the counselor. I introduce myself‚ explain what I do and my area of expertise‚ and give the purpose of the session. The client explained to me that she has been in and out of rehab with little success. She wants to overcome her condition but
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"Licensed professional counseling" means the application of counseling‚ human development‚ and mental health research‚ principles‚ and procedures to maintain and enhance the mental health‚ development‚ personal and interpersonal effectiveness‚ and adjustment to work and life of individuals and families”‚ and the scope of practice is as follows: “The scope of practice of a licensed professional counselor includes‚ but is not limited to: (1) the implementation of professional counseling treatment interventions
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Running head: COUNSELING MINORS: ETHICAL AND LEGAL 1 Counseling Minors: Ethical and Legal Issues Involved Alexandra Martin Walden University COUNSELING MINORS: ETHICAL AND LEGAL 2 Mental health counselors have many things to consider when working with clients. Providing services to clients comes with several expectations. Some of the factors which counselors must be aware of include: cultural differences‚ environmental influences‚ client
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my research‚ and the application of the learning theories to the current educational environment. I believe that Piaget is one of the most influential researchers of all time‚ and he will always be the greatest theorist by far in the field of psychology‚ because he was best known for his research on children ’s cognitive development and studied and theorized the biological influences. Piaget brought a vast knowledge of understand in his era and his contributions were remarkable and profound and
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History of Counseling Lead to Multidisciplinary Teams COUN5004 Survey of Research in Human Development for Professional Counselors History of Counseling Leading to Multidisciplinary Teams Counseling is a relatively new profession which has transformed over time from treating mental illnesses to providing educational guidance to counseling with a variety of specializations. Pistole summarizes by stating that counselors‚ now‚ aim to‚ “contribute to the vitality and vigor and to the soundness
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Philosophy of Counseling As I reflect on what I have learned over the last five weeks‚ I find my personal philosophy of counseling being based on one main theme that I repeatedly saw in different readings; it is our duty to do what is in the best interest of the child. When I think about my reasons for wanting to pursue this career‚ I naturally feel it is because of my love for children; but more than that‚ I want to help foster the feeling that each and every student can be anything they want
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Stages of Counseling Stage One: Relationship building During this initial phase of therapy several tasks must be completed including; Laying foundations for trust‚ Establishing the structure and form therapeutic relationship will take‚ and completion and explanation of informed consent process and forms. This stage is crucial to counseling in that it defines the roles of the counselor and client‚ and constructs the foundations and structure of therapy. When this initial stage is executed
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Grief Counseling Axia College of University of Phoenix Grief is defined as a type of emotional or mental suffering from a loss‚ sorrow‚ or regret (Dictionary.com‚ LLC‚ 2010). Grief affects people of all ages‚ races‚ and sexes around the world. Approximately‚ 36% of the world’s population does or has suffered from grief and only a mere 10% of these people will seek out help (Theravive‚ 2009). Once a person is suffering from grief it is important to receive treatment. All too often‚ people ignore
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in which were audio‚ transcribed‚ analyzed and subsequently published as a book “Growing up in Stepfamilies” (Barnes‚ 1999). Their analysis was committed to understand the lives of these particular families and how they survived. The preferred counseling for Ashley would be family therapy. This practice developed in the mid 1950’s‚ although the developmental part of family therapy founded much earlier. In the discoveries of family therapy it is in fact‚ that family life does shapes a person personality
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