Counseling Diverse Populations1 Running head: COUNSELING Counseling Diverse Populations Article Scott Giberson Eureka College Psychology 372 Dr. Mikell Allen Counseling Diverse Populations 2 Abstract In this article‚ South African counseling dilemmas are discussed and specific attention is given to cross-cultural obstacles faced by white counselors in a post apartheid era. Carl Rogers the founder of person-centered counseling visited
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with people who find it complicated to discuss issues about themselves or have a mental illness that misrepresents their perceptions of reality. However‚ I believe that Person Centered Counseling is an approach which emphasizes the clients responsibility to take control of their own experience. In this approach the client is given the tools and encouragement to make their own decisions and realize their own potential for growth. Person Centered Theories were developed by Carl Rogers. Throughout
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According to the course literature (2010)‚ counseling is defined as a proactive‚ historically oriented process for helping persons learn to cope with problems of living and for promoting health development. It is an interpersonal process involving professional with the requisite graduate education and experience in counseling‚ using scientifically validated methods working with an individual‚ family‚ group‚ organization or specialization community that is seeking assistance (p.g 4-5). The three
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Secular Humanism is defined as a comprehensive‚ nonreligious life stance incorporating: A naturalistic philosophy. A cosmic outlook rooted in science. A consequentialist ethical system‚ (What is Secular). Secular Humanism is considered a worldview because it addresses all the following subjects; theological‚ philosophical‚ ethical‚ biological‚ psychological‚ sociological‚ legal‚ economic‚ political‚ and historical nature. Secular Humanism answers the following questions; the question of Origin‚ the
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Person-Centered and Existential Therapy Taji L. Mitchiner North Carolina Central University Theories and Techniques of Counseling and Psychotherapy Spring 2011 Introduction This research paper will examine the similarities and differences between Person-Centered therapy and Existential therapy. Person Centered therapy and Existential therapy are both non-directive from the humanistic approach. Both of these approaches allow clients to be authors of their own life‚ and express their problems freely.
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The Christian theist‚ or evangelist‚ should approach the secular humanist differently than that of other worldviews. In some respects‚ sharing the gospel with the secular humanist requires steps that adherents of other worldviews would not require. Four steps should be used to reach the secular humanist beginning with objective truth. The evangelist must first present to the secular humanist that objective truths exist. Many secular humanists have fallen into relativistic
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CONSIDERATIONS IN COUNSELING Counselors‚ like all professionals‚ have ethical responsibilities and obligations. The counseling literature contains numerous references to ethics and the legal status of the counselor‚ but for a number of reasons ethical problems pose particularly difficult situations for people in the various helping professions. First‚ clear-cut‚ specific ethical codes that provide adequate guidelines for ethical behavior in the very wide range of situations encountered in counseling relationships
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of reconstruction counseling. Ethics happen at the focus of the counseling method‚ it functions and performs solidly for the clients who inquire help in such an environment. For the counseling field to be ethical and continue professional recognition‚ multiple aspects must be reviewed and planned to advance all counselors and practitioners for functioning at the necessary level and reserving their jobs demand by the counseling profession. According to American Counseling Association (2014):
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Counseling psychologists Romario Seaton Stevenson University‚ Psychology 101 Counseling psychology focuses on the emotional‚ social‚ mental and health-related concerns of clients. Therapy and rehabilitation are usually the main treatments for clients seeking psychological aid; however‚ psychologists specializing in counseling generally offer therapeutic treatments to clients with a variety of symptoms. Over the years‚ counseling psychology has helped many to resolve issues involving
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having completed the supervision in counseling practicum‚ the lessons have taught me of how to be an effective‚ culturally sensitive and ethnical counselor. Each session helped me work through the skills needed as counselor as well as my personal value issues to further develop my counseling skills. I am to put the theory to practice by completing two 50 minutes of recorded counseling sessions with a professional counselor. After each session of the “counseling”‚ I will review and reflect the an hour
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