The field of substance abuse counseling is growing exponentially. With the opioid epidemic booming and synthetic drugs flooding the market‚ there is a dire need for counselors with education‚ training‚ and strong work ethics. But that is not why I am choosing to become a Substance Abuse Counselor‚ there is a little more to it. They say those that have lived it are the ones who can help others during their struggles. I am 45 years old‚ a mother to 3 beautiful children‚ one with special needs. I am
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Counselor Ethical Boundaries and Practices Assignment Guidelines Directions: Follow the directions below to write a paper of 1‚500-1‚750 words on counselor ethical boundaries and practices. For this paper‚ write from the perspective that you are a professional counselor in the field. Provide a thoughtful response to each of the following three sections‚ including specific‚ concrete examples to illustrate your ideas. Use the section headings provided below to separate each section of your paper.
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application assignment is to explain the boundaries that mental health counselors have in regards to recommending and prescribing medication‚ the counselor’s role in educating the client about medications‚ and who the counselor should refer the client to for psychotropic medications. King & Anderson (2004) points out that‚ “Because psychopharmacology has traditionally occupied the exclusive domain of medical practice‚ counselors may experience a sense of confusion and uncertainty when considering
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will need these physical needs met first because they had suddenly lost everything that they possessed. This new world was very different from the world they knew and loved. Their comfortable normalcy. their security was taken away from them. A counselor arriving on the scene would relieve this shock of the survivors through bilateral stimulation and help their brain function again by using CBT. They will be cold‚ need blankets and dry clothes‚ shelter‚ and try to locate all their loved ones‚ if
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The majority of the professional groups or sub-groups such as the counseling industry have moral codes of conducts‚ procedures and laws. These behavioral principles are geared towards counselors for high efficiency and success rates in therapy sessions (Hill‚ 2004). They help maintain the integrity of the counselor which helps maintain the trust between the therapist and the patient. There are inconsistencies and discrepancies with these moral values or code of conducts (Jennings et al.‚ 2005) .Many
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It was difficult approaching this research paper due to the overflow on information about combining professions and which perspective to take on it. At first I wanted to research the legal and ethical issues of non-erotic touch within counseling and acupuncture‚ but the research on that is scarce; second I wanted to explore the legal and ethical issues of non erotic touch across cultures by combing the laws of the USA and Germany‚ however it turned out to be quiet similar. Lastly I looked into the
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go between a counselor and a client. It is important that counselors always provide an informed consent to a client before beginning a therapy session. I came upon a professional counselors informed consent by the name of Linda Brase which included most of the content that a informed consent should have. Counselor Linda Brase informed consent begins talking about her training and educational background. This is similar to the ACA code of ethics standard A.2.b states that "counselors should inform
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Counseling Service in KISS (LSE & ARSH) Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (estb.1993) is a residential organization pioneering for tribal education and endeavoring towards all-round development of tribal adolescents by empowering them with adequate life skills and knowledge on health. For fulfilling of such‚ UNFPA supported LSE & ARSH project paved the way forwards. Counseling service figured as the major chunk of the project activities‚ it’s because the project entirely deals with adolescents
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refer as a voluntary and confidential process that takes place within the context of a professional‚ which includes individuals‚ groups‚ or members of a family. The goal of a counselor is to listen to their patients to gain a more concrete understanding of their clients concerns. Once understanding is gained the counselor works with the client to help effectively identify the concerns the client has. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a growth for counseling jobs within the next 10 years
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and behaviors of the mental health counselor must be effective. To be an effective mental health counselor the process must include both the art and science of helping clients when they struggle. This paper will address both effective and ineffective characteristics of the given transcript along with an explanation of how a counselor’s characteristics or behaviors influence a session with a client. Effective Characteristics This How a client perceives a counselor is very important in how they effective
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