Practicing counseling sessions was something I was dreading from day one. I am not the best actor and it takes me out of my comfort zone. The first session turned out to not be as bad as I thought it would be. I learned that a few of my fellow classmates were nervous with this exercise as well. When I was observing my groups‚ I notice the level of eye contact that was made. Each person tried to keep eye contact even though we were nervous when it was our turn to be the counselor. It was quite cold
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A career that I have thinking about and pushed me to join psychology is counselling. Something that I have always wanted to do was to become a high school counselor. I believe that high school is a key part of a person’s life and an available strong guidance counselor is essential. A strong guidance counselor can lead a highschool kid on the right track and this is me speaking from experience. A career path I never thought about going on but I see is similar to counselling is coaching. I believe
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Mary McCleary Residential Treatment Facilities CJ1210 Ryan Sharp June 7‚ 2013 Residential Treatment Facilities provide a vast range of services for troubled youth such as; drug and alcohol treatment‚ discipline‚ counseling‚ basic living skills‚ structure‚ and so much more. These Residential Treatment Centers also provide organization skills that training schools provide as well and they are; obedience/conformity‚ reeducation/development‚ and treatment. These are three very important factors
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The US Correctional System: Final Essay draft The US correctional system punishes offenders in different ways‚ because each offense is on a different level some can be felonies and some can be charged as misdemeanors. In our correctional system they punishes offenders‚ by putting them in jail/prison. But in its early years prison punishments for offenders were cruel. In the early year of the correctional system offenders punishments were very different from their punishments now in this day and
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observation of others. Person-centered therapy may not work as well 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
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RUNNING HEAD: PERSON-CENTERED AND EXISTENTIAL THERAPY Comparing and Contrasting 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
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Substance Abuse Treatment Strategies Specific For LGBT Patients Drug addiction is a problem that impacts certain communities at a much higher rate than elsewhere. The LGBT community is one of the most ravaged of all communities in the nation. Drug addiction rates are high and for many LGBT people‚ treatment can feel impossible. Thankfully‚ that’s not the case: LGBT treatment strategies are becoming more and more prevalent around the nation. Prevalence Of Substance Abuse In The LGBT Community The
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Some people believe the history of corrections shows continuous movement toward more humane treatment of prisoners as society has progressed. In the beginning punishments for prisoners were considered a corporal punishment which was whipping‚ beheading‚ dismembering‚ torture or even death. There was fines‚ dispersion of property were common which was more common than the physical torture. Execution was the economic and corporal punishment as the estate was forfeited. The economic and physical
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Integrating theories is an important skill to know. If there is no theoretical basis for what a counselor should be looking for‚ even if there are many bases to look at‚ that makes for a counselor who may be lacking in the fundamental trainings and may not be able to do their job correctly. It can be daunting‚ to say the least‚ to integrate theories into the way that a therapist practices. There is a wealth of information that can be found to help with the integration process. The main concern
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Rounds are one the most important parts of group counseling. Rounds make it possible to access where the group members are and how well they are improving from the discussion. Rounds ask the questions to the members in phrases to see if the group members are gaining valuable and useful support from the sessions. The group leader listens for the reactions from the group to determine the help lead a better group meeting. “The designated phrase round serves two purposes: It helps the leader know
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