Contrasting Counseling Theories Therapists have been using various methods and techniques developed in order to improve the quality of therapy for individuals seeking professional assistance. Two of these include existential and person-centered therapies. Both of these therapies have different approaches but the ultimate goal of each approach is to treat and help find a cure for an individual’s personal issue. Person-centered and existential therapies both emphasize understanding human experience and focus
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Week 5: Multicultural Counseling Video Analysis Marcy Ross BSHS/465: Professional Development and Identity May 25‚ 2015 Jennifer Schmitz The counselors help the clients to become aware of their own expression of cultural identity by asking them questions. The series of questions asked allows the clients to think and truthfully answer and express themselves. This method gives the counselors insight to really get to the bottom of what is going on with the clients. It also gives the client
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Historical background of counseling Historically‚ guidance & counseling emerged as a synthesis of ideas & practices derived from religion ( search for spiritual meaning/ identity; concepts like "pastoral care")‚ C19th philosophy ( concept of the "unconscious mind" - in fact‚ pre Freudian/ philosophical in origin)‚ the Arts ( self-expression through performance‚ literature‚ autobiography‚ journalism‚ poetry‚ plastic arts‚ music etc. )‚ and the needs of people to maintain & promote individualism/
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awareness of culturally learned attitudes‚ beliefs‚ values‚ and teaches skills for interventions that are culturally appropriate for all clients. There are many ways counselors can involve parents or community members in elementary school career counseling. One fun ways is to set up a career activities for the families and the kids. One popular integration of families and career exploration is “career day”. This is when parents come to their child’s classroom and discuss their career with the students
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Person Centered Counseling was created by Carl Rogers. This type of counseling deals with the ways in which people perceive themselves consciously rather than having a counselor try to interpret unconscious thoughts or ideas. There are many different components and tools used in person-centered counseling‚ including active listening and paraphrasing‚ and more. The real point is that the client already has the answers to the problems and the job of the counselor is to listen without making any judgments
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educational background. This is similar to the ACA code of ethics standard A.2.b states that "counselors should inform clients their qualifications‚ credentials‚ and relevant experience" (ACA Code of Ethics‚ 2014). The counselor also brings up discussion about confidentiality which states that any information discuss in the counseling session will be kept private. The
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Steps in the Counseling Process 1. Establish a safe‚ trusting environment 2. CLARIFY: Help the person put their concern into words. 3. Active listening: find out the client’s agenda a) paraphrase‚ summarize‚ reflect‚ interpret b) focus on feelings‚ not events 4. Transform problem statements into goal statements. 5. Explore possible approaches to goal 6. Help person choose one way towards goal DEVELOP A PLAN (may involve several steps) 7. Make a contract to fulfill the plan (or to take the
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to privacy‚ is at the core of effective therapy; furthermore it is the counselor’s ethical duty to protect private client communication. As has been noted by Corey‚ Corey‚ Corey‚ & Callanan‚ (2014). AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION (2014). At the creation and throughout the counseling process‚ counselors inform clients of the limitations of confidentiality and seek to identify situations in which confidentiality must be breached (p.204.). Confidentiality‚ privileged communication‚ and privacy
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Introduction I remembered that several years ago I have read the news on newspaper about a father who raped her daughter then her daughter become pregnant‚ and it’s too late to terminate the pregnancy. I feel quite uncomfortable after reading this. If we want to talk about incest with other people‚ we can expect that very few of them are willing to discuss it in detail or try to avoid this topic‚ as incest is a taboo subject in our culture; it is invariably associated with child abuse and its horrific
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The client may well want to change‚ and probably has tried a number of different approaches in efforts to change. One truth of counseling a client‚ though‚ is the recognition that the client’s best efforts have failed in the past‚ and they are searching for a solution to a problem that has previously eluded them. In the true sense of MI‚ the client has a goal‚ an objective‚ but requires
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