Cultural Competence in Counseling In today’s society there is a multitude of culturally diverse individuals. As a mental health counselor it is not only in my best interest to make sure that I am aware of my own cultural heritage‚ but it is also my responsibility to insure that I am aware of my client’s cultural heritage. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how culturally different I am from a client in the following case study Jia is a young Asian woman who immigrated
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Even long standing professionals in the field of counseling continually seek supervision. When confronted with difficult ethical decision making and unique situations in its best to gain an outside objective viewpoints. In reference to the case study‚ there are plenty of ethical dilemmas and unethical decisions made by Joe and his supervisor. It is clear their personal values differ from those who choose to follow ethical codes in counseling. The APA and ACA’s ethical standards and codes have
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CRM-430 Term Paper Week 5 Draft Summary for Prison Rehabilitation and Counseling Programs I chose to focus this term paper on the various programs offered to prisoners as part of their rehabilitation for introduction back into society. In today’s world there are many who believe that every one can be rehabilitated. The question should be asked; “does rehabilitation really work for everyone?” I will provide statistics on the success and failure rate‚ as well as which programs are most
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Self-Analysis PSY/285 As we look around us we notice that we are different. The differences can be small‚ such as in twin siblings‚ or they can be big‚ such as in neighbors. The size and shape of our bodies‚ the color of our skin‚ or even how we fix our hair are physical differences that can be seen on the outside. However‚ what about the differences we cannot see? Some people are born to be leaders. We all have different beliefs. Every person’s attitude differs on what they
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Evaluation 1.Were the students able to relate their feelings and hard times to art? I will go through out the room one on one asking each student how it felt to express their emotions on paper. I would not ask the students to have a group decision about this lesson‚ due to this being a very touchy topic for some students to discuss. 2. Were students able to verbalize connections to their artwork? I will discuss this with them one on one and I will ask them how it felt to draw this. 3. Were the
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Running head: THE ISSUE OF CHOICE The Issue of Choice: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Melissa Trask Liberty University May 12‚ 2010 Abstract Counseling has been in existence from the beginning of time. From Jethro to Freud‚ therapists and philosophers have been seeking insight into the core of human nature and cognitions. Cognitive-Behavioral therapy(CBT) recognizes that faulty cognitions and beliefs affect the behaviors of individuals. One method of cognitive-behavior therapy‚ reality
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The Impact of History and Counseling Theories on Culturally Diverse Populations Michelle Harmolin Walden University There are many important factors a counselor must keep in mind when counseling clients from various and diverse cultural groups. Clients of these various and diverse cultural groups may find the counselors approach and overall treatment to be unsuccessful due to that the majority of American counselors are trained in the Western approach (Hayes‚ 2008). In order to prevent
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believe that I am capable of both of these elements‚ however‚ my lack of counseling experience leads me to believe that I just don’t know how to properly execute them in a counseling setting. I think of instances when I have gossip sessions with my friends or talk to my parents or children about different things. I know that for the most part‚ we talk about things in a very generalized fashion. I definitely know how to self-disclose information‚ but I’m not sure if I do correctly or not. I am sure
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2008. It looks at the self-injurious phenotypes of individuals with SMS under environmental factors. The authors note that these self-injurious behaviours (head banging‚ hand biting‚ skin picking‚ wrist biting) are extremely prevalent in SMS‚ going as high as in 98% of cases. There has also been supporting evidence of a biological determinant for these self-injurious behaviours as there is a prevalence of high pain thresholds as well. With this growing body of literature on self-injurious behaviours
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homemakers may enter career counseling with undiagnosed mood disorders‚ such as depression or anxiety. Ronzio (2012) also stated that most career counselors will encounter women with a history of domestic violence or abuse. The psychological wounds of this abuse can diminish the client’s self-efficacy‚ beliefs in positive outcomes for career‚ and beliefs in her self-sufficiency. These experiences can influence the relationship with the career counselor and the counseling outcomes‚ and is an area that
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