COUNSELLING IN NIGERIA: AN OVERVIEW BY C.N. UGWUEGBULAM‚ Ph.D.‚ JP. ALVAN IKOKU COLLEGE OF EDUCATION‚ OWERRI – IMO STATE‚ NIGERIA AND CUUU KADURUMBA (Ph.D.) COLLEGE OF FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGY‚ MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE‚ UMUDIKE‚ ABIA STATE‚ NIGERIA HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING IN NIGERIA Man from pre-historic times have been having challenges and solving them. Nigerians in the traditional set-up before the advent of formalized guidance and
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inheritance‚ genetic testing‚ medical management (such as screening)‚ outside resources which the patient may choose to investigate for further information and peer-support and possibilities relating to research participation. Finally‚ non-directional counselling is provided to the patients in order for the patient to make informed choices which fit with their own belief systems and values in a safe and non-judgemental environment‚ and to aid with adaptation to the individual’s risk or condition (Resta et
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In response to‚ what did this session mean to you‚ this first counselling session meant a lot. To explain‚ this counselling session was the start of the counselling relationship formed between myself and the client. In reflecting on all of my past experiences involving the start of a relationship‚ especially that of a professional relationship‚ the success or lack thereof‚ of this first interaction‚ (e.g. the vibe throughout the interaction‚ the feeling of comfort between myself and the other party
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organization’s code of ethics forms a system to guide the counsellor through appropriate approaches and it protects the human dignity of the client. It is acknowledged that the Singapore Association for Counselling Code of Ethics (SAC) has many similarities and differences compared to the American Counselling Association Code of Ethics (ACA). This paper will compare the two code of ethics using the systemic perspective model which comprises of eight specific areas‚ mindset‚ emotional‚ physical/biological
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as respecting the privacy and confidentiality of a client. Counselling can help clients to clarify their problems‚ identify the changes they wish to make and give them a fresh perspective. Counsellors should help them to seek other options and look at the impact that life events have made on the client’s emotional wellbeing. They also help clients to come to terms with difficult issues and it works best if the client comes to counselling from their own free will. The most popular humanistic therapy
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relationships with different professionals involved in his care plan‚ especially with the counsellors. It is largely known that the role of a counsellor it is to provide non-judgemental confrontation‚ support and education in addiction treatment. Through counselling ‚ the patient is encouraged to take initiative ‚ to be self-directed exploring how to manage a problem in the best way. Those counsellors who adopt an active listening approach ‚ emphasising collaboration ‚
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DEVELOPMENT. Sigmund Freud‚ 1856-1939 was an Austrian doctor‚ he was the eldest of his parent’s eight children. Freud founded psychoanalysis‚ the method of treatment to treat mental and nervous disorders‚ which is not the same as psychodynamic counselling today. Freud studied medicine at the university of Vienna‚ where he was influenced by one of his teachers Ernst Brucke‚ Ernst Brucke believed in the mechanistic approach seeing a person as a machine‚ determined by physical or chemical causes
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Unit 9 – Tasks- CHCCSL506A Apply counselling therapies to address a range of client issues TASK 9 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Stress Management. Georgina is a ‘stress head’. Her mother was one‚ her grandmother was one and to cope with the over concern about so many issues the men in her family have become passive. The women tend to label them ‘useless’. You have taken a thorough history for Georgina but have decided that rather than her issue being ‘useless men in the workplace stressing
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certified counselors (Masters Degree in Counseling). The Psychiatrist is allowed to make medical prescription as she holds a degree in medicine; however‚ (only in Belize) the Psychiatric Nurses can also do medical prescriptions. There is only one counselling centre in our country which is staffed with one full-time professional counsellor and complemented by a team of social workers. The
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Counselling provides the opportunity for a person to express their thoughts and feelings in an environment that is different from their daily life. There may be a need to engage in a conversation where a person can receive feedback and a different perspective on the issues that they are dealing with in a non-judgemental and safe environment‚ McLeod (2007). In a recent counselling session‚ where I was the counsellor‚ I was invited to share the feelings and experience of my client who had some unpleasant
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