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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explore how diversity‚ equality and anti-discrimination practices need to be addressed in the counselling room. It will also explore how the BACP ethical framework helps inform and guide our counselling work and the legal requirements of being a counsellor. Clients come to counselling from a wide range of diverse backgrounds. Pederson (1994) sites Diversity as a broad definition of multicultural counselling which covers “ethnographic variables such as ethnicity‚ nationality‚ religion and language;
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Humanistic Theory The term of Humanistic theory is an umbrella term. In fact it covers several approaches that embrace the idea of individuals being inherently good and a positive attitude towards humanity in essence. The most famous would be the person centered approach by Carl Rogers. Rogers studied Psychodynamic theory but his personality drove to focus more on feelings and less on the unconscious. He developed a form of therapy that was non-directive by the therapist‚ allowing the client to
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CBT and REBT share some similarities‚ they both rely in reality testing‚ and it is described as a highly organized process in the therapy process. Both approaches perceive human nature as series of past experiences shaping the level those clients may misconstrue versions of reality (Corey‚ 2013‚ p.305). The main goal for both approaches is centered in therapeutic change for the client as a result of the therapist interaction. REBT describes the therapist approach as an educational process. The
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COURSE ASSIGNMENT ONE V33201301: Diploma of Counselling CHC8D03V – Counselling Theories Question 1: 1. Freudian Theory 2. Erikson’s psychosocial stages 3. Piagets stages of cognitive development 4. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs Question 2: The nature versus nurture debate gives consideration as to how much influence the genetic makeup has on a person’s behaviour/personality compared to the influence of environmental experiences. Question 3: Genetic inheritance
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Answer the question ‘What is counselling?’ by outlining what you understand to be the key elements that constitute the practice of counselling. This discussion will begin by considering two definitions of counselling‚ moving on to identify key elements of practice and what makes counselling different from other professions where counselling skills may be used. Finally the discussion will consider the role of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) which regulates the
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COUNSELING Peer counselling is the process by which a trained person provides counselling‚ support and information to one of their peers (in this case adolescent). Peer counselling can also be said to be a process of sharing‚ that enables two people‚ the counsellor and the counselee to enter into a relationship that makes possible the clarification of a problem‚ an issue or a situation at hand through good listening. IMPORTANCE OF PEER COUNSELING The aim of the peer counselling project in the school
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Some examples: Person Centred approach uses methods such as reflection ‚ summary and giving the client space hopefully opening up a window for them to start to open up .However this may not be suited for everyone especially those who keep everything to themselves because in the past maybe that was their survival technique ‚ so in this case it may be beneficial to start with a psychodynamic approach ‚ where a counsellor use gentle word association ‚ and discussing set topics which might then enable
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Introduction Counselling like any profession requires ongoing research in order to survive and to develop. It is important to challenge old concepts and to introduce new ideas. Research can be defined simply‚ as the gathering and searching for information that will enable a particular problem or question to be answered. Research can be defined as ‘the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and new conclusions’ (Oxford Dictionaries‚ 2015)
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360) INTRODUCTION This essay will discuss the influences from Humanistic psychology that have influenced the person centred approach. Firstly it will look briefly at the origins of both humanistic Psychology and the person centred approach. Secondly this essay will look in closer detail at two areas of humanistic psychology that influenced the development of Carl Rogers person centred approach‚ the theory of the self and self actualization. Lastly it will look at the applications of this approach
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