Understanding the context for the use of counselling skills | Assessment: Khadra Mohamed | Portfolio of work. Word Count 3‚500 +/- 10% | A3 (1) Understand what is meant by counselling skills | A3 (1.1.) Define counselling skills What is a counselling skill‚ one application of the word ‘skills’ pertains to areas of skill‚ for instance listening skills or disclosing skills. Another application refers to level of competence‚ for instance‚ how strong your skills are in a particular area
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Legislation relating to health and safety in a health or social care work setting; • Health and Safety at Work Act (HASWA) 1974 - ensures the health and safety of everyone who may be affected by work activities. • Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (MHSWR) 1999 - requires employers and managers to carry out risk assessments to eliminate or minimise risks to health and safety. • Workplace‚ (Health‚ Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 - minimises the risks to health and safety associated
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The Britannica Encyclopedia describes counseling as: the process of helping individuals discover and develop their educational‚ vocational‚ and psychological potentialities and thereby to achieve an optimal level of personal happiness and social usefulness. The concept of counseling is essentially democratic in that the assumptions underlying its theory and practice are‚ first‚ that each individual has the right to shape his own destiny and‚ second‚ that the relatively mature and experienced members
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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. Freud moved into neurophysiology (the nervous system and how it functions)‚ where he was influenced by another tutor‚
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This essay looks to explain the importance of theory in underpinning competence in counselling practice. The theoretical approaches that shall be discussed relate to the psychodynamic approach‚ the humanistic approach and the cognitive behavioural approaches in psychology from which counselling practice have evolved. Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytical theory is a good place to start as it covers many different methods of therapeutic intervention. Freud is recognised as the first psychologist to develop
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Mental Health Assessment Paper A.R. presents as an amicable‚ overweight 45-year-old woman diagnosed with undifferentiated-type schizophrenia. She was dressed eccentrically in winter clothing‚ including a coat and toboggan‚ even though we were indoors for the interview. She sat quietly on the couch‚ somewhat slumped‚ picking at the loose threads on her shirt. When she was first admitted‚ she had a strong belief that her husband was out to get her. She would wake up in the middle of the
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Workplace Counselling – A Necessity The relationship between work and the psychological well-being of the worker is a topic that has received a lot of attention in recent years. Work stress is seen as a modern epidemic‚ which effects one in terms of health‚ absence from work‚ and costs to the national economy. Studies have reported a wide range of pressures experienced by workers‚ such as workload‚ too many tasks‚ poor work environment‚ problems with colleagues or superiors‚ organization culture
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In this piece of work‚ I shall aim at a critical review of literature relating to reducing a fall in order people with a mental health problem. I shall critically analyse the strengths and weakness of the various strategies that have been used such as a complementary therapy in reducing falls in older people with dementia. In this assignment‚ I shall reflect upon my experience from my practice placement‚ where I was involved in the reduction of fall as a therapeutic intervention in order to minimise
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Mental health involves a complete state of social‚ psychological‚ and emotional wellbeing. Mental health is vital for interpersonal relationships and leading a productive life (Healthy People 2020‚ 2016). Mental health promotes physical health and when out of balance it contributes to mental disorder‚ cancer among other chronic conditions. Mental illnesses are the commonly reported illnesses and leading causes of disability in America. Statistics have revealed that one in every four American adults
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Chrysalis; diploma in Psychotherapeutic counselling Essay 1 2‚059 words P.Reeve 01/06/2013 “what is hypnosis” For the purpose of this essay‚ I will be attempting to show an understanding of hypnosis‚ and describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis. I will also be discussing the role of relaxation in hypnotherapy. I will be using information learned from my course hand outs‚ and from the year one book list. Hypnosis has been used by different cultures and religions around
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