What are the tenets of an existential-humanistic approach to counselling and how relevant is this counselling approach in the African cultural setting? Existential-Humanistic psychology looks at individuals as a whole person and living in a socially interconnected and holistic world. It focuses on helping the individual self-discover the healing process‚ leading eventually to improved self-esteem. High self-esteem has many positive social benefits: individual happiness (Shackelford‚ 2001)‚ academic
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Critically discuss the case for counselling to be evaluated through randomised controlled trials. In the following essay a critical discussion for the case for counselling to be evaluated through randomised controlled trails will be discussed. A randomised control trial requires firstly finding a collection of individuals who are all in search of help and who have a comparable problem. These can be identified through the use of a questionnaire for example‚ by comparing outcome scores. These
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References: Australian College of Applied Psychology ( 2013 ). CHCCSL504A Counselling Theories (V33201111). Sydney‚ Australia: Author.
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CASE STUDY DEBBIE ROGERS - 25/05/11 1. A) Robert perception of his role as husband and father is that “it’s my job to be the breadwinner and look after my family and its Maeve’s job to look after the kids.” My assumption would be that this response reflects his early childhood experience. The Psychodynamic Approach recognises that many of our actions and responses reflect the effects of our earliest experiences‚ which affect our relationships and our perception of the present. Essentially
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Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Children and Adolescents with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder By Sean Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that plagues thousands of children and adolescents all around the world. It is a problem that can have any number of causes and is a very serious issue that people with the disorder have to deal with on a daily basis. Because of its wide prevalence throughout the world it has been a disorder that has been analysed
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from the Interviewing and Counselling class that were present; myself the counsellor‚ the client and the two others were technical support. The client gave permission for the other two members to be present because they helped to tape and time of the session. The setting was not very ideal‚ since there were two additional members and the room was available for a limited time. Nevertheless‚ it worked because it was a familiar setting where we practice our counselling most of the time. The setting
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Question 7 0 out of 2 points REBT is based on the assumption that: Answer Selected Answer: a. Humans have a biological tendency to think irrationally Correct Answer: c. Both a and b Question 8 0 out of 2 points A counselor using CBT might focus on using: Answer Selected Answer: a. Pharmacotherapy Correct Answer: d. Risk-taking exercises Question 9 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is not true about REBT? Answer Selected Answer: a. REBT was influenced by Rogers
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The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) have a Code of Ethics called the ‘Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy’. The framework was first published in 2002 and was reviewed in 2013. Within the Code of Ethics it states what the ethical principles and personal moral qualities are (in this piece of work I shall be explaining 4 of them). The ethical principles that I found in the BACPs Ethical Framework were (as follows): Being trustworthy Autonomy
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carries certain connotations which are derived from the legal use of the word ‘counsel’. In recent years‚ however‚ the word “counseling” has acquired a specific meaning as a technical term to describe a particular kind of therapeutic interaction between people. Many authors and institutions have defined counseling as follows: The steering committee of the Standing Committee for the Advancement of Counseling (UK) in 1969 offered the following definition. “Counseling is a process through which
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Davis published by the ACA American Counseling Association (1996) to guide me through the decision making process on an ethical dilemma which I am going to present in the following. The Ethical Dilemma I am working as a Counsellor in a shared Counselling Practise. My client is Heather‚ 38‚ who has been seeing me for about 4 sessions. She initially came in talking about her challenge working part-time and being a mother of 2 children aged 3 and 10. In our recent sessions she talks about her concern
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