COMMUNICATION IN MULTI-CULTURAL COUNSELING Communication in Multi-Cultural Counseling Connie Sutton Grand Canyon University PCN 509/Social and Cultural Diversity Susan Lutz‚ LMFT October 25‚ 2010 Introduction Research shows clients from ethnic minority groups are the least likely to make use of counseling services. One explanation for this is that it is an ethnocentric activity‚ based on the values of the white middle
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AIDS epidemic states that based on the 2009 data‚ 33.3 million people are living with HIV worldwide and Sub-Saharan Africa makes up 68% of the global total with 22.5 million people living with HIV.1 In an effort to address this epidemic‚ voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) programs have been implemented in many of rural and remote areas. VCT serves as the gateway to HIV prevention‚ treatment‚ care and support by allowing people to learn their HIV status. According to World Health Organization (WHO)
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Substance Abuse Counseling to Be: What is Substance Abuse Counseling? When Do I Counsel Someone? Why Would I Counsel? Due: June 20‚ 2014 WHAT: I am just starting to learn about the dynamics of substance abuse counseling. At this point‚ early on in my learning‚ I understand it to be a practice of advocacy to assist those persons with various levels of addiction in relation to drugs‚ alcohol and chemical dependency to a road of recovery. Substance abuse counseling identifies the
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Counseling Plan - Amanda Bynes Walden University Counseling Plan - Amanda Bynes Actress Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3‚ 1986 and grew up in Thousand Oaks‚ California. She is the youngest of three children of Lynn‚ a dental assistant and office manager‚ and Rick Bynes‚ a dentist. Bynes’ ancestors immigrated from Ireland‚ Poland‚ Russia and Romania‚ and her maternal grandparents are from Toronto‚ Ontario. Her father is Catholic and her mother is Jewish (“Amanda Bynes Biography
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CASE EXAMPLE B: XYZ Counseling Agency‚ a Limited Liability Company‚ hired Chuck as an anger management counselor. Two months ago during a counseling session with a client named Wilbur‚ Chuck became very angry at Wilbur’s failure to improve and beat up Wilbur. A week earlier‚ XYZ Counseling had counseled Chuck about an incident in which he grabbed a client by the arm and shook him. XYZ Counseling has a specific policy against violence and has disciplined employees who violate it‚ but it has never
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The Counseling Process The counseling process‚ as described in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Community and Agency Settings textbook‚ (Gladding‚ S. & Newsome‚ D.‚2018)‚ consists of three phases; these phases include initial‚ working‚ and closing. The initial phase is essentially an introduction process towards the helping progression for the counselor as well as the client. This is the time an interview is conducted to collect information about the client’s health‚ family‚ and background
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The counseling/wellness model which focuses on assessment to determine where the best area to focus on to increase wellness. This would include “family relationships‚ friendships‚ other relationship (work/community‚ church‚ etc.)‚ career/job‚ physical health‚ living environment” ( Remley Jr & Herlihy pg. 27). A lot of this information will be disclosed during the evaluation and assessment period. The evaluation and assessment “sole purpose should be to gain information to allow the counselor and
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conditions such as anxiety and stress‚ Christians can also be looking for answers and help to questions about their faith. In order to adequately address questions about the bible and the Christian faith a counselor who uses the bible. Christian counseling offers the best solution to questions of faith in Christ because it integrates secular psychology with biblical teaching in order
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humans have control over their destiny‚ or a higher power decides. In today’s society of medical and technological innovations the accepted attitude is that of free-will: that humans make their own destiny. In A Prayer for Owen Meany‚ Irving uses the motif hands‚ Owen’s fate‚ and its effect on Johnny to influence the reader’s view in the argument of pre-determined fate vs. free-will. In a world moving away from religion and pre-determined fate‚ Irving implores the reader to question how much control
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Anyone contemplating an occupation in correctional counseling‚ or is currently practicing should fully understand the multitude of legal and ethical issues required in order to be an effective counselor. Understanding legal and ethical issues is necessary for several reasons. First‚ individuals in correctional institutions use litigation indeed‚ and it is prudent for counselors to fully understand the legal parameters they have to work with to avoid consequences or manipulation by their clients
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