SOCIAL AND MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY Counseling Arab Americans Jay C Coleman Amridge University Abstract The belief‚ common among non-Arab Americans‚ that Arabic families are oppressive and dominated by violent fathers who mistreat their wives and children‚ has been documented in numerous sources (e.g. Suleiman‚ 1988‚ Al-Mughni‚ 1993). This is probably not unexpected given the struggle to fit traditional Islam with expanding women’s rights throughout the Muslim world (Al-Mughni‚ 1993). Despite
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Counseling Abused Women: Factors Contributing to Successful Outcome Table of Contents Introduction Part One: Violence against women The Problem Consequences of violence Origins of violence Part Two: Treatment/Intervention models Service and treatment options Medications Community Treatment/Intervention Part Three: Client/Family participation Client participation Family involvement Part Four: Special needs Abuse of women with disabilities Equity/ Access to treatment Part Five: Parties’
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rationale for seeking a counseling degree. I will look at look at personality characteristics that are commonly accepted in the counseling profession along with comparing and contrasting personality characteristics. I will examine how personality characteristics can influence counseling approaches and counseling styles. I will also take a research how functional transferrable skills may be applied. This paper will then review what some of the possible professional counseling settings could be. Seeking
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Steps in the Counseling Process 1. Establish a safe‚ trusting environment 2. CLARIFY: Help the person put their concern into words. 3. Active listening: find out the client’s agenda a) paraphrase‚ summarize‚ reflect‚ interpret b) focus on feelings‚ not events 4. Transform problem statements into goal statements. 5. Explore possible approaches to goal 6. Help person choose one way towards goal DEVELOP A PLAN (may involve several steps) 7. Make a contract to fulfill the plan (or to take the
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CONSIDERATIONS IN COUNSELING Counselors‚ like all professionals‚ have ethical responsibilities and obligations. The counseling literature contains numerous references to ethics and the legal status of the counselor‚ but for a number of reasons ethical problems pose particularly difficult situations for people in the various helping professions. First‚ clear-cut‚ specific ethical codes that provide adequate guidelines for ethical behavior in the very wide range of situations encountered in counseling relationships
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Counseling by the Book: A Summary What I learned from Counseling by the Book‚ biblical counseling is ministering scripture to those struggling in life or who desire wisdom or God’s directions. Biblical counselors should follow scripture and speak the truth in love to those who need correction‚ instruction‚ admonition‚ encouragement and hope through God’s Word. The goal is to glorify God by assisting people to establish and/or deepen their relationship with Christ. Changes started to take place in
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of reconstruction counseling. Ethics happen at the focus of the counseling method‚ it functions and performs solidly for the clients who inquire help in such an environment. For the counseling field to be ethical and continue professional recognition‚ multiple aspects must be reviewed and planned to advance all counselors and practitioners for functioning at the necessary level and reserving their jobs demand by the counseling profession. According to American Counseling Association (2014):
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Counselor Interview Paper Jessica Peacock I plan on going into the School Counseling field‚ so for my interview I went to a long time family friend Kay Weems. Kay is a school counselor currently at Madison Station Elementary‚ but she has 19 years of experience at different levels of education in counseling and in different environments as well. She also was an elementary teacher for 10 years prior to becoming a school counselor. Kay went to school at Mississippi State and received a bachelor’s
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Practicing counseling sessions was something I was dreading from day one. I am not the best actor and it takes me out of my comfort zone. The first session turned out to not be as bad as I thought it would be. I learned that a few of my fellow classmates were nervous with this exercise as well. When I was observing my groups‚ I notice the level of eye contact that was made. Each person tried to keep eye contact even though we were nervous when it was our turn to be the counselor. It was quite cold
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school counseling professionals: School Counselors must provide students with the knowledge‚ attitude‚ and skills in the areas of academic‚ personal and social‚ and career development (American School Counselor Association‚ 2012). In todays technologically advanced world‚ school counselors often use different technologies to enhance and support the school counseling program (Dollarhide & Saginak‚ 2012). School counselors can use computers in various ways to support the school counseling program
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