Introduction Pastoral care and Counseling is one of the important ministries in the Church at any place in the world. Our churches are filled with people who experience crisis‚ lost‚ loneliness‚ anxiety‚ depression‚ divorced‚ and family problems. Pastors have a huge opportunity to help people just by listening and encouraging those in household of faith. In some cases it is just enough to listen and teach biblical principles of living but in the other cases there is the need to be specifically train
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According to the course literature (2010)‚ counseling is defined as a proactive‚ historically oriented process for helping persons learn to cope with problems of living and for promoting health development. It is an interpersonal process involving professional with the requisite graduate education and experience in counseling‚ using scientifically validated methods working with an individual‚ family‚ group‚ organization or specialization community that is seeking assistance (p.g 4-5). The three
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Wiley Periodicals‚ Inc. DOI: 10.1002/pits.20370 CRISIS COUNSELING: AN OVERVIEW JONATHAN SANDOVAL‚ AMY NICOLE SCOTT‚ AND IRENE PADILLA University of the Pacific Psychologists working in schools are often the first contacts for children experiencing a potentially traumatizing event or change in status. This article reviews basic concepts in crisis counseling and describes the components of psychological first aid. This form of counseling must be developmentally and culturally appropriate as well
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Family counseling is a key to promote better relationships and understanding within a family. Every individual is facing one or the other problems in their daily life. The counseling can provide each individual with the chance to express opinions by communicating effectively. This process will help to change the attitude and reinforce the positive attributes of the individual‚ couple‚ or family members. "A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one
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Consultation and Advocacy in Counseling Donna Boyett COUN 5004 Survey of Research in Human Development for Professional Counselors August 4‚ 2012 195 Wayfair Lane Hinesville‚ GA 31313 Telephone: (912) 980-1231 Email: Donna.Boyett@hotmail.com Instructor: Kathy Blaydes Abstract This paper discuses the importance of social justice advocacy and consultation in the counseling profession. The introduction is an explanation of social justice advocacy‚ and the different ways counselors advocate
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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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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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to deal with your children issues and understand yourself and how to deal with your family and certain issues. The area of marriage and family counseling/therapy has had an out break over the past decade. The counselors are expected to work effectively with families experiencing a variety of issues and problems. In marriage and family therapy/counseling there are so many different types of techniques that are out there but should be used and looked upon not a cure‚ but a method to help mobilize
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of Arts in Professional Counseling January 23‚ 2013 ETHIC CODES COMPARISON 2 Abstract This paper will attempt to compare the similarities and differences in the ethics codes of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). In addition to the discussion of general similarities and differences of the two codes of ethics‚ the paper will also will also compare and contrast the following three areas of counseling in depth: confidentiality
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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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