Same-sex Couples Adopting People have been adopting children for many years‚ but the idea of same sex couples adopting has been rising. Many people believe that children who are raised by same sex couples will face many problems due to their parent’s sexual orientation. There are many advantages a child has with same-sex parents due to the fact that they face discrimination and are misnomered by many who do not support them. In many places‚ lesbian or gay couples are prohibited to adopt children
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According to the Marriage and Family Therapy concept there are three stages of a typical therapy. The treatment starts with the initial stage. During this period a therapist should identify and establish therapeutic goals to understand better what a family or an individual want to change‚ what is the desirable outcome of the treatment and how long the therapy may last. Quintessential questions throughout this phase are: what brings you here?‚ what do you want to change in your life or in your relationship(s)
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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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CAREER COUNSELLING COMPENDIUM OF METHODS AND TECHNIQUES Edited by Mihai JIGĂU Bucharest‚ 2007 Authors: Mihai JIGĂU‚ Ph.D Lumini a TĂSICA‚ Ph.D Angela MUSCĂ‚ Ph.D Mihaela CHIRU Petre BOTNARIUC Irina COZMA Speran a IBU Other contributors to this Compendium: Carmen AVRAMESCU Bogdana BURSUC Lumini a DANEŞ Adina IGNAT Gabriela LEMENI Marcela MARCINSCHI CĂLINECI Andreea-Diana MĂRU ESCU Domnica PETROVAI Mihaela PORUMB Andreea SZILAGYI‚ Ph.D Authors are responsible for the
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Prayer in Counseling Prayer is communicating‚ worshiping‚ and sincerely seeking God ’s face‚ knowing that He hears us‚ loves us and will always respond. Prayer is a big part of many of people’s lives these days. People use prayers everywhere and everything they do so using prayer in counseling is only natural. The counseling field cannot get away from praying in their sessions. But counselors have to be careful how they use prayer in treatment because they need to not instill their own viewpoints
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understand family dynamics is to explore the family tree as per Bowen Family Systems Theory. The attempt is to look for patterns of behavior‚ look for the cut offs‚ resulting in disconnection with the family. A member of the family breaking off and no longer having contact with other members of the family over disagreements find opportunities to break free of the family energy system and start a new for self and one’s family. It disrupts the assigned roles for the family. Re-connecting with family members
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multicultural counseling can greatly impact students to gain a better understanding of others‚ themselves‚ and shape their experiences and interconnection with other cultures. Although I was born and raised in Fresno‚ California‚ which is “one of the largest‚ fastest growing‚ and most diverse counties in the states of California” according to the County of Fresno website (2015)‚ I lived in a close-knit community where the majority of the families around me were other Hmong families like myself. This
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Chapter 3: The Counseling Process 1. State the categories that counseling theories can be classified in and what category‚ (category 1 or 2) do you feel is the most effective intervention. The categories that counseling theories can be classified are: Affective (feeling) Person-centered counseling Gestalt therapy Behavior (behaving) Reality therapy Brief counseling Individual psychology Cognitive (thinking) Rational-emotive behavioral therapy Cognitive behavioral therapy Psychoanalytic
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The Ideal Couple They were a perfect match‚ like Barbie and Ken. Samantha looked like a Victoria’s Secret model; lean‚ long brown hair‚ arched eyebrows‚ high cheekbones‚ green cat eyes so bright they looked like stars‚ and a walk so graceful‚ she resembled an angel. She was unreal. And her boyfriend? Drew was a Calvin Klein model. Jet black‚ tousled hair. Tanned Skin. Milk chocolate brown eyes. The guy every girl wanted. Yet‚ he loved his Victoria Secret model with all his heart‚ despite
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Modifying Traditional Counseling Skills for a Crisis Some of the normal skills a counselor would use with a client are attending‚ open ended questions‚ mirroring body language‚ paraphrasing‚ and summarizing. Those clients who have been involved in a crisis‚ need the same skills‚ but in different ways. According to Cooper (2014) the essential skills are attending‚ listening‚ open-ended questions‚ reflecting and summarizing. The most important difference is letting the client know that they are safe
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