COUNSELLING IN NIGERIA: AN OVERVIEW BY C.N. UGWUEGBULAM‚ Ph.D.‚ JP. ALVAN IKOKU COLLEGE OF EDUCATION‚ OWERRI – IMO STATE‚ NIGERIA AND CUUU KADURUMBA (Ph.D.) COLLEGE OF FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGY‚ MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE‚ UMUDIKE‚ ABIA STATE‚ NIGERIA HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING IN NIGERIA Man from pre-historic times have been having challenges and solving them. Nigerians in the traditional set-up before the advent of formalized guidance and
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One Post Modern approach (Solution Focused Brief Therapy) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Furthermore‚ it will be looking at the advantages and disadvantages in the integration of therapies. Person Centered Therapy (PCT) Unlike many other counselling approaches‚ who view the therapists as the prime facilitator for change‚ Carl Rogers believed that as human beings we are more than capable of understanding ourselves and resolving our own problems without direct interventions from a therapist
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The Britannica Encyclopedia describes counseling as: the process of helping individuals discover and develop their educational‚ vocational‚ and psychological potentialities and thereby to achieve an optimal level of personal happiness and social usefulness. The concept of counseling is essentially democratic in that the assumptions underlying its theory and practice are‚ first‚ that each individual has the right to shape his own destiny and‚ second‚ that the relatively mature and experienced members
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organization pioneering for tribal education and endeavoring towards all-round development of tribal adolescents by empowering them with adequate life skills and knowledge on health. For fulfilling of such‚ UNFPA supported LSE & ARSH project paved the way forwards. Counseling service figured as the major chunk of the project activities‚ it’s because the project entirely deals with adolescents who are residing in the campus. Among 12‚000( 2010 year) students‚ nearly 5‚000 are belonging to adolescence period
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world into something better. He does not expect much -- maybe a clean-up of some graffiti. But Trevor decides to do three important favors for people who need them. Then‚ instead of allowing them to pay it back‚ he will ask each of them to "pay it forward‚" doing three favors for other people‚ and asking them to do the same. One of Trevor’s favors is to bring his mom Arlene and Eugene together‚ though it turns out that it is not just to make them happier. Arlene and Eugene put all of their effort into
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Helping Josie HN430 Advocacy for Families and Youth June 18‚ 2013 Helping Josie Josie is an eleven year old‚ bi-racial female who lives with her mother. She has a history of learning and behavioral problems in school‚ home and the community. She was recently told she could not continue to participate on her school’s soccer team or in the after school program because of her behavior and has stated that she is depressed and does not care about living anymore. During
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This essay looks to explain the importance of theory in underpinning competence in counselling practice. The theoretical approaches that shall be discussed relate to the psychodynamic approach‚ the humanistic approach and the cognitive behavioural approaches in psychology from which counselling practice have evolved. Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytical theory is a good place to start as it covers many different methods of therapeutic intervention. Freud is recognised as the first psychologist to develop
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S175331 Jacqueline Goold Setting up the counselling exercise. I was asked to explain and evaluate how I proceeded to set up my counselling exercise‚ expanding and ascertaining what I have learnt. According to Gray‚ (2014‚ p. 15) “Therapist’s try to adopt a stance whereby they both enter into the client’s world through their empathy and also stand outside it through their objectivity.” The therapeutic environment is a place in one’s life that should be tranquil and placid in our long quest for serenity…
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I intend to show an understanding of the ethical framework for good practice in counselling‚ relating it to practice and also my own beliefs and opinions‚ how this influences the counselling relationship‚ I will also show the need for protection of self and client. The importance of having a good ethical framework to work to is essential‚ it help’s to give guidance to counsellors as well as providing protection for the counsellor and client‚ the BACP ethical framework considers values‚ principals
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Why Helpers Chose the Helping Profession Team B 350/BHS July 19‚ 2014 Becky Day There are many factors that influence a person’s decision to enter any profession. Human service careers are specifically unique in that financial gain is not the primary motivation (Woodside & McClam‚ 2011). Individuals who choose this career can have a desire to help others and are motivated by the gratification received when he or she successfully assists the client in improving the client’s life. It is important
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