1 Elucidate on the theological and psychological basis of counseling. Counseling psychology focuses on providing therapeutic treatments to clients who experience a wide variety of symptoms. It is also one of the largest specialty areas within psychology. The Society of Counseling Psychology describes the field as " a psychological specialty [that] facilitates personal and interpersonal functioning across the life span with a focus on emotional‚ social‚ vocational‚ educational‚ health-related‚
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who must sacrifice his self-interest to that of the group. Because culture can lead individuals to have very different views and see the world from different perspectives it is important that counselors are aware of this. To provide a client with counseling that will lead to a positive outcome the counselor must learn to be culturally competent. Counselors can also learn to be more culturally competent by becoming self-aware. Self-Awareness can move individuals towards cultural competency in many
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Traffic Counseling Social Work can take many different forms. Some Social Workers may work in the field‚ taking children from parents who are abusive or unfit to care for them; Some work in specialized fields working with the elderly‚ disabled‚ or with human trafficking victims. Human trafficking victims go through all kinds of different abuse and knowing how to help them without triggering an anxiety or panic attack involves a lot of training in both sensitivity training and counseling. Counseling
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also help to make better the world around them. In order to respond to the thesis questions presented in this paper‚ we must first define consultation and social justice advocacy within the counseling context. Typically‚ consultation means a general meeting or conference between parties. In the counseling context however‚ we can say that it “usually involves three parties: a consultant‚ a consultee‚ and a client system. The consultant delivers direct service to the consultee‚ who delivers direct
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First‚ ethical issue that involves multicultural and diversity is that the counselor needs to be precautious when providing a psychological assessment and test to the client. The counselor needs to make sure it is appropriate and it will not affect the client in any way. According to American Counseling Associated Code of Ethics states E.8‚ “Multicultural Issues/ Diversity in Assessment Counselors select and use with caution assessment techniques normed on populations other than that of the client
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Multicultural counseling requires an unbiased view of the world and other cultures to give effective results. It is important for counselors to be knowledgeable of clients’ cultures and other factors affecting their behaviors to provide effective counseling. In addition‚ counselors should be aware prejudices regarding other people and cultures. The symptoms of mental disorders are found worldwide‚ although there are some cultural bound disorders. Cultural bound disorders or “Syndrome”‚ tends to manifest
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The Hidden Minority Upon hearing multicultural counseling‚ culturally diverse counseling‚ or counseling of diverse populations most people may think of groups that differ from the dominant culture in our society‚ such as‚ race‚ culture‚ ethnicity‚ etc. Many people do not think beyond these categories to consider a second tier of diversity‚ for instance‚ age‚ disability‚ sexual orientation‚ etc. What is the dominant culture? In most references the comparison is associated with the White Euro-American
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QUESTION Explain the similarities and differences between premarital counseling‚ marriage enrichment couples counseling‚ divorce counseling and divorce mediation. Provide an example of each using five different cases. Couples are dynamic and unique just as the individuals are. Challenges in couples’ relationships are also as prevalent as the happy times. This roller coaster of challenges and happy times may be difficult for the couple to manage alone and this is when assistance is either
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Multicultural issues are an indisputable part of counselling‚ and the counselors need to prepare well to meet the needs of different populations and serve them optimally. Every individual exists in social‚ historical‚ political and economic contexts and this calls for an increased understanding of these contexts on the behavior of the individuals. The Guidelines on Multicultural Education offer Psychologists a guidance on the changing needs of society and continuing evolution of psychology. The specific
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the Native Americans counselors understand what greatly impacts American Indians in social issues. Native Americans are greatly impacted with Major Health Issues‚ Employment Issues‚ Economic Issues‚ and Family Dynamics. American Indian Multicultural Counseling Human behavior is explained by the definition of culture. Each individual has a cultural group of values. Ethnocentrism is what makes up the American Euro-American culture. The Americans take pride in thinking their culture is superior
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