Multicultural Counseling After reading the many articles on the notion of diagnosis and counseling with multicultural/ethnic patients‚ it has come to my attention that this focus is solely based on stereotypical attitudes. Sure‚ it can be said that it is important for a therapist to have a background of the patient’s heritage and culture‚ but doesn’t this necessarily mean that the outlook of the therapist will be put in a box by doing so? I think multicultural competency is a ridiculous way to
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From my full name‚ Lesly Alejandra Marroquin‚ I know that a lot of my personal identities can be implied. Such as that I am female and probably Hispanic or Latino. Even if names are thought to be so revealing at the same time they leave a lot hidden. A person’s name and appearance do not delve into their personal identities. I currently identify myself as a second generation Guatemalan-American female. From my identity‚ I choose to leave out that I am white and economically low class. I feel more
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Stages of Counseling Stage One: Relationship building During this initial phase of therapy several tasks must be completed including; Laying foundations for trust‚ Establishing the structure and form therapeutic relationship will take‚ and completion and explanation of informed consent process and forms. This stage is crucial to counseling in that it defines the roles of the counselor and client‚ and constructs the foundations and structure of therapy. When this initial stage is executed
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UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Comparison Paper 1: Effective Biblical Counseling Submitted to Dr. Jaeduk Kim in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of the course PACO 507-D02 Theology and Spirituality in Counseling by Reginald Townsend March 31‚2014 Summary The debate over proper models to use in counseling is one that Dr. Larry Crabb focuses on in his book‚ Effective Biblical Counseling. He explores the relationship that people have with each
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Personal identity is how a person feels about their self that forms over the course of their life. There are many factors influenced by culture that have made up my personal identity‚ such as‚ social class‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ geographic location‚ and my educational experience. All of these have made an impact on my personality‚ values‚ motivation‚ and family influences. I will explain how being American‚ in the lower-middle social economical class‚ Caucasian‚ and living and receiving an education
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My personal philosophy is that by being a light it shows others how to shine. I have always tried to be a light in people’s lives. I’ve often wondered what kind of superhero I would want to be. Do I want to be the strongest? Do I want to be the fastest? Do I want to have x-ray vision? Do I want to be invisible? No‚ I want to be transparent and see-through to others. By definition‚ transparent means “so sheer as to permit light to pass through.” I like to light up a room with my smile and personality
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Ethical Decision-Making in Counseling Addicts Crystal Ramsey Liberty University Abstract Robin was admitted to an intensive residential facility for drug addiction. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ a federal statute‚ requires counselors to give clients access to their records. Five moral principles are viewed as the foundation of ethics in counseling: autonomy‚ nonmaleficence‚ beneficence‚ justice‚ and fidelity. Ethical decision-making models include the following
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in which were audio‚ transcribed‚ analyzed and subsequently published as a book “Growing up in Stepfamilies” (Barnes‚ 1999). Their analysis was committed to understand the lives of these particular families and how they survived. The preferred counseling for Ashley would be family therapy. This practice developed in the mid 1950’s‚ although the developmental part of family therapy founded much earlier. In the discoveries of family therapy it is in fact‚ that family life does shapes a person personality
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Genetic Counseling Decision-Making In my opinion‚ I think that Jenny and Bob Miller should take the necessary risks in order to make their sons life more comfortable and possibly cure them of their disease in the near future due to gene therapy. The gene therapy is not far from being a reality in medicine that can cure muscular dystrophy‚ and the injections of normal muscle cells from healthy individuals can relieve some of the pain they are experiencing until a cure is generated. Muscular
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psychometric and experimental traditions (Butt‚2007). Trait theory is based in the experimental approach. More recently the phenomenological perspective has made headway into the study of individual differences‚ as demonstrated by personal construct theory (PCT). This essay will start by describing trait theory and PCT‚ highlighting the important differences between the two approaches. An evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the two theories will follow. Finally‚ each approach will be discussed
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