ways in which counselling attempted to address my peers client’s difficulties through Person -Centred counselling. I am going to commence with my client’s presenting issues‚ and include any perceived risks. I will also be exploring the client’s presenting issues in relation to Rogers’ personality theory. Following on from this‚ I am going to discuss how an effective therapeutic alliance was established with my peer‚ and reflect on how this relationship developed throughout the counselling process. This
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10/03/2015 What’s happening for Steve? Pre-Professional Psychology 1 Counselling Psychology: A rich & diverse field Di Kirby Student Counsellor Dianne.Kirby@newcastle.edu.au 1 Welcome “Community cannot feed on itself‚ it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond‚ their unknown brothers and sisters.” Howard Thurman 2 Depth & nature of intervention System level 1. The whole organisation ORGANISATIONAL 2. Inter-group 3. Group THERAPEUTIC 4. Inter- personal 5. Individual Adapted
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What are the tenets of an existential-humanistic approach to counselling and how relevant is this counselling approach in the African cultural setting? Existential-Humanistic psychology looks at individuals as a whole person and living in a socially interconnected and holistic world. It focuses on helping the individual self-discover the healing process‚ leading eventually to improved self-esteem. High self-esteem has many positive social benefits: individual happiness (Shackelford‚ 2001)‚ academic
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Ethical guidelines for researching counseling 1. Trustworthiness The distinctive ethical dimension of the counseling practice is the trust placed by clients in practitioners. This trust is not only essential to achieving the client’s aspirations but also for the practitioner to establish the quality of relationship and interaction that makes the work possible. Counseling and psychotherapy require a high level of frankness on the part the client. The client needs to feel able to tell the truth
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Ethics are an essential part of the administration of psychological tests and it is necessary that all test users follow the ethical guidelines when using any type of psychological test. Psychological tests are an important tool in terms of many professions in an array of settings such as in clinical psychology‚ education‚ and even business. However‚ misuse of psychological test by the administrators is a constant and troubling issue that has the potential to harm the individuals involved and even
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Overall‚ I did an okay job facilitating the session. I believe that had strong moments for example the role paly. In addition‚ near the start of the session (5:50)‚ I was able to go deeper with the client and explore her feeling of vulnerability. The client mentioned the feeling of losing‚ so I asked her to explore this further. When the client began to explore how it felt to lose she explained it felt vulnerable. When I confronted her about feeling vulnerable around her mother‚ she responded with
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However‚ the consensus among them all is the notion that most behavioural disorders are the result of unrestrained unconscious feelings. Psychodynamic theory is based on the principle that relationship difficulties experienced in the past remains in the subconscious level of an individual but re-emerge in later adult experience‚ especially in adult relationships. Freud argued that strengthening
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Critically discuss the case for counselling to be evaluated through randomised controlled trials. In the following essay a critical discussion for the case for counselling to be evaluated through randomised controlled trails will be discussed. A randomised control trial requires firstly finding a collection of individuals who are all in search of help and who have a comparable problem. These can be identified through the use of a questionnaire for example‚ by comparing outcome scores. These
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How do research findings support counselling work? Research. 1.a. the systematic investigation into and study of materials‚ sources‚ etc‚ in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. b. an endeavour to discover new or collate old facts etc by the scientific study of a subject or by a course of critical investigation. [Oxford Concise Dictionary] When entering the field of counselling the first thing that becomes evident is how much there is written and theorised upon. A great deal of research
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Introduction. In this reflective essay I will provide an analysis of the counselling session I conducted and recorded. This will include a summary of the session. I will also describe the micro and advanced counselling skills utalised‚ as well as a critical evaluation of their effectiveness. A discussion of my application of these skills‚ as well as areas of possible improvement will supported by reference to relevant literature. Summary of the session. Leesa is a 37-year-old woman who I
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