It is with great excitement and ambition that I am applying to the Master of Social Work Graduate Program at the Uxxxxxy of Xxxxx. My journey has been one of faith and courage‚ and this is a dream come true. I began to pursue my education more than twenty years ago at Xxxxx University. I successfully completed my first two years of college but the third year I returned home because my mom was ill. I had plans to re-enroll in school the following year but instead I spent the next twelve years working
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Person-Centered Therapy Carl Rogers developed Person-Centered Therapy (PCT) in the 1940s (Rogers & Maslow‚ 2008). PCT can be used with individuals‚ group settings‚ or within family therapy. PCT is a way of supporting and working with people within a mind frame of an humanistic approach. The process behind PCT involves active listening‚ thinking together‚ sharing ideas between practitioner and client‚ and the therapist being nondirective and supportive within PCT sessions. PCT puts the client at
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University of Texas at El Paso Bachelor of Social Work Program Evaluation Submitted by: Susie Villalobos‚ M.Ed. Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Doctoral Student University of Texas at El Paso‚ El Paso‚ Texas Academic Roles and Responsibilities CHSC 6343 May 7‚ 2013 Introduction The National Association of Social Workers (NASW)‚ outlines the primary mission of Social Work “is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic human needs of all people‚ with particular attention to
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turnover is not always a negative thing. Social workers often leave positions for retirement‚ to further their education or raise families and‚ in these cases it is a positive experience for the social worker and in some cases‚ can also be positive for an organization‚ especially in cases where an employee is a poor fit for an organization. Turnover leads to the hiring of new workers with fresh and innovative ideas‚ however for the most part‚ turnover in social service agencies is a significant issue
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Client-centered theory is not one built off of beautiful techniques and elaborate goals. It is a theory simply based on a relationship between a client and a therapist. The therapist has an unconditional positive regard for client. Carl Rogers is the mastermind behind client-centered therapy. Client-centered approach is not for every counselor. It is an attitudinal style of counseling. The counselor has to learn that the client is not defined by their personality‚ but is a person in the process of
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ROGERS: SEVEN STAGES OF THERAPEUTIC GROWTH TOWARDS FULL FUNCTIONING from Merry‚ T. & Lusty‚ B. (1993) What is Person- Centred Therapy?‚ Loughton‚ Essex: Gale Centre Publications. Rogers thought there were seven stages that he could observe‚ and they enabled him to see whether his clients were making progress in therapy‚ or whether they seemed to be stuck‚ for a time unable to move on. Although the process can be erratic‚ clients do‚ in general progress step by step‚ building on their experiences
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Scale and Assessment Framework Triangle I completed Sheridan’s checklist to measure the child’s development for his age group. Although some aspects of this tool were useful in assessing the child‚ I found this exercise as a ‘one size fits all’ approach as it does not take into account individualities of children that develop slightly later than others. However‚ the Assessment Framework Triangle provided a systematic way to observe the child and enabled me to see in practice what I have learned
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Personal Model Of Helping – Person-Centered Theory My personal view of helping someone is based upon my own past experiences for both myself and my observation of others. Person-centered therapy may not work as well with people who find it complicated to discuss issues about themselves or have a mental illness that misrepresents their perceptions of reality. However‚ I believe that Person Centered Counseling is an approach which emphasizes the clients responsibility to take control of their own
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and Steinberg (1995) is a social scientific approach to the OT? How does this approach help us understand Judges 9 better? Introduction: The aim of social scientific criticism‚ as a subfield of biblical exegesis‚ is to study the biblical materials as a reflection of their cultural setting. The meaning and/or the social background of the text are thus more fully illumined by the exercise of sociological and anthropological methods and theories. The era of modern social-scientific research began in
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MODULE NAME: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL WORK ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Choose at least two social work theories; explain their main principles‚ advantages and disadvantages and apply them to the assessment‚ planning and intervention in one of the case studies provided below. Discuss your rationale for choosing the theories selected. Case Study 2: Ramesh Ramesh is 45 year old Sri Lankan man who works as a telephone engineer. He lives alone‚ but for many years he looked after his elderly
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