TRAUMA AND ABUSE COUNSELLING Case Study 1‚750 words Topic: Childhood Abuse A lady‚ Hannah‚ now in her fifties‚ has come to see you. The perpetrator was her father‚ who was highly influential in the church. She (as well as several sisters) was sexually and emotionally abused between the ages of 9 and 16. As a child Hannah made several attempts to disclose the abuse but was unable to feel heard or believed. Hannah has attempted to tell a school nurse‚ a school friend. She has also
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may be dysfunctional‚ but they aren’t emotionally insensitive or unintelligent‚ and are very likely to hear the implied feelings of the therapist. Obviously‚ this will do little to establish or maintain the kind of trust necessary for effective counselling. I need to recognise this more in myself. I am sure that intellectually I try to have no prejudices; however I know that I do because I can tell by the tone of my voice or the little voice that may appear in my head. I know that I am hypocritical
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The Relational Approach to Counselling I this essay I intend to demonstrate my understanding of the Relational Approach and its underlying theory. I will show throughout this essay that it is essential to understand relationships‚ their development and impact on humans. I am also going to discuss the concept of secure base and repeating relational patterns. I will then consider the implications of working with a culturally diverse population and how this effect the counsellor‘s way of being with
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Explore the subject of ’self disclosure’ by councellors Disclosure in the dictionary is ’the act of revealing and exposing to view’ My understanding of self disclosure in this context is to mean revealing the counsellors personal information and emotions. In this unique relationship this is to be expected when the client is communicating‚ in fact it is actively encouraged‚ because that is their roll in the therapeutic relationship. However my exploration will concern when is it acceptable for
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He has been married for nearly 5 years to a ‘warm and wonderful person’. There were no children yet‚ and the couple was wondering about the right time for having children. This has been an area of disagreement between George and his wife and has led to a number of heated arguments between the two of them. George described himself as fairly conservative and not a risk taker‚ and said that sometimes he couldn’t believe he had accepted a job in such a large company. On questioning‚ George said that
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STUDENT DETAILS ACAP Student ID: 226155 Name: Louise Butler Course: Diploma of Counselling ASSESSMENT DETAILS Unit/Module: Counselling Interview Skills Educator: Leanne Chapman Assessment Name: Reflective report Assessment Number: 3 Term & Year: Term 3‚ 2014 Word Count: 400-600 DECLARATION I declare that this assessment is my own work‚ based on my own personal research/study . I also declare that this assessment‚ nor parts of it‚ has not been previously submitted for any
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Introduction. This Presentation will look at the psychodynamic approach to counselling‚ focusing on how problems arise and continue. Then how therapy seeks to resolve these problems. We will look at conflict between ID and superego and unresolved childhood problems. Then we will look at defence mechanisms. From there we look at how therapy brings the unconscious into the conscious to resolve conflicts. Slide 2. In psychodynamic theory‚ there is the structure of the personality‚ which consist of three
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STUDENT DETAILS ACAP Student ID: 226155 Name: Louise Butler Course: Diploma of Counselling ASSESSMENT DETAILS Unit/Module: Counselling Interview Skills Educator: Leanne Chapman Assessment Name: Assessment 2‚ Part B Assessment Number: 2 Term & Year: Term 3‚ 2014 Word Count: 1200-1500 DECLARATION I declare that this assessment is my own work‚ based on my own personal research/study . I also declare that this assessment‚ nor parts of it‚ has not been previously submitted
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Counselling Theories‚ Assignment 1 – Short Answer Questions. 1. The concept of nature versus nurture is our personality‚ temperament‚ make up‚ complexion and characteristics which are influenced by our parents through genetics‚ as well as our upbringing‚ environment and education. Using myself as a case study‚ starting with my appearance I have green eyes and light coloured hair which I have inherited from my father‚ he too has green eyes and light coloured hair‚ I also have a few of his traits regarding
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MOODULE 2: THEORIES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLING THE BEHAVIOURIST THEORY OF COUNSELLING Introduction to Theories A theory can be defined as a systematic way of explaining a fact or an event. It refers to procedure that has been put forward empirically tested that explains a situation as a phenomena. Importance of Theory in Counselling Theories help a counselor to; • Explain the existence of a behaviour by understand if how it’s conceptualized‚ perpetuated and its manifestations
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