Counselling Assignment I. In this assignment‚ I will analyse the principal distinctions between counselling and psychotherapy; I will evaluate the key requirements to be an effective counsellor and the conditions for which it would be appropriate to see a counsellor. I will do that by using a range of resources in my research‚ such as Text Books‚ Journals and the Internet. 1.1 Analyse the principal distinctions between psychotherapy and counselling According to the BACP “Counselling and
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Mr. Jo is undergoing a counselling session with his client‚ Alexander who is now 18 years old. Mr. Jo has been conducting these counselling sessions with Alexander for about three months. Along the sessions‚ Mr. Jo found out that Alexander is actually a homosexual in which he has feelings towards one of his classmate name Xavier. During the sessions‚ there were few times that Alexander disclosed his strong feelings towards Xavier to Mr. Jo. Initially‚ Alexander was just worried and shame about his
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Introduction “Confidentiality is the foundation of safe therapy.” (Corey&Corey‚ p.208 from Grosso‚ 2002) As a counsellor I have an obligation to follow professional standards and apply appropriate behaviour defined by mental health associations. The purpose of this is to prevent harm to clients as well as to define my own professional values. Working in the helping profession I will come across situations where I need to make a decision on whether to breach confidentiality in order to protect
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Confidentiality 1) Confidentiality means that whatever information you hold on someone must not be shared with others. Information must be kept safe and private. You can only pass on information about someone if they have given their consent. 2) The Data Protection Act 1998 & 2003 is mandatory and has eight principles. These principles dictate how information is to be handled. Information should only be used for the use it was intended‚ it must not be given to anyone else without
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CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS Jennifer Sherwood Kaplan University CM107 December 16‚ 2013 Confidentiality Rules Upon arriving at a new physician’s office a patient is given a clipboard with several papers on it‚ and is told to fill it out and return to receptionist when finished. What are all these papers‚ and why do they need to be filled out? These are actually very important to the care that the patient will receive. Every time a patient is seen by health care professional
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Patient Confidentiality Confidentiality revolves round how staff members handle confidential patient information. To enable healthcare practitioners fully understand the health condition of patients‚ there is the need on the part of the patient to disclose what otherwise could have been private and discreet information about them. The patients trust that whatever information is passed to the clinician is held in absolute confidence. And the clinician‚ in this wise‚ is duty bound to keep the information
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Confidentiality 1. Confidentiality is paramount when working with parents and children‚ and when dealing with sensitive issues. Confidentiality means not sharing information that is given to you without consent. Confidentiality is important because parents need to be able to trust us as practitioners to keep their information private. Confidentiality of any individuals who deal with the nursery is to be respected at all times‚ however if a child is believed to be at risk or has been harmed
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Running head: Truth Telling‚ Privacy‚ and Confidentiality Truth Telling‚ Privacy‚ and Confidentiality Georgetown University Bioethics in Nursing (NURO 518) Abstract Truth telling‚ privacy and confidentiality are critical aspects of care in the medical field. Establishing an effective nurse-patient relationship is key to an effective plan of care. Situations often arise where ethical considerations have to be made. This case study involves a patient by the name of David Collins. It brings
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Running head: Therapeutic Techniques and Counselling Description and Evaluation of the Psychoanalytic Theories of Counselling and techniques using the Theorist Sigmund Freud During the history of psychology and counselling a wide range of attitudes and approaches have been developed in order to provide individuals with the ability to explore his or her inner world through varied strategies and modes of interaction. The aim was to
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face of it‚ I wanted to comment on how strange this question is. Then I “Googled it”‚ and the search engine came back with 147‚000‚000 results! Whilst‚ at the top of the list were examples of essays (it seems that every psychology/psychotherapy/counselling course has this question on the curriculum)‚ it also seems that this question has been on the lips of people (in many cultures) for a very long time. Right up there are quotes from the King James Bible‚ with one website quoting 70 versus from the
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