The Impact of History and Counseling Theories on Culturally Diverse Populations Michelle Harmolin Walden University There are many important factors a counselor must keep in mind when counseling clients from various and diverse cultural groups. Clients of these various and diverse cultural groups may find the counselors approach and overall treatment to be unsuccessful due to that the majority of American counselors are trained in the Western approach (Hayes‚ 2008). In order to prevent
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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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Christian Clients’ Preferences Regarding Prayer as a Counseling Intervention Journal Article Review Liberty University April 19‚ 2012 Summary In Eriksen and Weld’s journal article‚ the writers contend that spirituality and prayer is being utilized more and more by mental health practitioners and counselors. The concept of prayer within the counseling session is something that was considered for a long time but the actual use of spirituality practices is more frequently being used today
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The results of this study suggest that multicultural incidents in supervision influence the supervision process and the multicultural competence of supervisors and supervisees. This influence may be positive or negative‚ depending on the nature of the supervisory relationship and the manner in which the cultural issues are addressed. This finding is important because it suggests that the relationship may be a pivotal component of multicultural supervision that moderates how all other experiences
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Multicultural Interview and Analysis This paper intends to put the theoretical concepts learned in class into practice through an analysis of a ‘case study’ of an East Asian person‚ in order to demonstrate the extent of my understanding of how life experiences have shaped an individual’s thoughts and worldviews from an East Asian cultural context. The paper is organized into three sections‚ the first section introduces the interviewee’s demographic information and some additional comments on
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In the service of social harmony‚ politeness often discourages the expression of negative emotions even if they are felt and encourages the expression of positive emotions even if they aren’t felt. I completely agree with this statement as I have often observed people responding in this manner. We have been always taught to be nice to others even if they do us bad or say something nasty but I feel that it limits the freedom of speech and also you are not being true to yourself and to the other person
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One of the main models of cultural identity formation is that of the African American identity model. The model describes stages in which the African Americans go through in moving from self-hatred to self-acceptance. The model is representative of four stages; pre-encounter‚ encounter‚ immersion-emersion and internalization (Mio‚ Barker‚ & Tumambing‚ 2012). The pre-encounter stage depicts the African American as a white frame of reference and devaluing their internal and outward traits. There
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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to review and discuss state licensure and certification requirements for the professional practice of psychology. It will address the different occupations within psychology that are regulated by state licensure and certification; the specific requirements for a master’s and doctoral level clinician; intended emphasis area‚ interested in this area; any anticipated potential career opportunities and ultimate goal for future degree. It will address strengths and
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Running head: COUNSELING MINORS: ETHICAL AND LEGAL 1 Counseling Minors: Ethical and Legal Issues Involved Alexandra Martin Walden University COUNSELING MINORS: ETHICAL AND LEGAL 2 Mental health counselors have many things to consider when working with clients. Providing services to clients comes with several expectations. Some of the factors which counselors must be aware of include: cultural differences‚ environmental influences‚ client
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Process Journal 3 Last week‚ during my routine volunteer activities on Thursday nights‚ a group member of the organization commented something to me that caught my attention. The organization is Pride and the group that I assist with is a gay men’s (young adult) group. There is one particular young man “Joseph”‚ who I describe as somewhat obnoxious‚ eccentric‚ loud and egotistical. Joseph identifies as a gay Haitian man. Joseph is the person‚ that when he speaks up in group‚ (which
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