allegations of false memories from clients seem to be all too common in the USA and one has to ponder to what extent in the UK‚ especially in the light of the recent publicity of the alleged abuse cases of Saville. If any counsellors or those in a counselling role were involved in any way with the children he had contact with – it begs the question - were they aware of something amiss and afraid to come forward because of who he was or for fear of repurcussions within their organisation? Thus‚ the counsellor
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Counselling for the Professions Assignment 2 Monash University Clayton Introduction The purpose of this exercise was to implement learnt skills throughout the semester‚ and apply them into a real counseling situation with a client. By being able to record and watch our first counseling experience‚ it allows us to constructively criticize and analyze our counseling techniques. Additionally‚ this exercise also allows us to practice counseling ‘essentials’ such as SOLER
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Introduction Humanistic therapy is a multi-faceted perspective that embraces a diverse collection of practical approaches: existential‚ constructivist‚ and transpersonal. The existential approach emphasises freedom‚ experiential reflection‚ and responsibility; the constructivist approach focuses on personal and social constructions of psychological growth processes; and transpersonal approach emphasises spiritual and transcendent dimensions of psychological wellness. Despite its multifarious perspective
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Specialist Diploma In Counselling Psychology Case Study Mei Ling Conceptualise the individual and presenting problem Mei Ling is a thirty-three years old who works as a nurse in a busy surgical ward. She is married to Steven for fourteen years. She has two sons whom aged eleven and eight years old. Lately she begun to fear that Steven is having an affair and will leave her. Mei Ling had seen her general practitioner (GP) for lack of energy and vague gastrointestinal symptoms
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The first question that I tackled was what do of a client makes a sexist or racist remark. The advice that the book suggests is somewhat vague‚ honestly. They suggest to both acknowledge and diminish the comment‚ depending on the circumstance. The authors say the need to address such is dependent on the client’s illness and the therapist’s values (Pipes & Davenport‚ 1999). There is a distinction made as to how to handle the comment if the client shares the same race or sex as the therapist. My take
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Counselling Skills P1: Describe processes for initiating‚ maintaining‚ developing and concluding a helping relationship A helping relationship is a relationship between the professional and the patient/client which aims to help the client get through difficult situations and encourage the client to overcome their issues. Gerard Egan’s 3 Stage Skilled Helper Mode 1994‚ provides a basic guideline on how helping relationships should be carried out. It is important that helpers take into consideration
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With ideas opposite psychodynamic approaches‚ Beck concluded the key to therapy was in a patients’ cognition‚ which is the way we perceive‚ interpret‚ and attribute meaning. Beck’s preliminary focus was on depression and developed a list of "errors" in thinking that he suggested could cause or maintain depression‚ including "arbitrary inference‚ selective abstraction‚ over-generalization‚ and magnification (of negatives) and minimization (of positives)." He later expanded his focus on anxiety disorders
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Contemporary Psychodynamic Theory In Clinical Social Work‚ is a collection of articles by some of the leading social workers in the country. The journal article as a whole is based on the changes in the psychodynamic approach of modern day and Sigmund Freud’s theories. After the nineteen sixties‚ professional thinking of the psychodynamic theory split‚ and the profession of social work found itself with two separate focuses. Those focuses were person or environment‚ whereas the psychodynamic theory focuses
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David Baty Theory Assignment 1 1.1 Explain the historical development of Counselling Counselling and Psychotherapy began in the early 18th century. The shift in how society dealt with mental health issues came about primarily due to the advent of the popularisation of science through the beginning of the industrial revolution. Society became increasingly transient and anonymous and the responsibility for behaviour became from the individual rather than from the community as a whole. In the
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categorized the main perspectives into seven groups. Three of these popular perspectives are the psychodynamic‚ behavioral‚ and humanistic perspectives. All of the modern psychological perspectives have evidence to support the theories. Psychodynamic The psychodynamic perspective states that our behavior is based on our unconscious feelings and emotions. According to Schwarz’s presentation the psychodynamic perspective is divided into three categories. These three categories are knowns as the Id‚ Ego
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