When asked why I want to become a counselor‚ or specifically a trauma counselor‚ I always focus on my upbringing. I come from nothing; my family struggled to pay bills month after month and often unable to pay them‚ stress began to build in my household which led to high levels of trauma exposure. As I was growing up‚ I saw addiction swallow my family whole. As my mother’s alcoholism took over our family‚ my father started experimenting with drugs‚ which in turn‚ made him violent. The abuse started
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useful to explore why it was developed and has been so widely adopted. Since the beginning of the profession‚ practice has been focused on the person and the environment. This "psychosocial" focus is so important as a distinguishing feature of social work that it has become its identified purpose: to address the psychosocial matrix of which individuals‚ families‚ groups‚ and communities are constituents. Although the person-in-environment concept has governed practice since the work of Mary Richmond
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victims of trauma or is exposed to graphic pictures or text of trauma‚ can experience the effects of secondary or vicarious trauma. Vicarious trauma (VT) will affect thinking‚ while secondary traumatic stress (STS)‚ or compassion fatigue‚ affects feelings and behavior of the counselor. The purpose of this paper is to discuss man-made or natural disasters as well as personal trauma‚ and the counselor’s role in these situations. Skills to help the counselor deal with the effects of vicarious trauma will
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When speaking of early childhood trauma‚ this generally refers to traumatic experiences that occur to children ages zero to six. Many times‚ being that infants and young children aren’t able to vocalize their reactions as well and precisely as adults do‚ it is portrayed as though they are unaffected by traumatic events. Multiple forms of trauma exist‚ whether it is medical‚ grief‚ sexual abuse‚ or a combination of traumatic events known as complex trauma. Trauma of any sort can have a profound effect
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integrating them within himself. The thunder thrusts him back into battle‚ as it reminds him of the sound of “mortar.” Weigle perceives mundane occurrences such as thunder or branches with the wounded perspective of someone who has experienced the trauma of war.
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University of Phoenix Material Chart of Theories Theory |Key Figures |Key Concepts of Personality Formation |Explanation of Disorder Personality |Validity |Comprehensiveness |Applicability |Cultural Utility | |Psychosocial Humanistic |Erik Erickson Carl Rogers Abraham Maslow |Erickson was interested in childhood development‚ and its effects on adult society. Erikson ’s theory refers to ’psychosocial crisis ’ which represents internal emotional conflict. With the emotional
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learning theory‚ psychoanalytic theory‚ and the psychosocial theory are developmental theories. These theories are helpful for parents to understand the growth of a child through their stages of development. In so many circumstances parents don’t have the slightest clue as to why a child behaves irrationally‚ Some children have behavioral attitudes that are from cultures that are different‚ and children who are mentally abnormal are an exception to theoretical rules. Developmental theories can be beneficial
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Theories of Aging Activity theory This theory assumes a positive relationship between activity and life satisfaction. One theorist suggests that activity enables older adults to be able to adjust to retirement. The critics of this theory state that it overlooks the inequalities in health and economics that hinders the ability for older people to engage in such activities. Also‚ some older adults do not desire to engage in new challenges. Activity theory reflects the functionalist perspective
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Working in the trauma pods of the emergency room‚ I never knew what to expect when a nurse yelled‚ “Incoming patient in 5 minutes!” Many patients with different backgrounds and injuries had already found themselves sitting in the cold‚ white rooms of the hospital when
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Summarise two theories of identity and compare their usefulness for explaining the real-world issues discussed in Chapter 1‚ ‘Identities and Diversities ’ I aim to present two psychological theories; Psychosocial-Identity-Theory and Social-Identity-theory (SIT)including their historical and biographical context and corresponding theorizers as it is likely that they were greatly shaped by these factors. Erik Erikson’s theory of Psychosocial-Identity associates identity as being shaped in response
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