help ease their clients concerns and establish a productive client-therapist relationship. To be discussed in this paper‚ is the importance of a culturally competent assessment. The case study of Mrs. Hudson a Haitian American female‚ presenting to counseling with issues will also be discussed. Culturally Relevant Assessment of Mrs. Hudson’s Culture Counselors who utilize the Cultural Formulation Interview assessment tool (CFI) will discover
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Counseling Assessment Paper Janell Brazeal BSHS 321 June 12‚ 2012 Joel Sadowsky Counseling Assessment Paper The life of a counselor is spent by talking with and listening to people. The main point of the counselors’ job is to interact with their patients and advise them on personal‚ family‚ educational‚ mental health and career problems they might be experiencing. Generally‚ counselors specialize in a specific field‚ such as; school counselors; rehabilitation counselors; mental health counselors;
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Fathers and Mothers of Counseling: Sigmund Freud‚ Alfred Adler‚ Carl Rogers‚ Albert Ellis and Natalie Rogers Tracie Clark Bellevue University June 23‚ 2013 Abstract This research paper focuses of the Fathers and Mothers of Counseling: Sigmund Freud‚ Alfred Adler‚ Carl Rogers‚ Albert Ellis and Natalie Rogers. The contributions to the development of the field of the counseling profession will be discussed. We will also discover if these contributions have evolved into another approach and
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What is holistic counseling and why is holistic counseling used in career counseling. The questions will be answered in detail in the following essay. Holistic counseling is used by counselors to help clients with everything in their lives. The counselor will talk to the client about work goals‚ as well as personal goals. Separation of home and work life is rarely possible. When something bad happens in a client’s personal life it affects the work environment. Treating the whole person instead
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From a Feminist point of view‚ Beyond the Limbo Silence is deemed by many critics as a feminist novel that carries out the major preoccupations of immigrant Caribbean women in the United States. Stepping beyond portraying women’s resistance to colonial oppression in her previous novels‚ Nunez turns her attention to resist clichés of oppressed silenced generally illiterate Caribbean woman. She also hints at the importance of old beliefs and Caribbean cultural heritage in defining the contemporary
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Theories in Counseling and Psychotherapy Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AT CARBONDALE Tuesdays‚ 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Wham 228 Instructor Office Hours Thuy Duong‚ MSW Mondays 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Wham 229F‚ Wham Education Building (618) 453-6933 Or by appointment thuy.duong@siu.edu Course description: This course is designed to present an overview of current theories of counseling with a special
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and Counseling Programs I chose to focus this term paper on the various programs offered to prisoners as part of their rehabilitation for introduction back into society. In today’s world there are many who believe that every one can be rehabilitated. The question should be asked; “does rehabilitation really work for everyone?” I will provide statistics on the success and failure rate‚ as well as which programs are most beneficial to prisoners. Whether rehabilitation and counseling works
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Mario Abstract Counseling members of the Latino culture who reside in the United States comes with many challenges‚ as family structure‚ economic‚ and social factors influence an individual’s ability to cope with his new surroundings. In the case study of Mario‚ an examination of his US residency and the motivational role his family played in his relocation is crucial in determining his mental state and understanding of support. Latino men are generally hesitant to seek counseling and admit weakness
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1/4/11 Silence are the words that are not said‚ rather then the words that are chosen. It is the fear of the truth as well as hiding from it. In the novel Obasan by Joy Kogawa‚ silence is a part of a culture and is a larger part of a family. The character Naomi allows silence to over come her life‚ which allows her to remain tortured inside the internment camp of her own body. Although the family is living in another country‚ the traditions to Japan are still very strong. In the U.S. silence is generally
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Personal Theory of Counseling Meaghan O’Reilly Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories COUN-6722-35 Dr. Bob Today‚ the majority of counselors and therapists operate from an integrative standpoint; that is‚ they are open to “various ways of integrating diverse theories and techniques” (Corey‚ 2009b‚ p. 449). In fact‚ a survey in Psychotherapy Networker (2007) found that over 95% of respondents proclaimed to practice an integrative approach (cited in Corey‚ 2009b‚ p. 449). Corey (2009a; 2009b)
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