Population of interest
The population of clients I would love to serve in counseling are women, whom have suffered from domestic violence, rape, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The challenges, I may face working with this population group, would be social relationships with clients. Currently, in my profession at the present time, I find myself mentally supporting patients, only to find myself as friends with them on social media. Initially, my goal is to bring support anyway I can that would provide a sense of comfort to the patients I serve. However, because of my personality, I am curious, as to how things worked out with the patient and their issue. Nonetheless, I get to involved with them and their problems, their problems become mine. However, due to my own personal experiences, I gravitate to this population because I can empathize with their external and internal pain.
Risk of Harm …show more content…
These factors could potently harm a client immensely, through boundary crossing. Unfortunately, with this population of people whom are already vulnerable, due to traumatic past experiences, may lead them into consequences at the very worst of increased risk of suicide (Remley, & Herlihy, 2014). Although, clients who are victims of rape, spousal beatings, incest and post-traumatic stress disorder, may experience these thoughts commonly with male counselors, known as therapist-patient sex syndrome, the possibility of re-experiencing, overwhelming, emotional reactions can occur if a counselor inappropriately uses self-disclosure as previously mentioned increases the risk of
The population of clients I would love to serve in counseling are women, whom have suffered from domestic violence, rape, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The challenges, I may face working with this population group, would be social relationships with clients. Currently, in my profession at the present time, I find myself mentally supporting patients, only to find myself as friends with them on social media. Initially, my goal is to bring support anyway I can that would provide a sense of comfort to the patients I serve. However, because of my personality, I am curious, as to how things worked out with the patient and their issue. Nonetheless, I get to involved with them and their problems, their problems become mine. However, due to my own personal experiences, I gravitate to this population because I can empathize with their external and internal pain.
Risk of Harm …show more content…
These factors could potently harm a client immensely, through boundary crossing. Unfortunately, with this population of people whom are already vulnerable, due to traumatic past experiences, may lead them into consequences at the very worst of increased risk of suicide (Remley, & Herlihy, 2014). Although, clients who are victims of rape, spousal beatings, incest and post-traumatic stress disorder, may experience these thoughts commonly with male counselors, known as therapist-patient sex syndrome, the possibility of re-experiencing, overwhelming, emotional reactions can occur if a counselor inappropriately uses self-disclosure as previously mentioned increases the risk of