Counseling children and adolescents is a unique specialty area within the counseling profession (Innerhofer, 2013; Smith-Adcock & Tucker, 2017). The desires of children and adolescents are quite different and incomparable to adults. Additionally, children and adolescents express their feelings, process information, and perform differently than adults. Consequently, talk therapy is not always a beneficial intervention tool for the child and adolescent population. Unfortunately, many counselors…
she needs help to get free of her enemy, and she is asking for help. Applying Counseling Theories It is important for counseling professional to apply counseling theories as they work with their clients. The counseling theories give the professionals a foundation to operate from to help the client. Knowing different counseling theories helps the counselor to know how best to help the client. There are various counseling theories to help with different issues presented by different clients…
The counseling technique of coaching comes in various ways and types to the counseling field. Professional coaches provide an ongoing partnership designed to help clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Coaches’ help people improve their performances and enhance the quality of their lives. Coaches are trained to listen, to observe and to customize their approach to individual client needs. They seek to elicit solutions and strategies from the client; they…
equation and necessary for personal growth. It has been fourteen years since I first became interested in Counseling Psychology. I started my undergraduate degree in Psychology immediately…
the mental health counseling program at Touro back in 2013 was with a supporter of the mental illness came the awareness of the importance of counseling as a practice of treatment. During my journey, I discovered that counseling may be challenging as it needs to be individual detailed. What works for one individual may or may not work for another. Whereas “finding counseling” has felt like a very lengthy progression already, I know that the development of “understanding counseling” has just…
I am specializing in mental health counseling, and this integrates a wellness-based method to counseling by providing support to a client’s individual requirements. As a counselor, I aspire to work with children and adolescents in unification with their families that are experiencing troubling matters. More specifically, children who are struggling academically, emotionally, or mentally for assorted reasons or conditions. I would like to incorporate cognitive behavior therapy, play therapy,…
Work Settings One of the counseling career choices that have really intrigued me is becoming a marriage and family counselor. This area is where I feel most drawn to and feel the most passion. I would like to become a therapist for a private practice and later on after building clientele, open my own practice. This kind of career requires an undergraduate, usually in counseling, psychology, or sociology, a Master’s degree in counseling, two years of post-graduate work that is supervised (2,000-4…
more aware of what it is going to look like to be a counselor, the process of becoming a counselor, and if I am a good fit to be a counselor. This course has been foundational in my continuation of a degree in professional counseling. I learned what the development of counseling over the years looked like, which has given me insight into the core values of the field and has drastically it has changed and will continue to change. I have become more aware of what the licensing process looks like,…
In completing a degree in Mental Health Counseling, one will learn theories and techniques of counseling. Not only this, but also learn to implement these learnings in a professional setting. After doing hours of research on the requirements of a Mental Health Counselor, I still felt very passionate and determined to accomplish my goal. I’ve personally faced a time of crisis after my traumatic brain bleed; I wanted so desperately for someone to just hear me so I didn’t feel so alone. I…
Mission My work will encompassed a diverse group of clientele from the young to the elders in our community, the chronically mentally ill, and to those struggling with situational depression and anxiety. . My professional areas of interests will include working with those who struggle with anxiety and depressive issues especially in regards to relationships and major life transitions, death and dying, grief, self-worth, and career guidance. I believe thoughts impact feelings and behaviors.…