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Case Study # 1: Client age/grade: Client is a 17-year-old male and he is currently in the 12th grade. Client will be finished with high school in approximately 3 months. Session #: This is session # 4 (on 3/1/17) Background information about client: This client is a Caucasian, straight, male, referred by his very close friend who has been seeing a counselor for telecounseling here at the PRACTICE. Also, he was referred by his father due to struggling with the problems that occur within his…

and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). With OCD, a client must have recurrent thoughts, impulses that become an issue within their day to day life (Meyer & Weaver, 2013). Many times, these thoughts become obsessional behaviors, such as counting to ten before applying deodorant under each arm, or repetitively checking to make sure the front door is locked ten to fifty times, until it affects other areas of their lives. With PTSD, a client usually has witnessed or been a victim of serious…

reflective listening through active listening which according to Rogers (1975) in his “client-centered” therapy argues that it encourages the client to share the information in more depth than if I was only asking directive questions. This enabled me to gain information when the client brought out the underlying issues including those that I had not thought about. The active listening also improved my relationship with the client since I was able to express acceptance by avoiding any expression…

involves a client who is HIV positive and the nurse realizes that the client has had a sexual relationship previously with a close friend. The nurse suspects that the friend is unaware that the client is HIV positive and is extremely concerned about it. Although the nurse is worried about the friend and wanting to inform them that their ex-girlfriend has tested positive for HIV in their clinic, the nurse has an ethical responsibility to maintain privacy and confidentiality of the client, making…

responds, and places boundaries with not only our clients but with colleagues. Starting the relationships on good terms is important because this will set the tone for the rest of your relationship and time with them. Schulman wrote that there are four phases to working with clients: preliminary, beginning, middle, and ending and transition (2015). In the preliminary phase it is important to…

In the world of professional ethics, specifically professional law, lawyers must make many decisions with regards to their clients and the specific cases that follow. Lawyers usually distance themselves from emotional morals due to the nature and requirements of their job. If a client wishes to be proven as not guilty, then that is the verdict that the lawyer must achieve using any lawful and truthful resource at his disposal, regardless of his beliefs towards the client’s guilt or innocence.…

help in encouraging clients to respond with completed fuller statements at deeper levels of meaning. Open-ended questions usually begin with what/how asking for clarification of details and used to explore feelings, thoughts and behaviours. The second skill would be restatement and summary clarification. This skill is effective and essential in crisis intervention.by Restating something from client is crisis workers own words, the worker can gain agreement on what the client I trying to say,…

was a little worried about this assessment session been that it was my first client assessment. I was mindful of my report, because the context of why the assessment and/or test were administered is important. Gersten (2013) highlights the importance of having competency to administer, score and interpret the result of a test to explain what the scores mean. Otherwise, the sores can be vague and ambiguous to the client with no practical utility. I also think that with experience, my own personal…

Every case is unique, whether it is a murder case or a simple assault case. This is why clients need skilled, knowledgeable attorney 's so that they can receive fair trials without police and investigators introducing evidence which may be illegally seized during an arrest. The judge has the ultimate decision whether evidence should be excluded or not, so bringing forth the Constitutional Rights of one 's client is pertinent. Judge Doe is excluding evidence during trial yet the prosecution…

issues in the professional counseling field. Counselors competence and credentialing plays a major role in making sure counselors are fully prepared for counseling in addictions and preparing the appropriate diagnosis and assessment tools for each client. The objective of this paper is to explore treatment plans, screening and assessment processes. Discuss the need of crisis management, explain the assessment process for identifying disorders and examine the considerations for choosing…