Counseling psychology

Intro Mr. and Mrs. Smith contacted the office to schedule a marriage counseling session. Both parties were on the phone as the receptionist assisted the couple with scheduling an appointment. Once the receptionist scheduled the couple’s appointment the call was then transferred to the marriage counselor. The counselor gave the couple a homework assignment that was to be completed before their first session. The couple arrived to their appointment on time with their homework assignment completed.…

fear of changing jobs, and more. However, considering psychological and physiological effects of stress, this is not a healthy way of continuing life. One way of changing this unhealthy pattern is to provide employees with career counseling. A program of career counseling can help such individuals assess their interests and capabilities, as well as guiding them to new opportunities that would eventually decrease their stress levels (Warshaw, 1979, 173). A career counselor can objectively assess…

An article published by John Gottman and Robert Levenson (1999), How Stable is Marital Interaction Over Time has been critically evaluated to complete the following background information for counseling couples. Summary: The article identified the lack of research in couples who are stable over time. The identified problem then becomes, how do stable couples interact over time? The purpose of the study in the general sense was to examine the couple’s expression of emotional patterns with one…

Karlo and Linette are also considered one of my favorite couples, who always bring out the best of their relationship whenever they have been around us. They have known each other for a long time before they get married, and they know each other well which helped them a lot to grow their healthy relationship and become a role model for other couples. This couple had a little different background than my first couple that I interviewed. They were both born in Iran; however, they have left the…

Introduction If you were to tell a person that you are currently in master’s program for rehabilitation counseling, the main response that you would get is the following statement, “Oh that’s nice, what is that?” Compared to other professions rehabilitation counseling is not as well know, even to the undergraduate student in the college that offers the program. It is surprising to come to this realization considering that rehabilitation counselors offer many services and the profession itself…

What are the relevant clinical, social, cultural and/or other facts? Renee has already had a miscarriage and was happy to be pregnant again. Even though there is no record of genetic counseling in her health record, Renee believes she has received enough information about Down syndrome to decide to terminate her pregnancy. Taylor is still a medical student with limited experience in the abortion clinic. Taylor has to decide between voicing her concerns or staying quiet and assume Renee and…

I sat in my car gazing through the window as the lightning violently struck through the air. My heart was drowning in the rain as I looked at the broken picture in front of me. I have no dad, at least not one present at the moment. I see a mom at her wits end trying, but I know it's all pretend, an illusion that doesn’t have an ending. Looking at our house, our doll house, with all its broken figurines I can see the lights are on but nobody's home and everything has been left alone. The dust…

child’s academic performance. Therefore, forming appropriate and effective therapy to deal with grief is needed. The authors’ research using several existing studies evaluates the present methods, and provides a useful guidance for future research and counseling practices that provide a better child grief therapy with strong and feasible coping methods specifically designed for each child’s lifestyle. One weakness regarding the article was that the authors evaluated the effectiveness of the…

Challenging situations are unavoidable while conducting a counseling session, therefore, each theoretical orientation will approach these situations slightly different. This is particularly true with the population I have chosen to work, they will bring a multitude challenges to the therapy session, first, traumatic events, second, individual belief systems and guilt, and the diversity of this population, to name a few. According to Jakupcak and Varra (2011), when dealing with service members or…

This process helps people learn more about Huntington's disease. The procedure for testing for Huntington's disease begins with Pre-testing counseling. After they go through a neurologist examination, and then to the psychological or the psychiatric interview. People have to give blood in order to get the test done, but they have to give it in a clinic or a lab (Liou). If a family member or parents…