Grief counseling

Counselor met with Pt. for an individual session in order to complete her Biopsychosocial and to develop a therapeutic alliance. Pt. has a 11th grade education but she wants to obtain her GED at Del tech. Pt. mentioned that he received mental health services during her previous incarcerations and there he was diagnosed with PTSD, bipolar and anxiety disorder. Pt. denied having any suicidal ideation in her life. Pt. disclosed that the Doctor prescribed her with riperderal, buspar, geodon, haldol…

The body and closing of an interview is important because when counselors are working with the client, they work to gain information on the reason why the client has come to counseling as well as their theoretical mind (Sommers-Flanagan & Sommers-Flanagan, 2016). The process of the interview starts when the counselor develops a therapeutic relationship with the client. This assignment will look at documentation and outline the process of the mock interview along with administer a self-evaluation…

The purpose of this paper is to emphasize hope while processing counseling. There are many times were client feel hopeless because they do not see their goals being accomplished. The client gets frustrated and tired when they have tired many solutions for their problems and nothing seems to work. There are times where client’s get discourage and would like to give up because they are not able to resolve their problems they are experiencing. The counselor can create a sense of hope and…

Many counselors and therapists rely on counseling theory throughout the process of assisting their clients with coping with life’s issues, understanding their circumstances, and making informed decisions. Counseling has proven to be an effective tool used by psychologists since it gained recognition in the 1950s (Strong, Welsh, Corcoran, & Hoyt, 1992). Counseling is considered to be beneficial because it “works through a safe and trusting relationship” (Redekop, Luke, & Malone, 2017, p. 106).…

Main Post During the initial stage of individual counseling, assessments are integral to determining intervention methods and implementation. According to Gurman (2013), most couple’s therapists do not formally assess their clients which allows for the implementation of intervention methods early in therapeutic relationship. This approach may be a bit daunting in my professional practice where assessment is primary to treatment protocol and agency practice. Secondly, couple’s therapy work…

or may not be a productive reaction based on the source of the anger. Conversely, I am not uncomfortable with conflict, as I view it as an opportunity to gain clarity, understanding, and something that can be used to learn from. However, as the counseling to be I will need to be cognizant of when conflict is in fact productive and is useful in helping contribute to the purpose of the group. I believe instances in which conflict is off topic cutting it off and shifting focus will need to be…

client, and there will be serious negative consequences after. Also, at that time I did not know anyone who was a counselor to help me to get better understanding of the field. However, it was not until one of my own family members started to go to counseling then did I start see the benefits that a counselor can bring to a person’s life. In that one moment, it made me wonder if I should consider this field as a future possibility for me. Another big reason why I decided to become…

1. “Briefly explain how you would go about identifying this client’s needs and issue It is important for a client to sense the feeling of security, trust and comfort with a counselor. The first step for me as a counselor is identifying Sally’s needs and issues that are or may be causing difficulties in her life. To make Sally open up and talk about her concerns she needs to feel comfortable, understood and secure, to make her feel this way we need to develop rapport by using the SOLER technique…

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…

Helen helped me to begin the process of gender analysis in social work and in therapy, and three years later, with 4 JOURNAL OF FEMINIST FAMILY THERAPY her help, I began teaching courses on feminist counseling and women and social welfare at St. Thomas University in Fredericton (not, I might add, before having to defend the academic merit of the courses before an all male Catholic University Senate who had some difficulty understanding why courses about…