Mental health professional

Ashley N. Van Bodegon Grand Canyon University: PCN-485 Court-Ordered vs Voluntary Clients Many individuals are essentially coerced into getting mental health services for a variety of reasons. Some clients are court-ordered because they have committed some type of criminal offense related to substance abuse, child abuse, domestic violence, or severe mental illness that poses them as a danger. Besides court-ordered clients, there are many individuals who voluntarily seek treatment. Although…

I am very interested in the field of Mental Health Counseling This career field is a good fit for me, because I work well under pressure and genuinely care about the well-being of others. I began working with the Department of Mental Health almost seven years ago and learned a great deal form that experience. I realized that working with adolescents who are diagnosed with mental illness can be very challenging. Also, I learned that a lot of patients experience trauma, can be easily agitated,…

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…

Globally, war has detrimental effects on children. Children of war often find themselves expatriated and separated from their families. Children can experience loss of essential life needs. War can cause children to form a negative attitude towards life in general. War can also introduce, and result in, a desensitization to violence, says Smith, 2001 (as cited in Argosy University, 2016). When faced with the aforementioned challenges during a war, the aftermath is discouraging. Children can…

my personal experience with addiction and my long history of sponsorship with my newly acquired clinical mental health counseling skills. I realize that addiction can be an amazingly difficult problem to treat. I know that it takes a strong minded, experienced sponsor to help individuals find their way to sobriety. I also believe that recovery must go beyond just being sober, and a mental health counselor is in a better position to help with compounding issues that a person who suffers from…

The counselor distinction from personal views and professional views are considered. Professionalism includes research and journal studies. Although Christian counselors have spiritual lives, professional training is also required for appropriate counseling. Most counseling is based on counseling theory. The technique Albert Ellis’s Rational-Emotive Therapy to Christian Counseling…

Introduction This paper evaluates resources using three pieces of literature. All three literature works are on the topic of single parent families. It focuses on the emotional, physical, and mental effects between single parents and their children. The first evaluation is an article from a website. The title is “Single-parent families” and has no author. The second evaluation is on a magazine article, “Understanding Single Parent Families” by Kirsten Schuder from Lifestyle magazine. The final…

Resilience can be defined in several ways. My personal definition of resilience is that it’s an individual’s ability to overcome life events in a positive way. I have had to demonstrate resilience many times in my life. One example of my resilience was during a time where my life was changing drastically. As a recent college graduate, I was moving forward with life beyond the college campus and embarking on a new journey to graduate school. However, an unexpected event threatened to change that…

I had the pleasure of interviewing Alvita Davis, a Qualified Mental Health Professional who works with Family Behavioral Health & Healing at the Therapeutic Day Treatment program. Alvita, Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) has provided services to at risk youth ages (5-18) in the Hampton Roads area for over ten years, counseling them inside the home as well as in a community setting. Her field of experience covers but is not limited to: anger management, grief/loss, post traumatic…

Name: Nektarios Alexi Provisional Psychologist registration number: PSY 0001963830 CDU Psychology Clinic Phone number: 8901 8800 Consent Form Mental Health service As part of providing a psychotherapeutic psychological service to you or any kind of psychometric assesment, the Charles Darwin University Psychological Clinic has a policy to gather and save individual information provided by you that is pertinent to your personal situation, for example your name, information in which way and…