Rehabilitation counseling

Introduction Graduating with a master’s in counseling does not guarantee you will be automatically eligible for licensure and credentialing. Although, most states recognize what a Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), degree contains, an individual will still have to satisfy the state’s licensure exam and complete the post-graduate supervised hours in order to be fully licensed (CACREP, 2014). The licensure process can be a long and tedious process.…

Developing multicultural counseling competence requires considering multiple factors that influence a person’s life. Factors such as family, community, and environment should all be considered (Hays & Erford, 2014). Competence begins with considering the individual in the group context such as culture, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and spiritual affiliation. The client’s…

My Personal Counseling Characteristics The purpose of this paper is to discuss my role as a future marriage and family counselor and what I perceive to be characteristic strength in developing a therapeutic alliance with my clients. Also discussed is a behavioral challenge that I foresee as being an issue. Two strategies are also identified in dealing with the challenged identified. An Area of Strength An area of strength that I have that will help guide me as a therapist when developing a…

people focus particularly on transgender youth. Most therapist/counselors focus on gay, lesbian, and bisexual population within LGBT, but many don’t differtiant transgender (Bernal & Coolhart, 2012). Just as there is limited information from the counseling perspective, I believe this will be the same for me: not having enough information. An ethical responsibility a mental health provider is faced with working with youth in the LGBT population is to have knowledge of the treatment and…

Counseling is an effective therapy to remedy mental health problems and other erratic behaviors that are usually associated with substance abuse. The negative consequences on the personal and legal side are a great hindrance to anyone, especially teenagers, to achieve balance and sobriety while dealing with their friends, families, and society as a whole. A combination of pharmacological and behavioral treatments is necessary to address the problem. Substance abuse counselors identify the…

To achieve success in counseling there has to be an agreed upon partnership. It takes time, energy and effort by both the person receiving counseling and the therapist. It takes a collaborative effort by both the counselor and the individual receiving the counseling. When I met with Joy Sanders I could see she had a high motivation level to find out how to fix the issue I had brought up to her. Joy easily made me feel comfortable to open up to her and explain what I felt was happening in my…

Discussion 2: Mezzo Skills: Group Roles Sexual assault is defined as “any sexual interaction (including fondling, sexual kissing, and oral sex, as well as vaginal or anal penetration) between an adult and a prepubescent child. Also, includes nonphysical contact, such as people exposing their genitals to children or having children pose nude or stimulate themselves while being filmed or photographed. This is not the matter of the child being perceived by the adult to be engaging in the sexual…

Self-awareness goes deeper than the surface and explores the beliefs and feelings of oneself. Where cultural awareness is knowing and understanding those around you. Both are extremely beneficial and needed by one another, especially in the process of counseling. As I evaluated myself, I came to the conclusion that self-awareness is at the core of what I need to focus on to become a better helper. If I understand myself and I can understand others and the background they are coming from then I…

Fieldwork 1B: Observation For this second fieldwork assignment I am required to observe the residents in the common area of Spring Meadows of Lansdale. In addition, the observations of the residents were of different age groups, physical challenges, and genders. Many of the residents are elderly with multiple health complications and the flows of various forms of medicines. As I complete the assignment on the observation, I find myself surprised at how quickly the hour went playing the…

Orientation Paper History The roots of Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) can be traced back to vocational guidance. It would be Frank Parsons who would lay the ground for counseling by opening the Boston Vocational Bureau. He would go on to create the role of vocational counselor, which would utilize the counseling process. Parsons would later outline the counseling process in Choosing a Vocation. He described the process as “listening and gathering information from the client…