Relationship counseling

Neukrug in Characteristics of the Effective Helper posed several interesting points while posing his findings on counselor effectiveness. Since I am at the very beginning of my counseling journey, it is my duty to dive deep into myself so I can transition my strengths and weaknesses as an individual and apply them into a professional helping role. According to my self-confidences, and what peers have expressed to me, I believe my strengths to lie within empathy, acceptance and open-mindedness.…

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS) is a self-assessed personality instrument that helps individuals discover their personality type. The purpose of the KTS personality assessments is to help people understand themselves better. For example, Keirsey Temperament Sorter can report whether an individual is an introvert or extrovert. Moreover, the questionnaire places people into four dimensions called temperaments. These temperaments are identified as the following: guardian, idealist, rational,…

not speaking to your grandmother affect you? Do you feel there is something different that could have been done at that moment? If something could have been done differently, what would have changed? Do you believe there is still time to heal the relationship? How was attending public school for you? What are some things that you experienced? Did you experience an impactful moment that made you truly think during that time? Depending on the therapeutic setting and pace of the session asking…

In focusing on the eight developmental stages, the counselor will focus on the stages of Hope: Trust vs. Mistrust, Will: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt, Purpose: Initiative vs. Guilt, Competency: Industry vs. Inferiority, and Fidelity: Identity vs. Role Confusion in Gary's life. The reason the counselor will use these stages is because of Gary's panic attacks, divorce, and denial of mental health and substance abuse in the past. The counselor has to be careful in the approach used because in the…

The Significance of Group Counseling Group counseling has been proven to be as effective as individual therapy, cost effective, and applicable. Group counseling is designed to function with all types of settings, individuals, and psychological problems (Corey, Corey, & Corey, 2010). Each counseling group will contain different populations, goals, and settings, which is why group counseling is of such importance (Yalom & Leszcz, 2005). I believe group counseling can give individuals the…

theories that stood out to me. The two theories are person-centered counseling and Gestalt therapy. As I was reading about these two theories I realized I could identify with both of them for two reasons. The first reason is because they focus on the entire person, and how everything they do, say and think affects them as a whole. According to Henderson and Thompson (2016), “the foundation of the person-centered approach to counseling is the idea of the sovereign human” (p. 183). Henderson and…

Editor vs. Mental Health Counselor When I was young, I had the dream of being a veterinarian. I was passionate about the well-being of animals, and was told I could be anything I wanted to be if I just believed in it. Upon learning that the sight of blood made me nauseous, I realized that wasn’t true in the least and that I must find an occupation that I have the skills for. After doing research on many careers that I am interested in, I have deduced that either a career as an editor or a mental…

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…

the matter of the child being perceived by the adult to be engaging in the sexual activity voluntary (Yarber et al., 2010, p. 594). NASW code of ethics (2008) is to understand the importance of human relationships, engage people as partners in the helping process, seek to strengthen relationships among people in a purposeful effort…

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…