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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,…

The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the case of Liliana, Raj, and Cherie. Each of these individuals is experiencing issues in race, ethnicity, language, gender, immigration and religion. The focus of this assignment is to explain these problems from a clinical perspective and how they influence these individuals lives and perceptions. Since each case presents a different scenario, there would be different questions that a therapist would ask to gain more insight. These questions will be…

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…

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…