As human service and or social service professionals, when it comes to working with clients, professionals should begin with trying to picture themselves in the client’s position as well as approaching the client with an open and clear mind. If this is not done, the professional will then run into the risk of ineffective crisis treatment techniques that can negatively affect the client causing either discomfort or an uneasy feeling for the client. For instance, in this week’s video presentation,
Words: 921 - Pages: 4
When the therapist arrived at client’s school for the weekly individual psychotherapy session, the client greeted the therapist. The client reported that he is happy because nothing negative happened during the week and he likes to spend time with the therapist coloring the weekly mandala and doing a paper handicraft, or the paper airplane, as well as talking with the therapist about his week while he is coloring. The client reported that this week was happy and calm as it was a good week and had
Words: 998 - Pages: 4
seen by the courts (B.6.a). I include ACA Code of Ethics C.2.e (2014) because I feel like her personal views are outweighing what her actual ethical duty of what is required to report to the court and consulting with a peer can help her work through that (ACA, 2014, A.4.b). The fact that she includes the sleeping arrangements in her report to the court concerns me as I feel that it has been taken out of context because of the multicultural aspect of the case. Unless it is stated in the evaluation
Words: 361 - Pages: 2
together. The bottom line the couple would make their own decision rather to be together or not. Will love prevailed? Question: How might you portray the current status of multicultural competency within the area of counseling today? Corey, G. (2013). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy (9th ed., Student ed.). Belmont, Calif.:
Words: 351 - Pages: 2
happen. If the client feels comfortable and not judged by the counselor then they are safe to say how they feel. In the video called Grief therapy with Dr. Anthony Crouch, he mentioned that “time, place and space” is important for conducting grief counseling
Words: 308 - Pages: 2
Applying the Code of Ethics According to the American Counseling Association (ACA), Keesha situation applies to section A ( Counseling Relationship) of the code of ethics manual. Section A of the ACA was developed to provide ethical guidelines for counselor relationships. This section states that counselors must do the following: create and sustain a trustworthy relationship with the
Words: 525 - Pages: 3
Introduction: The Definition of counseling according to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary is as follows: “professional guidance of the individual by utilizing psychological methods especially in collecting case history data, using various techniques of the personal interview, and testing interests and aptitudes” (Merriam-Webster, n.d.). Personal guidance of a helper is one of the most essential characteristics of an effective counselor. Along with, patience, being a good listener, compassionate, being
Words: 1229 - Pages: 5
Counseling Session Mock Client – Barbara The primary goal of a counselor is to work with clients focusing on intellectual, emotional, biological, psychological, social and behavioral aspect of human functioning across the life span, in varying cultures and at all social and economic levels (Pomerantz, 2013). Those individuals in the helping profession are formal helper, which works with clients to achieve three primary goals, life-enhancement, learning to help ones-self, and develop a prevention
Words: 4393 - Pages: 18
Some events and situations in a person's life can cause unbearable difficulties prohibiting the individual to cope in a normal way. When this happens, according to James & Gilliland (2017), it is a crisis. It is the job for mental health counselors to know how to assess accurately and provide correct interventions for those experiencing a crisis. The knowledge and skills of knowing when and how to apply various therapeutic models, assessment tools and interventions to each individual's own perception
Words: 1802 - Pages: 8
As a youth counselors one must watch their relationships and how they manage their clients in order to avoid problems such as ineffective counseling, favoritism, exploitation, mental harm, and the like. One of the most controversial subjects a counselor ever has to deal with is the dual relationship. Some examples are therapists that become friends with their clients and see them in social situations, therapists who accept family members or partners of the clients they are already seeing, therapists
Words: 269 - Pages: 2
