Homeless Veterans in America Name Institution Part 1 Statistics show that there are between 130,000 and 200,000 homeless veterans in America. Homeless veterans amount to about one-fourth and one-fifth of the entire homeless population in America. Homeless veterans are a population of Americans who have at one time or the other served their country in war. An estimated 131,000 veterans spend a night homeless, and this population doubles if one considers the population of homeless veterans
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issues that they cannot address alone and may need help. There are many well trained counselors that seek to aid couples in their area of need and even the professionals sometimes have to adjust in order to aid in their healing. Couple counseling just as any counseling takes hard work and dedication. The intake process is vital to the couple’s outcome and what’s even more important is how the counselor addresses the couple’s issues after the intake process (Ripley & Worthington, 2014). It is important
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Debbie Quintero ENG 102 QJ 15Apr2014 Research Paper – Prelim Thesis/Outline Preliminary Thesis: Though written in 1993, Christopher Durang’s play Wanda’s Visit is easily relevant to a timeless audience, as spectators to this production are able to relate to the same values that society places on the therapy, marriage and happiness more than two decades later. OR “Wanda’s Visit” addresses such adult relationship themes as marriage and happiness in a sometimes ironic, often comic ways
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Kolbi Senegal Bereavement Counseling Southern University March 23, 2014 Class Reflection March 17, 2014 Unfortunately I was able to attend class due to illness but for what I learned and got from my classmates is that class was about the empty chair technique. Everyone in class got a turn to do the empty chair technique. According to Humphrey (2009), the empty chair is used to address unfinished business. Especially when dealing with grief counseling the client is to image the person or non- death
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ASPECTS OF BEREAVEMENT THAT CAN BE DISENFRANCHISED In life, there are certain situations in which an individual's grief is not recognized and unacknowledged by others, a phenomenon that has been termed disenfranchised grief. These individuals are denied the "right to grief" and are not offered social support, sympathy, or opportunities to express their emotions. Disenfranchised grief is more actively negative and destructive as it involves denial of entitlement. Disenfranchising messages
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Counseling consist of more than just asking a client “how they are feeling” or “can you tell me more about that.” There are many factors that play a role in a good counselor. Many times a counselor can find out the most information about a client by simply being quiet and using nonverbal communication. Every counseling session is made up of open-ended questions, close-ended questions, and active listening. Although, all sessions use these types of skills, they can differ depending on the type of
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Assignment 1 Question 1 A job description for a volunteer counsellor on marriage guidance, The person required for this job must be fully qualified, previous experienced not accentual but would be preferred, good telephone manner required as counselling would be given over the telephone. Question 2 Help for Heroes; a charity that provides counselling to help the recovery of the armed forces. ChildLine; a charity that provide counselling to children that have been or are still victims
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Introduction This essay will reflect on counselling, and include what I think that is, and how it differs from other forms of helping. I will analyse and compare the different types of counselling, giving specific examples of how they vary from each other. This essay will also evaluate some of my personal experiences of having professional counselling which will enable the reader to gain an authentic perspective from the clients viewpoint. This essay will also state some of my own perspectives
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OVERVIEW Dr. Susan Johnson’s book entitled The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), is a standard therapeutic manual useful for clinicians in training and providing step by step guides to the practice of EFT, including transcripts of client therapy sessions, role play and suggested approaches. In almost every chapter of the book are examples of in session dialog, which provides the clinician with a clear picture of what tasks are expected and the possible response of clients and
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satisfaction with the overall pattern of career development was higher in the two stable groups (non-changers and change-completed) than among the three groups still actively involved in making a change. Implications of these results for midlife career counseling were considered. The article agreed and also disagreed with Greenhaus text.
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