The Roles and Functions of a CMHC Abstract The clinical mental health counseling approach has been described as a continuum with healthy individuals on one end and severe mentally ill individuals on the other; consequently, everyone can benefit from clinical mental health counseling. The client-counselor relationship is one in which the client is led to identify strengths and challenges, and develop skills with the goal of independent problem-solving, long-term benefits and future
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Diversional therapy students will meet with their supervisor prior to commencing. Some of the requirements of supervision include, allowing students to be supported, for reflection and critiques to occur, for students to further their skills and learning’s, to challenge them, to be supported and for skill sharing to occur (Bishop, 2007, p. 39). The initial meeting allows the supervisor and student to meet and discuss the clinical supervision. Prior to this meeting as a supervisor I would review
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because that adheres to their reflection in society. The way a person is raised, their sociocultural context and how they classify themselves has a major role to do with how a person feel, think or operate to express their self. Engaging in cultural counseling involves understanding cultural makeup of clients and counselors and how to cultural identity change and develop over time (Petrone, M. C.,
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Ac is a 21-year-old, white male, who was referred to Goodwill’s Supported Employment Services by Arkansas Rehabilitation Services. Ac reported that he had heard about Goodwill’s disability program from a counselor at his high school before he graduated. Now that Ac has graduated he desires to find employment but expresses that he needs help doing so. Ac’s presenting problem is that he has a primary impairment of Intellectual Disability as well as a history of seizures. He has always been in special
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Counseling Specialization of Interviewee This paper was written with the help and the information given by Bethel Smith a Licensed Professional Counselor also known as a Mental Health Counselor. Her areas of concentration individual therapy, couples and families groups to help them feel mentally and emotionally better. She helps her client wholeheartedly everyday by siting down patiently with each individual and truly listening to them and through a variety of techniques, helping them to find the
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states that school counselors should be advocates, leaders, collaborators, and consultants. In addition, school counselors have a responsibility to uphold each person’s right to be respected and treated with dignity while having access to a school counseling program that advocates for and supports all students from diverse backgrounds (ASCA, 2010). Scenario 1: If a counselor’s religious beliefs differed from a student it would be important to not impose the counselor’s beliefs onto
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Some events and situations in a person's life can cause intense difficulties making it impossible for the individual to cope in a normal way. When this happens, according to James & Gilliland (2017), it is called a crisis. It is the job for mental health counselors to know how to assess properly and provide effective 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
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Counseling, as an organized field, includes a variety of guidance services that help people deal with personal, educational, and vocational problems. The majority of professional counselors work in schools and colleges where they provide a diverse array of services to assist students including advising in academic, social, and behavioral matters as well as developmental issues (Cunningham & Cordeiro, 2003). They are known to be great listeners and they also advocate for mental health and resilience
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An example of a trauma caused by a natural disaster is hurricanes. Hurricanes can cause people to lose their homes, their cars, and all of their other belongings. The people affected by this natural disaster have to relocate and live in shelters. An example of a personal trauma would be sexual assault. The potential affects these events have on the survivors are grief, sadness, anger, shock, and flashbacks( Shallcross, 2010). According to Shallcross, the survivors of hurricanes also have to rebuild
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Awareness Multiculturalism has a vital role in counseling. According to Hays (2010) this type of counseling pays attention to the cultural diversities of clients in order to offer better services. To achieve multicultural awareness, the counselor has to know his or her own cultural characteristics. This article will contain the results of the multicultural-assessments I completed, my reflection on being “other,” as well as my statement of counseling identity and the explanation why multicultural
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