History of Counseling
History of Counseling Lead to Multidisciplinary Teams
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Survey of Research in Human Development for Professional Counselors
History of Counseling Leading to Multidisciplinary Teams Counseling is a relatively new profession which has transformed over time from treating mental illnesses to providing educational guidance to counseling with a variety of specializations. Pistole summarizes by stating that counselors, now, aim to, “contribute to the vitality and vigor and to the soundness in body, mind, spirit, and social connection that sustains well-being, and so is considered, by our society, to be health” (2001). However, this was not always the case. National events such as the industrial revolution, World War I & II, the Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963, the formation of the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) in 1978 and in field professionals have shaped the field of counseling (Smith, 1995 & Pistole, 2001). Frank Parsons, Jessie Davies, and Clifford Beers were early pioneers of the counseling profession and were part of establishing the counseling profession (Pistole, 2001).The counseling profession has undergone many changes within the previous three decades that have strengthened counseling’s focus on individual needs over the lifespan which encompass wellness, resilience and prevention as key philosophies. Myers (1991) states that implementation of a wellness model of counseling incorporating prevention and developmental paradigms “requires an examination of self, family, group, society, and other systems, as well as the environment, as enablers or detractors of the pursuit of wellness” (2012). With focus on a wellness orientated approach that is achieved through prevention and development within individuals; Behavioral Counseling for young children is my preferred specialization specifically utilizing the approach of Applied Behavior Analysis. The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
COUN5004
Survey of Research in Human Development for Professional Counselors
History of Counseling Leading to Multidisciplinary Teams Counseling is a relatively new profession which has transformed over time from treating mental illnesses to providing educational guidance to counseling with a variety of specializations. Pistole summarizes by stating that counselors, now, aim to, “contribute to the vitality and vigor and to the soundness in body, mind, spirit, and social connection that sustains well-being, and so is considered, by our society, to be health” (2001). However, this was not always the case. National events such as the industrial revolution, World War I & II, the Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963, the formation of the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) in 1978 and in field professionals have shaped the field of counseling (Smith, 1995 & Pistole, 2001). Frank Parsons, Jessie Davies, and Clifford Beers were early pioneers of the counseling profession and were part of establishing the counseling profession (Pistole, 2001).The counseling profession has undergone many changes within the previous three decades that have strengthened counseling’s focus on individual needs over the lifespan which encompass wellness, resilience and prevention as key philosophies. Myers (1991) states that implementation of a wellness model of counseling incorporating prevention and developmental paradigms “requires an examination of self, family, group, society, and other systems, as well as the environment, as enablers or detractors of the pursuit of wellness” (2012). With focus on a wellness orientated approach that is achieved through prevention and development within individuals; Behavioral Counseling for young children is my preferred specialization specifically utilizing the approach of Applied Behavior Analysis. The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
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