are living with HIV worldwide and Sub-Saharan Africa makes up 68% of the global total with 22.5 million people living with HIV.1 In an effort to address this epidemic‚ voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) programs have been implemented in many of rural and remote areas. VCT serves as the gateway to HIV prevention‚ treatment‚ care and support by allowing people to learn their HIV status. According to World Health Organization (WHO)‚ knowledge of one’s HIV status benefits the individuals‚ community
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Introduction Counseling may be defined as a therapeutic skill that is used to help solve client’s problems. Also counseling has general principles that emphasize the client goal‚ relations and interactions. Counseling is the apparatus that is used to help the client to find good within their selves. Counseling is a change or growth in which the people who attend counseling are able to exhibit catharsis in a safe‚ but also in a supportive and non-judgmental environment. In addition to these attributes
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Biblical Integration and Counseling Practices Abstract The integration of biblical practices and counseling has been discussed for decades. There is an increased interest in spiritual and emotional health‚ among Christian counselors and with secular therapists as well. Understanding the differences between implicit and explicit integration practices in therapy help a therapist to decide which techniques should be used appropriately in therapy. There are critics who claim there is no way to
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Mr. Bradley Fortune completed an anger management intake with Journey Counseling. Journey Counseling is a certified agency to provide anger management‚ domestic violence‚ and drug and alcohol treatment. Furthermore‚ I am a Colorado certified addictions counselor‚ senior level‚ and hold a Masters in social work. I am also a state approved domestic violence treatment provider. The intake consisted of a history taken in written form through a verbal interview‚ a including a mini mental status check
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Counseling Plan - Amanda Bynes Walden University Counseling Plan - Amanda Bynes Actress Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3‚ 1986 and grew up in Thousand Oaks‚ California. She is the youngest of three children of Lynn‚ a dental assistant and office manager‚ and Rick Bynes‚ a dentist. Bynes’ ancestors immigrated from Ireland‚ Poland‚ Russia and Romania‚ and her maternal grandparents are from Toronto‚ Ontario. Her father is Catholic and her mother is Jewish (“Amanda Bynes Biography
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Ethics Melissa S. Nash Liberty University Abstract The present paper provides an in depth comparison and contrast between two types of Code of Ethics: the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). A brief description of the “Code of Ethics” is defined as a standard that differentiates between right and wrong primarily pertaining to the professional counselor‚ while maintaining a mindset of keeping the best interest of the client. Code
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Interviewing and Counseling INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS THE “CORRECT” RESPONSE TO OFFER A CLIENT? * There are many potentially useful responses in any interviewing situation. * Reflecting the client’s emotions can be helpful. * Selecting one aspect to focus on can be useful‚ and then later you can examine other dimensions by asking an open question. * Our tasks: * Respect the client * Use appropriate skills and strategies * Seek to alleviate stress INTERVIEWING‚ COUNSELING‚ AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
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The Importance of Time and Space in Counseling Introduction Life is full of challenges that often seem to overwhelm ones ’personal abilities to cope. In such cases‚ people look for advice‚ counsel or even just a listening ear. In counseling this opportunity is called counseling space. It is a privilege where another person opens up his personal emotions‚ feelings ad perplexities that come as result of the problems of living. According to Mcleod(2007) a counseling space requires two key feature that
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CHAPTER 1 The Problem and Its Setting Reflexology is based on the principle that certain parts of the body reflect the whole. Reflex points‚ which are related to all parts of the body‚ can be found in the feet‚ hands‚ face and ears. These points respond to pressure‚ stimulating the body ’s own natural healing process. The body starts progressively clearing blockages‚ re-establishing energy flows and balancing it‚ resulting in better health. Reflexology is a holistic healing practice used
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An approach to counseling and psychotherapy that places much of the responsibility for the treatment process on the patient‚ with the therapist taking a non-directive role. Developed in the 1930s by the American psychologist Carl Rogers‚ client-centered therapy—also known as non-directive or Rogerian therapy—departed from the typically formal‚ detached role of the therapist common to psychoanalysis and other forms of treatment. Rogers believed that therapy should take place in the supportive environment
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