“The Survey says that years ago in a mid-western orphanage was a ten-year-old girl‚ a hunchback‚ sickly‚ ill-tempered‚ ugly to look at‚ called Mercy Goodfaith. One day a woman came to the orphanage asking to adopt a girl whom no one else would take‚ and seeing Mercy Goodfaith‚ exclaimed‚ “That’s the child I’m looking for.” Thirty-five years afterward an official investigator of institutions in another state‚ after inspecting a county orphan’s home prepared a report of which the following is a resume
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Psychodynamic theory‚ in regards to working with a diverse population‚ has a various amount of strengths. The first being that analytic theory can be extremely effective when altered and adapted to the standards of the culture in which the counselor practices. Counselors can help their clients delve into the environmental situations‚ such as a kind of abuse‚ that have caused major turning points in the client’s life. This divulging of‚ or exposure to‚ these environmental situations allows the client
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Vicarious Trauma Vicarious trauma can have major negative impacts on counselor’s enactment‚ effectiveness‚ personal life‚ and relationships between family and friends. According to Natural (2007)‚ vicarious trauma counselors may suffer cognitive and emotional changes that include not having meaning to life‚ their on safety‚ spiritual certainty and hope. The three vicarious trauma indications that Anna is experience are not being an effective counselor‚ all her work is in vain‚ and not spending
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2006). Understanding and management of these emotional reactions to patients with antisocial personality disorder‚ whether psychopathic or not‚ will not only increase staff safety but also contribute to diagnosis and treatment planning. Such countertransference reactions are most readily explored in individual or group supervision or in carefully led clinical staff meetings in which a wide range of emotional reactions toward patients are tolerated and accepted. Clinicians who are resistant to any
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quickly judge him based on his age‚ size and persona. I will admit my assumption almost interfered with my therapeutic relationship with him. I think I focused too much on his outer appearance and strength- based skills that I neglected my countertransference as being a petite woman of color. According to the technical task for therapist is to decide when the client needs the therapist to be where he/she is‚ and when the client is ready to open up and allow the therapist to direct the conversation
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Growing old gracefully in a challenging world is an achievement for older people. In view of the fact that past experiences can affect the present life of an individual‚ whether‚ it is a pleasant or unpleasant event‚ as long as‚ the older adult can cope‚ adapt‚ and also reflect the lessons learned in the past towards achieving integrity. The old adult stage is where the richness of the experiences‚ that can be extracted into themes in order to understand the process of aging. This study can be
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Table of Contents 1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Personal Values and Its Origins 4. Dealing with countertransference 5. Benefits & Limitations 6. Managing personal values - Multicultural Awareness 7. Conclusion 8. References Personal Values in Counselling: ‘It is impossible for a counsellor to maintain a position of neutrality’. Abstract The main purpose of writing this essay is to analyze and highlight some personal values of a counselor that can
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Psychodynamic approach‚ which considers current behaviors have its origins traced back to childhood‚ is one of the explanations for the repeated patterns of interactions and relationships in adult life. This essay aims to discuss the propositions that relationships in adult life are molded by relationships established in early childhood‚ by using the classical Freudian and object relations theories The starting point will be going over the general view of psychodynamics on these propositions‚ and
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Encountering group work is part of everyone’s life‚ family‚ employment‚ and social settings. As social work students‚ we are trained in human behavior. Taflinger (1996) describes self-preservation in humans as essential and multifaceted. Groups are reciprocal; when group members work together it promotes group survival which is essentially personal survival. This paper aspires to address the group process and identify several types of groups. This paper will explain the dynamics of being a group
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The Roles and Missions of Mental Health Counselors A clinical mental health counselor provide services for those who are addicted to substances such as drugs and alcohol‚ those who have depression‚ anxiety‚ etc.‚ those who need or ask for family parenting skills‚ couples therapy for marital problems‚ those who no longer want to be in this world‚ those who have self-esteem issues‚ and for those who are aging and the issues that come along with the aging process (Gladding & Newsome‚ 2010). With the
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