My Thoughts on Counseling with Specifics in Cognitive-Behavioral and Family Systems Therapy Jessica H. Dodson Liberty University Abstract This paper covers my personal views on therapy and my thoughts on my most popular choices‚ cognitive-behavioral and family systems therapy. We start off by discussing definitions of counseling and what makes a good therapist/client relationship. Next‚ we shift into the ethical matters which should be discussed during the first session which then leads to
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morning ! I am in my room ‚ sitting on a chair. Air is gushing out from the cooler on my face and even light breeze is blowing ! Everyone has fallen asleep and the house has been surrounded by darkness and pin drop silence ! And I am here ! With a strange kind of a feeling ! A feeling of loneliness A feeling of continuously being rejected ! I want to cry this hell out ‚ but I can’t. I guess my tears also have dried due to continuous mourning ! I am standing at such a stage of my life ‚ when a
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The Unveiling of Masks Deep in the collective conscious of every culture lays a fascination with physical or metaphorical alterations through the use of masks. Traditionally‚ masks have been an indispensable part of religious expression‚ the performing arts‚ and the battlefield. The many uses have been adopted to assist in becoming someone other than themselves. In our society the term‚ mask‚ may be used as an allegory to indicate a hidden agenda or to identify a false perception that is given
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MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES HSR 416 DEVELOPING YOUR PHILOSPHY OF COUNSELING KAREN YATES DECEMBER 14‚ 2011 When I first read the explanation of the assignment‚ I immediately thought of what my parents had instilled into me at a very early age. They would always say that God put us here on this earth to do a job and that was to help others and love each other. That really
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Studies have shown that a positive or negative environment can drastically affect the way an organism grows. Humans are usually the main test subjects because they have been shown to be the organism with the most reaction to outer stimuli. Children that suffer death early in their lives can be scarred on short-term lengths or even have life-lasting effects. Parental death can have serious effects on children; in comparison with other forms of family separation‚ parental death has consistently been
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My Philosophical Approach to Counseling Definition of Existential Therapy One survey taken by Corey suggests a definition of Existential Therapy include two key elements: Existential Therapy is essentially an approach to counseling and therapy rather than a firm theoretical model‚ it stresses core human conditions. Normally‚ personality development is based on the uniqueness of each individual. Sense of self develops from infancy. Self determination and a tendency toward growth
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perspectives about it‚ but my concern is when someone feels they have to be subject to their circumstance. Further in this paper I will discuss my personal counseling theory and how I believe that not one person has to be ruled by a certain circumstance and that they are not by any means validated by one person because they have the opportunity to discover meaning in their life for themselves and discover an array of opportunities in life. Finding Meaning in Life Introduction My story is not something
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Abortion and My Own Thoughts John Harvell English 110U February 12‚ 1997 What would it be like to die so young and so fragile? What would it be like to kill something so young and so fragile? Abortion‚ in my definition‚ is the taking of a life. Now it is hard for me to sit here and type this paper when I know good and well that if my daughter or wife were ever raped I would want whatever was inside of them out -- immediately. I think that to take the life of an unborn just because the couple
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Page |1 The role of peer counseling in a university setting The Role of Peer Counseling in a University Setting: The University of Botswana By Dr. Lucky Odirile University of Botswana‚ Gaborone A Paper Presented at the 20th Anniversary Summit of the African Educational Research Network at North Carolina State University Raleigh‚ USA on 19th May 2012 Introduction Peer counseling is a well-documented concept of counseling. As Sisco (1992)‚ Cole (2002) and Pritchard (2007) point out‚ it is
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LIB 200 Fall 2013 My Thoughts about Race and Ethnicity Race and ethnicity is a very interesting topic to think about. The distinction between race and ethnicity is not always clear to a lot of people. To me race is your physical appearance and ethnicity is your cultural background. My race is white but my ethnicity is Irish and scottish. Although my race is white and someone who is polish might also be white our cultures are not the same. When you are asked to specify
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