The Relationship Between Consultation And Advocacy
Consultation and advocacy can sometimes be misconstrued as similar acts. Consultation is a tripartite relationship among at least three parties; the consultant, the consultee, and the consultee's client or client system. Consultation is very common within the mental health professions. Consultation is defined as a process in which a human services professional assists a consultee with a work-related problem with a client system, with the goal of helping both the consultee and the client system in some specified way. (Dougherty, 2009)
Advocacy is a very important part of the mental health profession. It compliments social justice. Social justice is the commitment to promote access and equity with the aim of empowering and ensuring full participation …show more content…
Specific ethnic groups living under unusually oppressive circumstances sometimes do have strikingly high rated of depression (Matsumoto & Juang, 2008). Hispanic Americans and African Americans are 50 percent more likely than white Americans to have recurrent episodes of depression (Matsumoto & Juang, 2008). Depression is more common among Hispanic and African Americans born in the United States than Hispanic and African American immigrants (Matsumoto & Juang, 2008). Also, the likelihood of depression increases with the person's degree of poverty, family size, and number of health problems (Comer, 2013). Mental health counselors should maintain competence of different cultural backgrounds in order to respond to the varied needs of their …show more content…
Certain cultural backgrounds, may feel uncomfortable receiving treatment from two mental health professionals. Clients may not understand why the counselor is unable to prescribe their medication. In such cases, the counselor should be competent in their knowledge to educate the client on their role and the role of the psychiatrist. Some counselors may find it difficult to acknowledge that they are not competent to provide professional services to every client who might request their help. However, the key is for counselors to understand their boundaries and refer when necessary and extending their areas of competency by keeping clients in other
Advocacy is a very important part of the mental health profession. It compliments social justice. Social justice is the commitment to promote access and equity with the aim of empowering and ensuring full participation …show more content…
Specific ethnic groups living under unusually oppressive circumstances sometimes do have strikingly high rated of depression (Matsumoto & Juang, 2008). Hispanic Americans and African Americans are 50 percent more likely than white Americans to have recurrent episodes of depression (Matsumoto & Juang, 2008). Depression is more common among Hispanic and African Americans born in the United States than Hispanic and African American immigrants (Matsumoto & Juang, 2008). Also, the likelihood of depression increases with the person's degree of poverty, family size, and number of health problems (Comer, 2013). Mental health counselors should maintain competence of different cultural backgrounds in order to respond to the varied needs of their …show more content…
Certain cultural backgrounds, may feel uncomfortable receiving treatment from two mental health professionals. Clients may not understand why the counselor is unable to prescribe their medication. In such cases, the counselor should be competent in their knowledge to educate the client on their role and the role of the psychiatrist. Some counselors may find it difficult to acknowledge that they are not competent to provide professional services to every client who might request their help. However, the key is for counselors to understand their boundaries and refer when necessary and extending their areas of competency by keeping clients in other