Counselor By {Author} {Institution} Abstract This research paper discusses the qualities that are necessary for an effective counseling and as such any counselor considered effective must posses them. The paper has a separate discussion of both personal and professional qualities required for any good counselor. The personal qualities form a larger part of the discussion because
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Reality Therapy approaches counseling from a confrontational perspective. The counselor confronts the individual with the facts of life‚ expecting him to face up to the issues. It is true that we are to confront people with the truth in love as directed by the Holy Spirit. However‚ the problem is that most troubled people are running from the issues. Some professionals have categorized some forty defense mechanisms that people use to avoid facing the truth. Often people run from the issues because
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Journal of Counseling Psychology 2007‚ Vol. 54‚ No. 1‚ 1–16 Copyright 2007 by the American Psychological Association 0022-0167/07/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.54.1.1 Racial Microaggressions Against African American Clients in Cross-Racial Counseling Relationships Madonna G. Constantine Teachers College‚ Columbia University This study examined the relationships among African American clients’ perceptions of their White counselors with respect to (a) perceived racial microaggressions in cross-racial
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Client Paper 2 When we are in the human service profession we meet many clients with many needs that have to have our help. These needs can range from abuse‚ alcohol‚ drugs‚ personal‚ mental and physical dysfunction. You can also come across a large range or family issues that can lead to many harder issues to deal with. When you work with such clients you have to gain their trust to maintain they get the help and services they need to be able to move on with their goals. As human services workers
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convergence is development of strong therapeutic alliance Rogers’ Facilitative Conditions: 1) 2) 3) Hawthorne Effect: -People improve as a result of having special attention paid to them -Psychotherapist gives special‚ undivided attention to client -50% of public speaking phobias show improvement following attention placebo -Placebo groups are used to control for Hawthorne effect Specific Factors: how the different theories disagree. -In addition to common factors‚ psychotherapies have
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An Ethical Dilemma in Counseling: Deciding between two rights Ethics‚ considered the study of moral philosophy‚ is a broad way of defining human duty‚ right and wrong; essentially‚ it is more expansive than simply applying a principle. Dilemmas are situations that require a choice between options appearing uniformly favorable‚ unfavorable or mutually exclusive. Naturally‚ an ethical dilemma can place a professional counselor in a precarious position‚ thereby compromising the effectiveness of the
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Multicultural Awareness Multicultural Awareness The purpose of this paper is to analyze oneself by taking the Multicultural-Self Assessment and learn about the “Other” of one self. This will help one to associate with clients from different cultures. Multicultural Self-Assessment Summary The results of the Multicultural Self-Assessment were not surprising to me. Thirteen of the answers were five (5)‚ which is not surprising to me because I was taught by my family and I to accept
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status (recovering vs. nonrecovering)‚ and nonverbal behavior (facilitative vs. neutral) on 116 clients’ perceptions of addictions counselor credibility was examined in a fully crossed factorial design. Significant results were found‚ and implications are discussed. Addictions counselors practicing in the 21st century face many challenges as they manage the care and quality of their services to clients. Some of the most serious of these challenges are presented by such factors as session and/or
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Running Head: MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING WITH HISPANIC FAMILIES Multicultural Counseling Success with Hispanic Families Dawn With Artz University Mike Smith‚ Ph.D. December 16‚ 2009 Abstract There are many characteristics and commonalities among immigrants coming into the United States such as language‚ values‚ tradition‚ religion‚ and culture. They come to the United States from many different countries and yet American culture puts them into one large melting pot and
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goals to be achieved by counseling. The goal of counseling is to help clients achieve their personal goals and gain greater insight into their lives. One hopes that by the end of the process one will be more satisfied with his or her life. Counseling is an opportunity for the client to come to a greater understanding of the person that he or she is with the help of the counselor‚ creating a more productive scenario for the organisation. The goals to be achieved by counseling are divided into three
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