the topic of advocacy in health and social care. Use these articles in conjunction with the module materials to discuss how advocacy can increase the power of service users when engaging with health and social care services. At some point in people’s lives‚ they will find themselves in a situation where they may need to participate in decision-making about their care and this essay looks at how advocacy can increase the power of service users when engaging in health and social care services
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admitted to my second year as a Master of Science (M.S.) in Clinical Mental Health Counseling student‚ which prepares professional counselors to work in community agencies‚ educational settings‚ as well as private practice. As it is a CACREP accredited program‚ I will eventually be eligible to take the National Counselor Examination (NCE) leading to certification as a National Certified Counselors (NCC). The Clinical Mental Health Counseling program also prepares me to seek licensure as a Clinical Professional
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Among the many issues that may impact my future moving into the Mental Health Counseling field‚ one area is more evident to me than others are the diverse populations where multiculturalism is growing broadly and is necessary to the furthering of communities here and abroad. According to Sue & Sue‚ (2015) when it comes to multiculturalism‚ diverse‚ and multicultural counseling competence‚ these words encompass broad topics: race‚ gender‚ socioeconomics‚ sexual orientation‚ just to name a few (p
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that extra time like she use to‚ where she was able to attend the extracurricular activities and support her daughter. Before I start the individual sessions with the client‚ I would explain to them about confidentiality and what my job is as a Mental Health Counselor and because the client is under 18‚ I would have the parent to sign consents‚ saying it is okay for the client to be seen in and treated in this office. Discussing informed consent is explaining to
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With the establishment of the Mental Capacity Act comes the Independent Mental Health Advocacy which was introduced in 2007 under the amendments of the Mental Health Act 1983. An Independent Mental Health Advocate is a specialist advocate with legal rights to the IMHA which is not available to all advocates. What this means exactly is that an Independent Mental Health Advocate may meet with qualifying patients in private; consult with who are professionals concerned with the patient’s care and treatment;
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Clinical Mental Health Counseling Services and Reaction Afaf Zalata New Jersey City University Clinical Mental Health Resources in New Jersey Acute Care Family Support Jersey City Medical Center 355 Grand Street Jersey City‚ NJ 07302 (201) 915-2268 Early Intervention Support Services (Crisis Intervention Services) Bridgeway‚ Inc. 152 Central Avenue Jersey City‚ NJ 07306 (201) 885-2539 Integrated Case Management Services Jersey City
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Running head: COUN-6100-12‚ Intro to Mental Health Counseling Hynson Discussion Week # 4 Legal Decision A. Post a brief description of the legal decision you selected. Then‚ explain how it informs the practice of clinical mental health counseling. Be specific and provide examples. Ethical Standards and Laws / The Code of Ethics were developed and published by the American Counseling Association (ACA) (2005) as a set of principles that governs
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Reillo English IV 17 February 2015 Mental Health/Crisis Counseling Section 1 In 1976‚ the AMHCA‚ American Mental Health Counseling Association ‚ committed to promoting and establishing professional mental health counselors. Also‚ in 1976 group of community mental health and private counselors founded the AMHCA as a professional association for a newly emerging group of counselors who said that their practice was “mental health” counseling. By 1979‚ the founders of AMHCA organized four major key mechanisms to
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Health Advocacy Campaign: Fighting Mental Illnesses one Day at A Time Millions of American’s are affected by mental health illnesses. As a nurse I understand that mental health illnesses have no respect of person. The National Alliance on Mental Illness reported that approximately 61.5 million Americans are affected by mental illness in a given year‚ and almost 13.6 million individuals live with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia‚ depression‚ or bipolar disorder (National Alliance on
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I wasn’t sure what to expect from Dr. Piper as my faculty advisor. I had Dr. Piper as a professor for my first Argosy Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) course and was excited to meet with him in a nonacademic environment to discuss different aspects of becoming a mental health counselor. We coordinated convenient time and location for both of us to meet. The meeting was very informative and constructive for me. I was able to discuss my educational future and obtain a better understanding
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