Counselling Theories Assessment 1 1. Explain the concept of nature versus nurture‚ using yourself as a case study to illustrate the theory. The concept of nature versus nurture is that human behaviour is influenced by genetic information inherited from our parents and also by environmental and social influences. My appearance such as short sightedness and pigmentation (freckles) I inherited from my parents. This means like my father I must wear glasses to drive and many other aspects of my
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to build a therapeutic counselling relationship. The ideal would be to maintain a balance by recognising the importance of these similarities and differences and striving to understand them with a view to building good communication within the one to one counselling relationship (Pedersen‚ 1994). Without cultural awareness‚ the counsellor may get the information their processing wrong and that may limit them by not giving the client fair and equitable counselling service. The limited information
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“Person-Centred” Counselling Person-centred counselling is a form of therapy which allows the client to be at the core of their own therapy and make their own goals. For the person-centred approach to be effective a relationship built on trust must be formed between the counsellor and the individual. This essay will explore the theoretical ideas and practice skills of person centred counselling. Key figure (Founder) and Major Focus Carl Rogers (1902-1987)‚ an American psychologist was the key figure
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College ABC Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills Assignment 2 Understanding counselling theory. Unit 2- R/601/7575 Hana Lewis- 144383 ABC 17970-33 Contents Page 3 : Introduction. (157 words) Page 3 : Origins of Person- centred counselling (198 words) Page 4: Key concepts and principles of Person- centred counselling. (288 words) Page 5 : How does Person-centred counselling‚ influence the understanding of the development of concept of self? (245 words) Page 6 : How does person-centred
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relation to patients diagnosed with an ultimately fatal disease. Lectures covered: 1. Introduction to health Psychology 2. Abnormal psychology 3. Psychological responses to illness 1 4. Stress and health 1 Evidence of reflection on your study/experiences of health psychology as it applies to medicine to date. SEXUAL ATTITUDE‚ TEENAGE PREGNANCY‚ POLICY Health psychology is the study of the link between psychosocial factors and health. Crucially it requires me to
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Montalbo‚ Ma. Christine D. II-6 BSE Social Sciences ------------------------------------------------- Professional Education 5 – Guidance and Counselling Concepts of Guidance and Counselling GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING * defined as a planned and organized work aimed at assisting the trainee to understand himself and his abilities and develop his potentialities in order to solve his problems and achieve psychological‚ social‚ educational and professional compatibility. GUIDANCE * Guidance
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What is Self-concept? According to Wagner‚ self-concept is that image or mental picture of our invisible self‚ a feeling of being a person‚ sense of somebody or of being nobody (p. 5). There are three functional aspects of self concept: appearance‚ performance and status. It is noteworthy that our feeling of identity of being somebody is derived from feelings when rated by others (p. 13). I could identify with these three aspects of self-concept. Several years ago‚ when I left my job to be
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UNIT 1 COVER SHEET 4a EVALUATION OF SKILLS (1) Learning outcomes Unit 1 To begin a counselling session‚ ensure that the room the session takes place will be easily accessible for the client‚ and that there will be no surrounding noise that will cause a distraction. The room must be set within the counsellors guide lines and will be adhered to accordingly. All phones must be switched off‚ there shouldn’t be any sharp objects in the room that could cause harm to the client and counsellor.
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BACKGROUND RESEARCH OF THE CHOSEN CLIENT GROUP 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE CLIENT GROUP The client group here refers to male executives in the age group of 40 – 45 years old who assume senior management or executive roles in a commercial organisation. For a male executive‚ work is likely to be the primary source of stress in his life. Occupational stress has been defined as a "global epidemic" by the United Nations ’ International Labour Organization. A study by the National Institute for Occupational
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In this essay I mainly discuss the theory and concepts behind psychodynamic counselling‚ followed by brief discussions of the practice and skills involved in working as a psychodynamic counsellor‚ and the client’s experience of counselling. Theory/concepts Psychodynamic counselling is mainly concerned with unconscious processes; it takes for granted that humans possess a largely unconscious inner world. Freud argued that while the conscious mind is governed by logic‚ the unconscious mind is
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