Case Study Of City Wide Community Counseling Services

In the coaching discussion it was not said that my conduct was not meeting expectations, but not allow myself to be in situations where it appears I’m being insubordinate.

It is often believed that only adults experience stress and anxiety, however stress is something that does not have an age requirement. Adolescent stress and anxiety are important health issues that often go unnoticed. Early adolescence is defined, as a period between 11 and 14 years of age (Carlozzi, Winterowd, Harrist Thomason, Bratkovich, & Worth, 2010, p. 446). These years are usually marked by rapid changes. For most students, stress can stem from puberty, new demands of school, changing peer relationships, and responsibilities to families. Not to mention, early adolescence is period of development where identities, social skills, and personal values are being established.

Since definitive boundaries for community counseling were non-existent, each counseling program was left with defining its own area of expertise (Hershenson & Berger, 2001), which created inconsistency in course titles and content. From 1986 to 1987, AMHCA created a set of training standards for mental health counselors (AMHCA, 1993; Smith, 2012), and in 1988, these standards for specifically mental health counseling were adopted by CACREP (AMHCA, 1993). There was also an expansion in private insurance coverage for mental health services, offering the option to get care by a range of professionals and hospitals, and for individuals offering the care to be reimbursed. (Smith, 2012). This influenced an extreme growth in demand and supply for

A mental health counselor is a counseling professional, whose duties involves helping individuals cope with difficult life events, managing mental illnesses, and referring patients to additional resources that can help them. Before they can start counseling, they need to follow their states specific requires. For instance, in Louisiana, one has to obtain a master’s degree from an accredited program, have the required hours of supervised practice and coursework, and pass the National Counselor Examination to be licensed and certified. In addition to receiving a license in this field, an individual has to complete an addition 40 hours of continuing education every year to renew their license. The Mental Health Counseling program, offered at Capella, would satisfy most, if not all, of the licensure requirements in Louisiana.

This week I assisted someone with filling out an application for the counseling center. I thought the experience went well. When I assisted the patient with filling out the application I noticed that the application was long and tedious. I think being able to assist patients with completing an application is beneficial for patients who cannot read or understand the questions. I also communicated with a person that was experiencing anxiety. The patient was crying in my office because she was experiencing anxiety about her diabetes. I discussed with the patient some of the challenges that she was experiencing in her life. I felt that I did a good job with assisting the person and calming her down. I also walked the patient up to the counseling center because she was interested in communicating with someone on a long term basis. At the counseling center the patient picked up an application which I thought was a good solution to her problem. I think I am getting more comfortable with communicating with patients on my own.

Written reports or case notes of each session will be completed. You, the client, will review and sign the reports at the end of each session. These will be placed in your clinical file and maintained by Trinity Counseling for 7 years, after which, they will be destroyed.

This essay is an evaluation of two counselling models applied to a situation where a client has experienced loss and how a counsellor can create a therapeutic relationship with the client using each counselling model. It will also contain other skills a counsellor could use to obtain/maintain a good therapeutic relationship with the client.

The role as a counselor is to find value in helping through clients. This profession requires a lot of patience and understanding. Changes in the most recent CORE standards are designed to move the discipline and practice of rehabilitation counseling in the direction that is responsive to an intersection of identities and positionalities in a diverse society. ( Harley, Alston & Whittaker, 2008). Patients should be treated similarly when deciding where treatment is to occur either in the consultation room, bedside, or if needed at home and must be seen in similar contexts. The place of consultation should be clinic and the time should also be during the consultation hours. If the psychiatrist charges fees, he should keep charges that are reasonable for that area. (Aravind, Krishnaram, & Thasneem,

Carey Counseling Center Inc. in Paris Tennessee in the 70’s to offer much needed mental health services to Henry County and Carey Counseling Center Inc. has 5 offices covering 7 counties with services ranging from outpatient therapy, adolescent services and medication management just to name a few (Carey Counseling Center, 2015). The mental health industry is comprised of various organizations. Tennessee has several community mental health offices privately run by organizations such as CCC and both public and private mental health hospitals for inpatient services. The bulk of community mental health funding comes from insurance agencies and grant writing. Legislative policy on the federal, state and local level is a driving force that all

D-Met with the patient to address her request for a change of counselor. According to the patient, she expressed that her assigned counselor shows no empathy towards her personal issues when she attempts to discuss it with her assigned counselor. The patient then says, " With Cherron, every session is negative, nothing positive. No encouragement by him......I've through a lot. I broke up with the love my life 8 months as he left me for another woman....I was there for him when he was incarcerated for two years (the patient was emotional-in tears). I tried to talk to Cherron but he was not being understanding. I, know, I keep testing positive, but I am going through a lot, you know. I am the care taker of my parents. No social life." This writer reviewed the patient's case history as there has been numerous no shows and the patient is currently on a Step 3 for the no shows/ongoing illicit use. According to the patient, she continues to miss her session due to her feelings towards her counselor. When questioned as to why she did not mentioned this prior as to why it took 8 months. The patient says, " I did and was told that it will be entered in some green book.....I need a female counselor that can relate to me or even have empathy. I need guidance and Cherron is not helpful at all.....He tends to keep me in session for an hour whereas it was suppose to be a 1/2 hour session." Nevertheless, the patient is seeking to enrol in mental health services through Brownstone for treatment or IOL.

Today as soon as I came in I had already knew where to go. My routine is helping serve breakfast then to the first group session at 10 where we talked about mental health in which I showed Joe. He spoke about how medication in the past was mostly about shutting up clients versus really helping them. I really thought that this session was interested because I saw the truth in what he was saying because back in those days they did not engineer medication to help people but more like trying to keep them quiet. Joe also spoke about the psychoanalysis and I was really surprised to see how much the clients really knew about this. One specific client stood out the most because he spoke on the topic, it seem as if he was teaching us versus Joe teaching him. This specific client new so much and it turns out that he went to Lehman College. This was surprising to me because some of us are grown to think that people who are mentally ill come from no educational background and this is what I was expecting to see coming here at Gateway counseling center.

Carey Counseling Center Inc. is funded through grants, private insurance, and Tennessee’s Tenncare bureau (Medicaid). Mental health agencies are susceptible to rate increases and decreases identified by legislation for Tenncare and grants and private insurance as well. The cost of insurance has increased steadily, “Notwithstanding some slowing since the start of the recent recession, the cost of medical care in the United States continues to rise faster than the general rate of inflation, as it has in all but two of the past fifty years, and in 2011 it accounted for more than 17 percent of the country’s GDP, up from

Throughout the counseling program for clinical mental health in Edinboro University, students will be required to take a course called group processes. In group processes, students will learn the necessary skills and knowledge of counseling in a group setting as a group facilitator. The course will focus on many topics such as 1) personal qualities. 2) world view. 3) beliefs. 4) values. 5) attitudes. 6) multicultural competencies. 7) students’ personal goals. 8) countertransference issues. 9) strengths and weaknesses. And 10) what students’ have learned throughout the assignments and experiences.

This paper will focus on how Kent Sussex Community Services (KSCS) is guided by their mission statement. It will also provide a description of the agency, an outline of the services provided; identify what target population it services. It will review and discuss the agencies Pre-screening questionnaire and form and identify the forms strengths and limitation of how well KSCS adheres to the agencies purpose and goals. Finally, the monitor will revise any limitations that appear in the pre screening form and discuss rational for the revision of the form.

D-The patient arrived a few minutes late to her appointment. Reported stable on her dose and denies the need for a dose increase when offered by this writer. The patient discussed her current living situation as she had recently moved into her appointment in mid-June and was upset that her worker gave her the incorrect information as to what she had to owe for rent. The patient reported, she struggled with paying the rent and had to borrow the money from her grandfather; however, she hopes, it does not happen again. Then the conversation shifted as the patient discussed about her significant other drinking problem as it had affected his employment status and his relationship. The patient also shared that her significant does not see it has