Counseling Scenario Paper

My counseling theory is that even though human beings have the need for approval or longing of someone else to bring substantial meaning in their life, they are not by any means validated by any one person or situation because you focus on the present and future and make the most of your circumstance. I experienced that in my childhood every time I saw my mother and father arguing and later I would hear from her what exactly happened between them. I remember thinking to myself that why would someone stay in an abusive situation or at least not stand up for themselves. I concluded that she needed to be validated by the relationship and for her to leave the relationship or stand up for herself would mean to defy her husband, church, and God.

Cognitive-behavioural therapy is widely short-term and concentrates on enabling clients to deal with very particular problems. Often six weeks to six months sessions of course depending upon the problem it is pacifically goal directed and places great weight upon self-help as a long term coping tool that the client can take away with them and successfully use. Cognitive-behavioural therapy believes that clients can learn the wrong ways of developing and making sense of information during their cognitive development. This can often lead to distortions in the way they identify reality, it’s the job of the therapist to enable them to work this out.

There are many theoretical models of counseling. Often, a diverse approach or the use of several approaches is best for the resolution of problems. I utilize several different theories and strategies in my role as a counselor. However, it is the Individual personal theory and the Family theory model that anchors my orientation to counseling as a Christian counselor.

The American Counseling Association (ACA) offers memberships for Mental Health professionals ranging from students and private practice to the retired professional who wants to remain connected with other professionals. The price of membership is $96 for the student, recently graduated, and retired and $171 for regular members, agency counselors, private practice, and counseling educators. Some of the benefits the ACA has to offer are several types of insurance, ranging from liability insurance to protect you in your practice whether it is for a private practice or if you are working at an agency for someone else. The ACA can also help you with insurance for your home, auto, dental, long term care, and disability insurance. There are also several other services where as a member you can obtain a member discount rates on some medical procedures such as labs, and imaging services, having prescriptions filled, hotels, travel, rental cars just to list as few. The best perk yet is the networking circle you have become a part of, get to know others in the counseling

After I completed the IIR, I thought it would be beneficial to review the MCGCP in order to determine what areas are most important. After reviewing the MCGCP, it appears as though the top priorities at the middle school level include system support and guidance curriculum. These two areas are where middle school counselors should spend the most time on and allocate the most resources for. My site scored fairly decently in these areas, earning scores of 86% and 87% respectively. I took a closer look at each of these sections and paid close attention to the elements that received a score of three or less, meaning that these elements are not being fully implemented into the counseling program. I highlighted these items and added them to

I plan on going into the School Counseling field, so for my interview I went to a long time family friend Kay Weems. Kay is a school counselor currently at Madison Station Elementary, but she has 19 years of experience at different levels of education in counseling and in different environments as well. She also was an elementary teacher for 10 years prior to becoming a school counselor.

Ms. Payne has not had any follow up appointment this reporting period. She has attended counseling appointment’s to talk about her anxiety and panic related to the accident. She felt she will be done with her counseling soon. Physical therapy has been completed for the shoulder, the knee and she has a home exercise program. She also has completed using attendant care for assistance with bathing and light house work. I anticipate that this file is close to

Appropriate counseling was given to each patient according to their diagnosis and medications, and to promote their maximum health wellness. As you can see, correlations are shown through top 10 FNP counseling and top 10 medications. From top 10 medications of SSRI, cholesterol, and anticoagulants, I tried to educate patients with coping skills with situation for anxiety/depression, with healthy diet to promote their wellness, managing diabetes and hypertension with healthy diet and

On Thursday January 14, 2016. I was invited into a Counseling session by Ms. Sonya Hunt with one of her clients. The client’s name was Justice Mullins. Justice attends Central State University as an undergraduate student. The session was about an introduction of opportunities to have weekly sessions with Justice Mullins. The discussion of scheduling and purpose of counseling was

The essential counseling skills begin with sequencing the intake to create a coherent process in obtaining information from Maria so she can accurately acquire information in a coherent and conscious manner. Jackson-Cherry & Erford (2014) clarify how counselors should use their fundamental counseling microskills to immediately construct an alliance-building to connect with their client who may arrive in a positive or negative emotional arousal state of mind.

I had the privilege of interviewing Jason Hanson, a pastor from Sovereign Grace Church. Exposure of counseling was early for Jason, watching his Dad oversee the high school ministry. Jason has counseled various couples, parents and teens in and out of Sovereign Grace. He sees his job as an opportunity to be invited into peoples lives, to serve them and see where they are in life. Faith in the Lord is the core influence that Jason uses in his counseling and his clients are aware of this at the beginning of every session.

Julia stated to be anxious about her future and unable to sleep. Julia knows that her husband will soon come back from his holiday and she does not know if he is going to ask her to leave, as he changes his mind all the time.

D- The patient arrived in tome for her counseling session. Reported stable on her dose and deny the need for a dose decrease when offered by this writer. According to the patient, she is not ready to start tapering off on her methadone. Again, the patient reported she does nor want to experience any withdrawals; however, she will considered going down later on her methadone during the Fall.

As I walked to the Hazen Center for my 8PM appointment, unaware of what to expect, my nerves slowly aroused, for this is the first counseling session I ever encountered. After filling out a few forms and waiting patiently for about five minutes, my name was called and I finally came face to face with my counselor, Sean Spooner. After shaking hands and introducing ourselves, I took a seat on the couch, attempting to ease my worries. Based on the knowledge I obtained from Intro to Counseling such as Counseling environment, self-disclosure, and counselor attributes, I could not help but observe and evaluate my surroundings. The couch was a comfortable seating with enough room to lay down and the office had awards and certificates displayed on the wall and desk. My counselor sat on what I call the “comfy chair” approximately diagonal from me. Sean Spooner’s persona seemed apprehensively inviting. The apprehensiveness is a result of his slightly shaky voice and facial expressions. The inviting portion is a result of his professionalism. He explained to me the reasoning for these sessions, videotaping, reiterating procedures, guidelines of confidentiality, signing more forms and in the midst still managed to ask if I am well, have any questions or concerns, which did make me feel more comfortable in comparison to my earlier arrival.

Every summer for the past five years, Camp Cory has been my easiest hello and my hardest goodbye. Each session contains an exciting experience that keeps me talking about camp until the next summer arrives.