Mental Health Counselor: A Case Study

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.

The opportunity of talking to a Professional Mental Health Counselor was very informative on October 19, 2015, I had a chance to meet K.W. she is a License Professional Counselor in Mental Health that holds her (LCPC) for the last ten (10) years. Ms. K.W. also holds her Therapist license in the arena of counseling for the last past six (6) years were her services of care is Mental Health, and Addiction Counseling were her population is men and women that struggles with addiction problems and mental health that is called co-occurring disorder in an outpatient setting.

The purpose of this paper is for me to present a summary of a personal interview had with Heather Smith, a clinical mental health counselor. It will further explore a day to day basis on how working as a clinical mental health counselor, may be. Lastly, it will also reflect my personal reflections about my future as a counselor based on information learned in this course.

Lor et al. (2016) examined the growing problem of language barriers for patients in the United States and around the world. The use of interpreters is often the solution to bridge the gap between languages. The purpose of this study was to examine patient perception of interpreter services.The population for this study included 10 English proficient Hmong patients and 10 Spanish speaking patients. The participants ranged from age 33 to 75 years old. The intervention was that poor quality interpretation could lead to poor relationships among patients, interpreters and providers. In addition poor interpretation could end up in the patient being unable to follow through with treatment plans. Lastly, poor quality interpretation can lead to emotional distress for patients. Comparison was that patients have expectations on how the

Jacobs, E. A., Shepard, D. S., Suaya, J. A., Stone, E. (2004). Overcoming language barriers in health care: costs and benefits of interpreter services. American Journal of Public Health, 94 (5), 866-869.

Mental health counselors are still facing barriers in employment with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Although in December 2010, the VA released the qualification of standards in hiring LPMHs, there is still a shortage of LPMHs (NBCC, ). Today there are about 0.001% or licensed professional counselor working at the VA compared to 25% of all U.S. mental health professional (AAMF, n.d.). In 2015, the Department of Veterans concluded that license mental health counselor would be included in their hiring of 1,900 mental health staff positions (AAMF, n.d.). How can that be so when there is no series code for mental health counselors within the OPM. This is a limitation for mental health counselors when searching for a job within the Department

Some of the challenges that agencies face in delivering programs and (Salami et al., 2016) services for temporary foreign workers and their families include the time required to build trust with this population, temporary foreign workers' reluctance to use services due to fear that it will affect their immigration status, and the emotional labor associated with working with temporary foreign workers. Professional and counselors understand that the Latino and Hispanic descent may have some cultural challenges and roadblocks when counseling both the individuals and the families. Although, that may be the case equal treatment for all clients is essential. It’s important to avoid being impersonal, accepting stereotypes, ethnocentric, or assuming that Latino and Hispanic descent clients have similar levels of acculturation, and Catholicism is the norm among Latino, Hispanic, or Spanish groups. When it pertains to offering community resources and assistance or when treating their client addiction and mental health issues. Processional in the healthcare profession realizes the obstacles and risk this population has from a cultural obligation standpoint, economic status, and religion aspect. In addition over

Robbie J. is a 19 year old African American male and at this time he is currently a freshman at Henderson County University. The client has been referred to this office by his school residential advisor and family doctor. The reason behind this is that the client has not been attending his college classes and has been caught drinking on campus by campus security three times in the past two months. His parents have been advised by the school that if the client doesn’t attend counseling sessions he will be asked to leave and not return back for the following academic school year. The client must attend five sessions and also join an A.A. group.

Lack of interpreter services as well as lack of culturally and linguistically appropriate health education materials has been associated with patient dissatisfaction, poor comprehension, low treatment compliance, and lower quality health care (Advocates for Youth, 2008). For example, when predominantly Spanish-speaking patients were discharged from an emergency room, they were less likely than predominantly English-speaking patients to understand their diagnosis, medications, treatment plans, and follow-up care instructions. Consequently, predominantly Spanish-speaking patients were also less likely to indicate satisfaction with their health care and were often reluctant to return for follow-ups (Betancourt

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.

I would like to become a clinical mental health counselor because I like helping people. I feel there is a lot of people in the world that just want someone to listen to them and help them with whatever they are going through. People are always coming to me to listen to their problems, help them with their problem or just a shoulder to lean on. I work with the developmentally disabled population for thirteen years and some of them are dually diagnosed with mental illness. They are the most overlooked population because certain people in the world look down on them and feel no one care about them and what they have experienced. Some of them have gone through traumatic events and they keep it in because they think no one would listen to them.

It is known that Therapeutic counseling is an important tool for the treatment, prevention and promotion of mental health. The psychotherapeutic method contains variables that influence the progress of the emotional state of an individual. Although the techniques and methods are components of the treatment, yet there still not a robot or machine to execute the interventions, as is found on the medical field, for example. Instead, the treatment is performed by counselors, who are mental health professionals. They are trained to establish a working relationship with the individual in need of help. Even though, they need to be well equipped, they are

A typical day for Mr. Khalid Scott starts with prayer. He prays that God gives him the serenity, the power and the courage to deal with the things that will be set before him as he does the job he was destined to do. As he drives to the VA he mentally prepares himself to deal with his clients and the issues they may present to him.

David, R. A., & Rhee, M. (1998). The impact of language as a barrier to effective health care in an underserved urban Hispanic community. Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 65,

Individual was open and responsive throughout the counseling session. Individual answered questions asked by the clinician. Natalie disclosed she was sad because her grandmother already left ind's house. Ind stated she miss her because she is a good listener and gives good advises too. Ind espressed she still struggles with her angry outbursts. Ind disclosed she has had several during last days, specially with her sister Ava. When encorauged to put into practice what she has learned about anger management, ind stated that is difficult fir her to stay calm and quiet specially because she understands is not her fault. Ind disclosed her mother's boyfriend (Landon) is at home during this month. Ind stated she likes it but at the same time she doesn't