Part of Being a Counselor Is Dealing with Stressed or Depressed Clients

I believe counseling is a collaborative partnership between client and counselor. Furthermore, this collaborative partnership is built from trust and acceptance of both client and counselor. I hope in conjunction with clients to understand the issues and concerns so to help them tap into their wisdom, creativity, and strengths to meet their current challenges. I believe in a comprehensive perspective through which clients can better comprehend themselves in the framework that our thinking about events can lead to emotional and behavioral upset. Moreover, counselors are to provide a safe environment for clients to explore their challenges and identify ways to move differently in overcoming these challenges.

Counseling is a tool that is widely used by many people. Merriam Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary defines counseling as advice and support that is given to people to help them deal with problems, and make important decisions. This paper examines the career of a Licensed Professional Counselor, the education requirements, certification and licensure levels or requirements, salary, and the future of this profession.

Counseling others is a difficult job that requires people to listen, take notes, and respond in ways that are positive and helpful. It is important that trust be built between the counselor and the patient so that the patient will feel comfortable speaking about issues that are private or embarrassing. There are many different types of counselors including drug counselors; marriage counselors, grief counselors, job counselors, diet and exercise counselors, and others that can help people improve their lives in different ways. Counselors are trained to offer advice and listen to issues that may be bothering other people. They are not allowed to prescribe medication or expected to provide

In today’s society, many individuals lack knowledge of self- worth. An exceeding amount of today’s individuals struggles with mental health more than any other generation. As a graduate student I realize my knowledge and passion in mental health counseling could mean the difference between life and death. Therefore, when I become a counselor I need to set aside my own biases and insecurities. In this paper my goal is to discuss my personal insight on the mental health counseling profession. As well as why I would be an effective counselor and my reasoning for choosing mental health counseling as a career.

The main philosophies of the counseling profession are wellness, prevention and resilience. With these philosophies, counselors will gain the knowledge needed to provide treatment (s) to their clients by working with the client to solve their emotional and personal needs. Mental health counselors have defined their work as “an interdisciplinary multifaceted, holistic process of (1) the promotion of healthy lifestyles, (2) identification of individual stressors and personal levels of functioning, and (3) preservation or restoration of mental health” (Seiler & Messina, 1979, p. 6). In the health care industry, mental health counselors tend to focus more on wellness and holistic philosophies, more so than on whether or not the clients’ issues

The most important part of any therapy is the relationship that the counselor and the client is able to develop. Through the development of the client/counselor relationship we are able to support the client in working on the areas that need to be addressed while delivering a supportive and non-exploitive relationship (Frances, Miller, & Mack, 2011). However, while offering support to a client the client may begin to struggle with the accountability of their own emotions and behaviors; if the counselor is aware of possible implications, they will be better able to address the feelings and behaviors. The first issue that clinicians should be aware

Counselors aid their clients by providing counseling services to them. Counselors also facilitate clients with exploring and understanding their worlds, as well as, discover better ways of thinking and living. A common factor in why people seek counseling services is that they are feeling weakened, under severe distressed, or circumstances have left them in a negative state of mind about something. Counseling services may vary, from individual, couples, family, or a group; assistance can be provided by face-face dialogue, group work, telephone, email and written materials’ methods.

Individuals have a strong desire to be understood by others, yet they may often remain unfulfilled (Kottler, 2017 pp. 273-274). Those that enter the profession may find an awareness in solving their concerns and problems while on the path of assisting other people (Kottler, 2017). In view, the journey toward helping others may lead a counselor to pay attention to acknowledging their own feelings, self-discovery, self-assessment, and such self-realization may, in turn, be a catalyst for growth. However, a counselor’s vulnerability of countertransference may arise if the counselor transfers feelings to a client, which may be a response to the phenomenon of transference. Also, being close to others situational difficulties may cause one to internalize other’s problems.

Counselor has an ethical standard to help promote a safe therapy environment, adhere to, and uphold the ethical standard of upholding confidentiality between what is said by the client. B.1.c. Respect for Confidentiality reads Counselors protect the confidential information of prospective and current clients. The counselor should inform the client of the limits of confidentiality and of any times when it may be breached. Parents/guardians are to be notified when there is a clear and imminent danger to the student or others. Counselors should always have the best interest of their client. The student should have a choice in how and to whom the breach of confidentiality will be made so it would be important to include the student in how they

Counselor's deal with the emotional, social, work, school, physical health issues people might have as they deal with the different stages in the life, Counselor's help with everyday life problems, as well as the more extreme issues with which people might battle in their own personal life and/or families,groups, and organizations. Counselors assist people with physical,emotional, as well as mental health issues. Counselors also can help improve a person's well‐being, mitigate a person's feelings when it comes to grief and find a solution to a crises a person might be having. Counselor's also give assessments, diagnosis, and treatment of a more serious psychological

Individuals who choose to become counselors must realize that they will come into contact with individuals from a wide array of backgrounds. These clients may or may not hold similar worldviews and may not be able to readily identify with the counselor. Hays and Erford provide a number of reasons why clients from diverse backgrounds terminate or avoid counseling altogether. These reasons need to be acknowledged by counselors and taken into account when determining how to address the needs of these clients. By doing so, the counselor can ensure that he or she is offering a counseling environment that is conducive to providing the best quality care for the client.

The chapters suggest that we as counselors have to be able to understand our self-first, that we have to be OK if we would like to help others in need. Then it came to a perspective that many counselors sometime forget that it is the client’s needs which need to be fulfill, not them. This situation leads to dictatorial situation where the counselor show too much power and influence over the clients problems and decision and forgot to be open and actually listen to the clients

Counseling is an important field today because it's very important to have the recognition of our health and well-being. Many people don’t put much of attention in their well-being because they

In the counseling world there is no “one size fits all approach to the therapeutic process (Whiston, S. C. 2013). Therefore, counselors must be able to properly, effectively, accurately in order to make sure they understand the client’s presenting problem or problems to the best of their knowledge. Failing to properly assess and understand the client’s presenting problem can negatively affect the counseling process (Whiston, S. C. 2013). Clients are more likely to trust and therefore, open up to counselor whom they view as competent as well being able to demonstrate to the client that they understand their problem and care about them (Whiston, S. C. 2013). Therefore, it is very important that counselor have the skills and knowledge to

A comprehension of the professional identity for a mental health counselor remains as an essential aspect of providing a robust understanding of a counselor’s chosen field in conjunction with the counselor’s personal attributes. Hence, professional counseling programs should include avenues for realizing what it means to be a counselor and how it is distinct from other helping professions along with the integral responsibilities that arise from being in this particular helping professional. Therefore, this paper subsists as one of those avenues by describing what one counseling student’s perspective is on topics such as; the differentiation of other helping fields from this profession, the role of a counselor as an advocate, the ethical responsibilities