Reflection On Theories Of Counseling

The philosophy that underlies the counseling profession is unique among mental health professionals. According to Remley & Herlihy (2014), the philosophy is made up of four components. First, counselor 's view mental health challenges through a positive, wellness-oriented lens. The primary goal of the wellness model is for the client to achieve the highest degree of mental health possible. Psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers follow the medical model of mental health. The goal of these clinicians is to cure the client’s illness, which differs drastically from counselor’s view of clients.

Cooper, J. B. (2010). Counseling microskills. In B. T. Erford (Ed.), Orientation to the counseling profession: Advocacy, ethics, and essential professional foundations (pp. 148–162). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

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.

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.

Values, Morals, and Beliefs are components that play a role in an individual’s self-identity. The establishment of these components shape human nature, behavior, and the development of an individual’s purpose. The basis of these fundamentals has contributed to my desire to become a counselor. This paper will discuss my views of human nature, factors of behavior changes, goals of therapy, the roles of a therapist, and the counseling approaches that I chose to incorporate in a practice.

As a counseling student, it is very important to formulate a counseling theory tailored to ones’ own personality and beliefs. A counselor may choose a single theory to model when practicing therapy or pick and choose components and techniques from various theories, otherwise known as eclecticism. No theory is considered right or wrong. Understanding the different therapeutic approaches are important to effective counseling, however, counselors must also understand their own personal value, view of human nature, human behavior, counseling techniques and the purpose and goals of counseling. Understanding these components along with the different theoretical approaches will provide the counselor with a 9 knowledge of their own counseling, orientation and is essential to not only the productivity of counseling but the growth of the counselor as well.

It is my goal to become a school counselor in a local high school. As a school counselor, it is also important to try and understand the different experiences that children go through in order to get through to them. After studying the different counseling theories, I have discovered that each theory is valid and there are ideas and techniques that I would use out of each of them. However, there are some theories more than others that I would use to guide me daily as a school counselor. Modern day counseling is equipped with a wide variety of therapies, techniques and approaches. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast three approaches of therapy. Also in this essay the views of the person and the Therapeutic process will be

The British Association for Counselling’s Code of Ethics and Practice for Counsellors states that ‘Counselling may be concerned with developmental issues, addressing and resolving specific problems, making decisions, coping with crisis, developing personal insight and knowledge, working through feelings of inner conflict or improving relationships with others’ (BACP Ethical Framework).

This paper identifies the three major counseling theories that have been the most influential in the development of my ideas on counseling. The major points of Person-Centered Therapy, Adlerian Therapy, and Behavioral Therapy are looked at in brief. Each theory is then shown how a school counselor can apply them into their work with students. While one theory does not work for every situation in the school setting, each theory brings something beneficial to the school counselor.

The theoretical approach that I see myself using as a professional counselor in regard to counseling international high school students is Adlerian therapy which has a strong focus on reeducating individuals and in reshaping society. I believe that in order for me to be able to understand someone's situation is important to know some information from his or her past. After studying the different types of counseling theories that can be used in counseling high school students the theory that I would like to use is the Adlerian theory. I would like to use this theory because my goal is to become a school counselor for International High School’s. I would like to work in an International High School with students who are new to the United States. I would like to integrate the Adlerian theory into my work because as stated by Corey (2013), Adlerian theory believes that all human behavior has a purpose which is definitely influenced by the individual past, and with any significant early event that occurred in the individual life” (Corey, 2013).

My personal philosophy of life and my philosophy of counseling has been deeply affected by my life experiences as a young child and also as an adult. I am fortunate that my life has been a good life and I consider myself to be fortunate to have to have good parents and many loving family members. I do not recall having any events in my childhood that I would consider to be abusive or neglectful on the part of my family, and for that I consider myself to be lucky. I know several people who were abused as a child and it seems to have impacted them in many aspects of their lives even into adulthood.

In this portfolio you should see different sections that I have acquired knowledge throughout this semester. My mission statement, resume, observation reflections, diversity lectures, research proposal, a program evaluation plan, resent presentations, information regarding the history of school psychology, and ethics presentations will be reflected throughout this portfolio. There are several sections that I will learn more about as I continue taking classes at Bowie State. School as a system, home/school/community collaboration, consultation, counseling and crisis management are the areas that I have no artifacts yet. I would like to learn about how I can work with urban families and communities. Additionally, I would like to learn about family community strategies to use in upcoming behavioral case studies. For consultation, I would like to learn different intervention models to work with families. Crisis management is a topic that interests me a lot. I would like to learn how to with a school in difficult situations. I am interested in working with Latino student’s therefore, I know of cases of rape, gang violence and family separation and much more. I would like to learn how to manage situations like these when working with children, adolescents and

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It is important to build the relationship with the student by conveying an understanding of empathy, respect, warmth, genuineness, confidence and humor. Like in all aspects of counseling, this is the well know “therapeutic alliance”. Without this, it would be difficult to help the student effectively.

The theoretical framework that is being used is person-centered and solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT). A person-centered framework is essential to support the counseling process (Stone & Dahir, 2016). It also helps to build rapport and support open communication with the student through initial and ongoing counseling skills such as empathy, congruence, unconditional positive regard, and active listening (Henderson & Thompson, 2011). These key skills were used in the beginning of the session as well as throughout the session in order to build rapport and a positive working relationship. For example, the counselor reflected the student’s feelings and was using active listening in order to make sure she understood how the student was feeling.