The Importance Of Counseling In The Military

What this means to me reading up on this is that i need to stop worrying so much about performing physically and expecting it to carry me through my military career and start becoming proficient in all areas and applying myself in areas that might not mean so much to me, or that i don't understand. Also i think i've learned that i need to stop relying on my own knowledge and start becoming a sponge to those who have been in longer than i, and when i am told to do something take it or not to do something to take it to heart and not do it again because it not only comes with punishment but also loss of credibility of those who are in charge of me. Credibility and trust are essential when working with a team of men like we do everyday, so i am going to try my best to be the best and most professional soldier i can be even when no one is looking.

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.

This is your initial counseling, as your direct supervisor and Team Leader. I will underline what is expected of you as my soldier.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the counseling profession and its ability to work on cases in multidisciplinary teams. A variety of scholarly journal articles were taken into account in order to gain insight into the field of counseling and some of its specializations. For this paper, the focus was, aside from general counseling, on marriage and family therapy as well as addiction counseling.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder also known as PTSD occurs after life-threatening events. In the military those life threatening events can come from being in a combat zone. Soldiers who come back from combat are not required to have counseling, and if they do it is sometimes seen as a weakness. Getting our soldiers a minimum of three months of counseling to help with PTSD should be mandatory because, they will have stressors, suffer from mental and physical afflictions, and may feel that getting help will be a sign of weakness.

In March 2010, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") released a sobering statistic: every eighty minutes, a military veteran commits suicide” (Mccarl and Lindsay 395). As one can see, this is a major problem in our society. Most of these suicides are from veterans with mental disorders, such as PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder). Disorders such as this cause suicide, and are not always caught by professionals and/or families, and can even affect children of the victim in particular. There have been many solutions that have been proposed in the past but none of them tend to lower the percentage dramatically of veteran suicides in the United States. A solution that could now solve the problem would be a year of free counseling for a veteran after his/her tour. These statistics need to be addressed before it gets too out of hand.

Implementing and designing a comprehensive school-counseling program needs to ensure that they are meeting state standards as well as the ASCA National Model. Assessing the comprehensive school-counseling program allows school counselors consider how well they are meeting the needs of the students, and meeting the requirements of the ASCA National Model and state requirements. School counselors gain the ability to assess the effectiveness of the program and answer the question “How are students different as a result of the school counseling program” (Susan Ireland, M. ED., 2014, slide 1).

SPC XXXXXXX achieved the XVIII Airborne Corps Noncommissioned Officer Basic Leader Course graduation requirements with an overall XXXXX% grade point average. SPC XXXXX was a motivated leader that participated in all classroom discussions. His determination to seek self-improvement and work as a team player was unparalleled throughout the course. He displayed exceptional drill and ceremony skills while flawlessly inspecting and marching a squad size element. His ability to assimilate new information and present it in a military manor was evident during his oral history brief. He demonstrated comprehensive knowledge in all academic areas, excelling in communicating in writing, and conducting individual training. As squad leader during the

For over 240 years the United States Military has made it their job to serve and protect this Country. In 1775 the Revolutionary War begun, Since then the United States has had over 40 million Troops and has also fought in 134 Wars including Two World Wars and more then a Dozen Revolutionary Battles. Despite the bravery the 48million troops who served more then 38% come back with and Injury or Mental Disorder. The highest diagnosed mental disorder in Soldiers when returning home is PTSD(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) a Symptom usually cause by a traumatic event, Such as Death, Explosion and Terrorism. The symptoms are very stressful and can causes serious issues for the Soldier and his/her family.

On March 19, 2003, then President George W. Bush “gave the green light to launch Operation Iraqi Freedom” (history.com, 2009). From the start of the war to present day, the casualties of American military personnel were calculated to be in the range of over 4,000 that have served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The number of wounded military personnel returning from deployment was upwards of 31,000. According to research conducted by Burke, Degeneffe & Olney (2009), traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are the signature injuries of military personnel returning from OIF deployments. While there are elevated rates of military personnel returning from OIF with

SPC Yancey this is your June monthly counseling, you have been doing an excellent job taking over for SPC (p) Wehle, and you have taken ownership of each task. Good job working on responsibility as well as being there for the section. I appreciate your willingness to take charge of situations in my absence. You have a good leadership ability, the Soldiers like you and want to work for you. This is a part of your leadership that you need to nurture. While you do take ownership of tasks and missions there is a weakness in your follow through on a given a task. I suggest that you trust but validate every tasks you give the troops. This confirms follow through and appropriate completion. Do not be afraid to make them redo a task if mot completed

Using the materials you are studying in your text, describe the nature of the socialization (the process) you received, either at your present workplace, or the last place where you worked. Was that program effective? If it was effective, why was it? If it was not, why not?

Imagine you are eighteen, just graduated high school. You decide to enlist into the United States Army. It is your first time away from home, your first real job outside of a summer job. This is your first time away from home, everything you grew up to know, your friends and family. This is the case with many newly enlisted Soldiers. The Army is their first real world experience away from home and the feeling can be overwhelming. Not only do they need to figure out how to be a Soldier but also an adult, a functioning member of society. So what do they do? They will rely on the guidance and experience of another, a Mentor.

This quarter’s course of “theories of counseling” felt like a whirlwind of theories, theorist, therapeutic techniques, and proper application of theoretical framework to help counsel students. As the course continued each new theory and therapy style I learned about seemed more appealing and useful than the last. In deciding which therapy styles I would favor using I have to take into account the general demographic of the students and communities I wish to work in. I plan to work with middle school to high school students that are from urban low social economic status and are recent arrivals to the country. Some of the characteristics of obstacles these students and families face daily are, single parent home/income, past/recent trauma, history of low family education level and legal trouble. I am fortunate to live in the community and society I want to help and that I have grown up in. I am equally blessed to be raised and have the opportunity to give back to my community and society the best way I know how by giving back in a positive manner.

This week I had the opportunity to fulfill my practicum hours at two different locations. The locations that I observed were Columbia Elementary School’s summer care program and a Mad City Money Event located at Members 1st Credit Union. Both experiences opened my eyes to see a wide range of situations and behaviors among kindergarten through high school. Each observation provided two very different outlooks and each contributed to my knowledge in some way.