The Our Lady Of Lake Community Counseling Center

I researched the Texas state laws and the Oregon state laws for the licensing of professional counselors. The Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors requires a graduate level degree, supervised practicum experience, passing score for the National Counselor Exam and the Texas Jurisprudence Exam, and an internship. Texas offers two levels of credentialing which are the Licensed Professional Counselor Intern (LPC-I) and the Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). As a LPC-I, the person is allowed to practice as a counselor while gaining the experience and intern hours needed to be a Licensed Professional Counselor (Counseling licensure in Texas, 2015).

However, with the decrease in the government and state funding, the existing financial support may be shrinking. Hence, Louisa needs to look for more sources of funding, especially from private fund and personal donation since she decided to reconstruct the existing services since the dominant governmental funding is one of the reasons why NSCSS is not addressing community issues. Louisa also needs to keep in mind the possible time when the fund will be terminated. It is mentioned in the case that the state budget was being cut, and as long as the youth department is terminated, related funding may also stop. Thus, being prepared to apply for other

TThe American Counseling Association (ACA) website is a very resourceful website especially for new counselors. It consists of various items from informing an individual of the benefits of being a member of ACA to allowing members to access the ACA’s code of ethics for reference at any point (cite). From the abundance of information given on the website, five sections caught my attention. All five seemed very helpful for a new counselor or for those in the process of becoming a new counselor. The five sections were the Clearinghouses, competencies, podcasts, practice briefs, and the Trauma and Disaster section (cite)

Last week (2-2-15), I visited the Women Care Counseling Center in Evanston and met Beth Katz at noon. Beth is a Senior Associate Therapist who guided me through their small suite. Women Care is an organization that primarily focuses on counseling various members of their community and provides training to people to become therapist. They offer support to families, couples and teens through life transitioning moments and offer guidance to overcome obstacles in life, such as trauma. It was founded in the late 70s by Laurie Kahn with the purpose of helping women with their relationships and family troubles.

Our mission at Integrative Counseling Center is to provide the community quality holistic, collaborative and purposeful mental health services for adults 18 and above. Through evidenced-based traditional therapy and complementary healing modalities, such as mindfulness based stress reduction, yoga and tai chi, we are able to personalize support that will meet each individual’s needs. At Integrative Counseling Center, we are committed to empowering, respecting, listening and building a relationship with our clients in a safe, authentic and confidential atmosphere, so they can obtain and maintain their optimal mental health and a balanced quality of life.

CCTC is a nonprofit organization and has been in existence going to four decade now and provides mental health services to children and families in the Philadelphia area. CCTC is system with various

As you know, our mission is to offer at-risk teens a safe, therapeutic, home-like environment where they may adequately work through the issues of emotional/psychological distress, behavioral disorders, delinquency, dysfunctional family relations and educational achievement/advancement using proven counseling methods.

Christians called to a higher standard and must live the Christian values as we should and know how; none of us is perfect but only trying to perfect the walk that the Lord has commanded us to do.

ICM received a return phone call from Mr. Bonfonti and Mr. Rivas, therapist at City Wide Community Counseling Services. ICM had been attempting to reach Mr. Bonfonti in an effort to activate him for BHSI ICM services. During this conversation ICM discussed the services available to Mr. Bonfonti through BHSI. Mr. Bonfonti informed ICM that he was not interested in receiving services, stating that he was already receiving services through City Wide Community Counseling

(Valrico, Florida) New Life Counseling, a ministry of New Life Church in Valrico, Florida, announces they are now offering marriage and family counseling to couples in need in the Brandon, Riverview and Plant City. This expansion allows them to help more couples who find they are struggling in their marriage. No relationship is without difficulties, yet working through these problems together can strengthen the couple and their family.

Having a staple mental health is an important factor for students to be success in college, therefore, SJSU provides Counseling Services to helps students to develop emotional domain. Counseling services is located inside the wellness center, room 300B, third floor. The counseling services provide counseling, workshops, therapy, consultation, etc. This service helps students to identify and achieve their goals, personal issue and improve interpersonal relationship. Similarity, SJSU peer connection also provides mentor for students to come and get guidance on personal lives, psychological problems and difficulties.

One main obstacle for the agency is not being able to provide immediate assistance to those in need. There are so many families in need of FCA’s interventions and help that a waitlist has been instituted with the hope and goal to accommodate everyone over time, unless services are found elsewhere in the meantime. The special needs of their clients are related to affordable or even free counseling and care services based on clients meeting certain criteria of financial and/or legal hardship or circumstance. One common special need the agency sees frequently is that of low income or no income families requiring basic sanitary and personal care products along with essential clothing. Donations for sanitary needs and clothing to the FCA are necessary. Another special need the agency, predominantly addresses is that of behavioral health issues within families. Unfortunately, not all children and families can by served by the FCA. Some do not qualify because they have other insurance or other means to obtain similar service. Some do not get the help when they need because they are on the waiting list for a long time as mentioned above. Still others do not receive the services because they do not know that the FCA exists.

Client-centred Case Consultation primary goal is to develop a plan for dealing with the clients difficulties

As mentioned earlier, my field agency does not provide family counseling services to the fox valley area. I believe that this organization is in need of more programs on behalf of families/caregivers. Offering respite services to these individuals may give them only temporary relief. Caring for an individual with a developmental disability may cause a family member or caretaker psychological and emotional distress. Family counseling services could enhance the self-advocacy skills of family members or caregivers. It could enhance their self-advocacy skills in relation to how they take care of their selves and others in their families. Social workers use research evidence to inform practice. Greif et. al state, “In a strengths perspective, one

For the assignment of participate observation experience, I chose to visit Life Strategies Couneling Services in Beckley, West Virginia, to gain a better understaning of how the community resource of indvidual therapy and group therapy is experienced from the client’s point of view. I chose to complete my observation of a community resource at Life Strategies Counseling Services due to its many quality online reviews. In addition, when calling the offices of local community resources, the office staff at this location was very friendly and open about the possibility of an interview with a provider with the credentials of MSW. This opportunity has helped me learn criteria related to displaying empathy to a client through “expressing lack of awareness regarding the client’s cultural experience” (Chung, 2002, p. 157), through the process related to public transportation in my community.