The Problem Of The 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.

Mental and behavioral health agencies who service American Indians should employ a culturally relevant approach. Cultural-specificity is essential for understanding beliefs, values, and first language colloquial speech. Cultural-specific assessment information can enhance our understanding of the client’s symptoms and the need for other appropriate evaluation techniques. Client assessment practice within Indian Health Services (IHS) supports multi-culturalism, cultural competence, and sets the precedence for Tribal agencies to follow. Most Tribal Health agencies do follow IHS guidelines. However, most of those

There is a high amount of Co-occurring issues when it comes to Native Americans, they want the treatment they need and are seeking the treatment out, however some of the natives are failing with treatment due to the facilities lack of knowledge of cultural and spiritual preferences. For a native their beliefs and life style is the most important thing

In order to successfully treat the tribes, historical knowledge should be combined with evidence-based practices, science-based medicine and measurement-based care. The 2016 National Tribal Behavioral Health Agenda states that, “scientifically rigorous assessment of efficacy and effectiveness must always be respectful and culturally competent – reflecting each tribal communities’ and their individual members’ concepts of illness and treatment objectives – in order to extend to tribal communities the same entitlement to high-quality, evidence-based practices for which other parts of the United States health system are increasingly held to account.” The American Psychological Association calls for the integration of cultural beliefs, values and preferences in the treatment process, and is considered a good example for integrated behavioral health

Best practices in the development of attitude and skill involves making counselors aware of their possible negative and positive impacts on a culture. Counselors should be sensitive to their own cultural heritage and the complications it might bring to clients. Counselors should manage expectations and understand the limits of their involvement. They must remain nonjudgmental and objective when working with different ethnicities. Counselors’ attitudes should be gracious and understanding to belief systems different from their own.

Generic counseling, outside of the culturally competent scope, is predominately seen as a standard way of practice. According to Sue and Sue (2013), generic counseling practices are closely aligned with majority, or White, mainstream cultural characteristics, attitudes, and beliefs. Furthermore, the generic characteristics of counseling assumes a particular way of being that impacts how culture, class, and language, are viewed; and all of these elements influence methods and practices of psychotherapy (Sue & Sue, 2013). First, generic counseling’s underlying assumption about culture includes the belief that an individual’s social network is comprised of the nuclear family and is centered on the individual (Sue & Sue, 2013); and there is an underlying bias of middle class values. Another characteristic of generic counseling is the

When working with families, and interracial couples, even though we are working with them as a couple, and/or as a family, we need to keep in mind that both individuals have their personal experiences and values according to their very own ethnical and cultural background. It would be extremely important to take the time to identify and explore each of their own traditions, values, and cultural expectations which will allow us to develop a more accurate and effective intervention

As a future social worker, myself and others will need to be aware of the different cultural attitudes and diversity of most and/or every family member we come in contact with. Not to mention, we need to be very knowledgeable of resources and whatever community programs are available. As a matter of fact, this particular group is

The ethical and professional that arise for a counselor are challenging each day in practice. However, in perspective to addressing these issues with families the viewpoints provide a complexity of adverse things to take into consideration such as family system, as they may include multicultural diversity when working, blended, same sex and other cultures. The ability to set attainable goals for everyone within the family may be influenced by other members within the family (Corey, Corey, Corey &Callahan, 2015).

Counselor Concerns: Transference, Countertransference, And Resistance Much of Sigmund Freud’s concepts have been maligned since he first developed and presented them to the world. Some are not perhaps as discussed as the ideas that remain steeped in controversy, nevertheless, many of his concepts are widely accepted, embraced, and in use to this day. Among these (many) concepts, is that of transference and countertransference. While his initial concept of these phenomena has been tweaked in later years, Freud at first believed these to be a hindrance to therapy, but later saw them as a therapeutic tool of value (Storr, 1980, as cited by Pipes & Davenport, 1999). Freud saw the clinical utility in having insight into a client’s unconscious

Beyond the knowledge about the client’s culture, a counselor must be aware of the patterns that influence the client behavior and worldview.

Counselor not only accurately do assessments, but they also case conceptualization, diagnosis and provide treatment. Bias is a serious issue, when cultural differences come into play so the clients as well as the counselor’s worldviews are important factors to consider. When establishing a cultural relevant assessment of client’s symptoms, it is recommended that counselors first collect identifying information (Sue & Sue, 2016). Which involves asking the client for the reason he or she decided to seek counseling. Secondly the counselor may want to ask what do the client think caused the problem and why do the client think the problem started when it did. Finally, I would ask questions like what are the results that the client hope to get from the treatment and what is the clients worst fear concerning the current issue.

Jessica is sixteen years old, and is sent to the school counselor following concerns from her year level coordinator. Jessica is finding it difficult to concentrate in class, is continuously late to school, and often arrives to school disheveled and unkempt. The coordinator is concerned about what may be happening at home with Jessica, and that she may be getting involved in a notoriously bad circle of friends in the area known for drug taking and other delinquent activities. Although reluctant during the first few sessions to disclose anything much, Jessica begins to trust the counselor and opens up about her frequent drug use. She says she used to only smoke marijuana, but that now this had increased to weekly

Every summer for the past five years, Camp Cory has been my easiest hello and my hardest goodbye. Each session contains an exciting experience that keeps me talking about camp until the next summer arrives.

Living in Washington, there are more than twenty recognized American Indian tribes and there are more than five-hundred recognized sovereign American Indian/Alaskan Native tribes (Purnell, 2014, p.48) in the United States. The culture of American Indians/Alaskan Natives is very diverse however, the role of the nurse is consistent when caring for a patient of this heritage. A few examples of how the nurse should act are: “greeting everyone in the room and establishing relationships, taking cues from the patient and not asking direct questions” (Purnell, 2014, p.51) are a few things the nurse should know prior to interacting with patients that are of American Indian/Alaskan Native heritage. Because there are so many tribes, there will be variation in cultural practice however, the nurses’ role remains