Countertransference

principles cultural psychiatry. This requires that practitioners learn to be aware of patients' differences in verbal and nonverbal communication to prevent misunderstandings, and that practitioners engage in cultural self-analysis to alleviate countertransference of problems. 2. Mental health professionals should practice taking a thorough patient history, including religious and cultural norms, beliefs, and values, especially when seeing patients whose values and understanding of health are shaped by

Take the self-inventory on managing boundaries in Chapter 9. What are your concerns about managing boundaries with your clients? I feel like my major concern is making sure I maintain boundaries. I know how to do this and what I need to do but I also know that applying it to the field will be different. I do feel as though my training will help me in dealing with these issues but I still worry. I know that once I am out in the field there is a lot of grey areas not everything will be black and

Child Sexual Abuse Sexual abuse to a child at times is confusing to the family. Families who are affected by sexual abuse to a child tend to have a difficult time talking about the abuse. About one out of every four girls and one out of every five boys are sexually abused by the time they are 18 years old. Sexual abuse to children happens across every socioeconomic status, ethnic, cultural, religion and education. Getting treatment for a victim of child sexual abuse is a difficult process

Case Synopsis Linda Carter is an African American female that is twenty-two years of age. Ms. Carter has been diagnosed and suffers from several mental illnesses, such as Schizophrenia, Bi-Polar disorder, Depression, and Anxiety. Ms. Carter also is Intellectually Disabled, and was/is a victim of domestic violence, sexual abuse, and homelessness as a child and adult. Ms. Carter is the third child in a family of five, who parent substance abused. When Ms. Carter was nine years of age when she, and

The next mistake that I believe I may have a problem with is countertransference, which occurs when I project my own unresolved conflicts onto the client. I feel this is a mistake I will possibly make because I felt that was some of the reasons I had problems doing my practice counseling session with my classmate. I believe

The American Medical Association policy regarding euthanasia otherwise known as mercy killing or physician assisted suicide is forbidden. Euthanasia is the administration of a lethal agent by another person to a patient for the purpose of relieving the patient’s intolerable and incurable suffering. For example, there is a patient who is suffering from cancer where dying is inevitable, and nothing can be done except wait in pain. The practice is illegal in most countries. Here in the United States

Antwone Fisher, tells the life of a young, African American naval officer with aggressive tendencies, which lands him in the office of Dr. Davenport, the naval psychiatrist. Across their sessions, Fisher reveals that he was a foster child and was placed into a household where he suffered both physical and sexual abuse from his foster mother and her niece. Their relationship progresses beyond the standard boundaries of therapist and client when Fisher is invited over for the Davenport’s Thanksgiving

Since I was very young my family has always encouraged a typical thin body as the “healthy” body. I remember we had a very traditional family dinner with a meat, carb, and many vegetables, we were not allowed to leave the table until our vegetables and salads were finished. After dinner, we typically took walks around the golf course, played soccer or basketball, or swam. Nothing about this appeared to me at the time as anything different or encouraging to be fit and thin or that it was even becoming

Abstract This essay is on the book Psychoanalytic Ideas and Shakespeare, edited by Inge Wise and Maggie Mills, Published by Karnac Books , London , 2006 ; research and descriptions by numerous authors who wrote on the writing works of Shakespeare, Freud’s work on the psychological works on Shakespeare in general are used throughout the book . The authors focus on psychopathic fiction characters in six plays Hamlet, Macbeth, twilight nights, King Lear, and the Tempest. The book when

Abstract This proposal of a standardized but flexible treatment plan can be used in all aspects of the treatment facility. The plan will include the client’s input but will also include the counselor’s best judgement for treatment. This proposal will show the start of the assessment and end at the after-care component. Treatment Plan Proposal Basics of Proposed Plan: Assessment: Each client who decides to seek treatment will first undergo a thorough assessment. This assessment