Actuarial vs. Clinical Predictions There are several issues of note in the time-honored debate as to whether it is more effective to employs actuarial or clinical predications for the purpose of assessment. On the one hand, it would appear congruent Continue Reading...
Ethical Implications of Nonmaleficence As a professional counselor, one is in a unique position to influence the mental health and emotional well-being of one's clients. Indeed, the profession places the individual in direct contact with highly vuln Continue Reading...
(Awe, Portman & Garrett, 2005) Mutual empowerment also includes the kind of encouragement and inspiration that is provided by mentors to other counselors. Mentors can have an enormously positive and regenerative effect on professional counselors Continue Reading...
Psychological Test Evaluation: Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) Section 1: General Features a) Title: Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) b) Author(s): Aaron T Beck, Robert A Steer c) Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc. d) Publication Year: 1993 e) Age Range: 17 Continue Reading...
School Counseling - Singapore School Counseling in Singapore In the article entitled, "Training school counselors in Singapore: first impressions of a multicultural challenge," authors Rivera et. al. explored the history and current situation of sc Continue Reading...
These reinforcement strategies could include offering positive response to develop her confidence and creating a schedule that enables her to find time to complete the paperwork on a daily basis. Through the use of focused awareness interviewing tec Continue Reading...
The counselor must move her away from playing the victim. Her situation is extremely unfortunate, but she and her parents must make amends and learn to effectively deal with the situation. Lastly, differentiation of self could prove to be quite usef Continue Reading...
Counseling Theory: Postmodern Approaches Counseling orientation has experienced paradigm shifts over the decades from traditional pioneering theories such as cognitive theory, psychoanalysis, and humanism to the postmodernist theory. The rationale fo Continue Reading...
Diversity as a Barrier to Group Psychotherapy According to the Center for Collegiate Mental Health, the psychopathology of college students, and their demand for counseling services in university college centers (UCCs) has risen substantially over t Continue Reading...
Spiritual Practices Beyond Religion Spirituality in Modern Psychology Spirituality has previously held a very limited role within psychological and counseling strategies within the context of the Western world. In psychology, more traditional metho Continue Reading...
(Reachout Trust, para. 12) Over the past six decades, the MBTI has become very successful worldwide. It is used by a number of educational concerns, non-profit organizations and corporations for a variety of reasons. These include: Careers/Persona Continue Reading...
Psychotherapy Theories and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy The cognitive behavioral and person-centered approaches regarding counseling and psychotherapy come from a much different developmental history and theoretical underpinnings. Cogni Continue Reading...
Ethics of Group Therapy Ethical Concepts Guiding Group Psychiatric Therapy Practice Ethically inclined group psychotherapists use moral codes produced from their professions and from associations dedicated to the furtherance of group psychiatric th Continue Reading...
Carl Rogers' Theory of Personality Compared to Those of Erik Erikson? Over the past century or so, a number of psychological theorists have provided new ways of understanding human development over the lifespan, including Carl Rogers, Erik Erikson Continue Reading...
In other words, counselor skill training may cause some counselors-in-training to become more sensitive to the social appropriateness of their counseling behaviors and effects of their presentation style on the counseling relationship. (Judith Crew Continue Reading...
"The goal is for counselors to be able to move to any state" and yet not face tedious new licensure application processes. The second issue is medical insurance reimbursement: according to the Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy, there Continue Reading...
The embedded traumatic experiences are usually deeply disturbing to the individual and can lead to typical symptoms of PTSD, such as depression, suicidal tendencies and loss of personal motivation. In terms of existential analysis, these traumatic Continue Reading...
(Byrd and Byrd, 1993) The process of healing can be found, for example, in Luke 13:10-17, which refers to a woman who has been crippled for eighteen years. The healing takes place by the laying of hands on the women by Christ. In John 5:1-18 we ha Continue Reading...
Differential Diagnosis The patient has been given a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Major Depressive Disorder. Since depressive symptoms are common in PTSD we would need to consider whether the depression or the PTSD is the pr Continue Reading...
Evaluation of Clinical Assessment InstrumentClinical assessment is a term used to refer to the collection of information and generating conclusions in a clinical setting. When conducting a clinical assessment, clinicians use various methods including Continue Reading...
Consultation and Social Justice Advocacy Similar?: Exploring the Perceptions of Professional Counselors and Counseling Students Are Consultation and Social Justice Advocacy Similar? Are Consultation and Social Justice Advocacy Similar? Exploring t Continue Reading...
Women Depression Women and Depression Depression is among the most studied psychiatric disorders in the world. While it is known that every person will go through periods of mild, short-term depression (following a death, divorce, etc.), there is a Continue Reading...
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a self-reporting inventory developed from Swiss Psychologist Carl Jung's theory of psychological types and functions by Katharine Briggs and her daughter Isabel Myers. The MBTI instrument has become the largest p Continue Reading...
Integrative Approach to Counseling The theories that the author will compare and contrast within this document include gestalt theory, choice theory and its practical application, reality therapy, and psychoanalytic therapy. There are definite poin Continue Reading...
NCFR The National Council on Family Relations places a high degree of emphasis on the development of quality policy and programs. Methodical and research-based program development in particularly important, evidenced by the tenth major content area Continue Reading...
Ethics To efficiently exercise ethical group therapy a therapist should internalize the morals, values, and behavioral make-up of each person within the group. Whereas group therapy has the tendency to attend to interactional and interpersonal, spe Continue Reading...
According to Robertson "Traditional counseling requires men to set aside much of their masculine socialization simply to get through the door and ask for help" (Robertson in McCarthy & Holliday, 2004). In a male counselor - male client arrangeme Continue Reading...
The primary objectives of the training seminar are as follows: To assist the trainee in developing a content knowledge base of counseling theory, research and practice from a multicultural point-of-view. To assist the trainee in defining their pro Continue Reading...
INTERNSHIP GOALSInternship GoalsFrom the onset, it would be prudent to note that from a general perspective, I am happy with the progression of my goals. This is particularly the case on the engagement and accountability fronts. In as far as engageme Continue Reading...
Traumatic Stress While on Duty and PTSD Literature Review There is some connection between traumatic stress for officers on duty and the development of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, as Chopko, Palmieri and Adams (2018) show in their Continue Reading...
In certain countries, an effective supervisor possesses basic teaching skills, facilitation skills, negotiation and assertiveness skills, counseling and appraisal skills, mentoring skills, and knowledge of learning resources and certification requir Continue Reading...
These have been collected in six volumes of research papers, of which over 150 are reprinted from scientific journals" (Scientific Research on Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme: Collected Papers) Methodology: This sectio Continue Reading...
Beyond the ability of the individual to carry out daily activities, there is the issue of quality of life. So a person who can get up and go to work but finds no pleasure in normal activities is someone whose symptoms still merit concern from the me Continue Reading...
This 14-year-old male is currently in the ninth grade. In the demographic portion of the test, he identifies "restless/bored" as the problem that is troubling him the most. A tendency toward avoiding self-disclosure is evident in this adolescent's r Continue Reading...
Freud and Society Sigmund Freud has had a profound influence on our understanding of contemporary society. It can be argued that Freud's theories and insights have also had a direct effect on shaping modern society itself and determining the way we Continue Reading...
Behavioral, Social-Cognitive, and Humanistic Personality TheoriesMatrixPersonality TheoriesCriterion How does each theory:Define personality and how personalities developExplain intelligence and creativityContribute to your personal and professional Continue Reading...
Student Development Plan (SDP) OutcomesThe School of Counseling identifies ten (10) Key Professional Dispositions that students most suitable for the profession consistently demonstrate (Bogo et al., 2007): Engagement, Accountability, Relationships, Continue Reading...
