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Running head: The Role and Life of a Mental Health Counselor The Role and Life of a Mental Health Counselor Mental health counselors provide counseling services for clients that suffer from personal issues (e.g. depression, substance abuse). Mental health counselors are trained to provide psychotherapy, psychological assessments, and diagnosis disorders of a specified population of clients in an individual or group setting, by helping them cope with mental and emotional problems (Erford, 2010). Counselors in the mental health profession are expected to maintain the confidentiality of records relating to the client’s treatment. Mental health professionals practice active listening and encourage the client to express their feelings.
Conceptualisation phase, where the therapist and client establish a relationship before the client is educated about stress and its impacts. The client is then told to view stressful situations as challenges rather than threats. 2. Skills acquisition phase (and rehearsal), in which certain coping skills (depending on the client’s situation) are practised in the clinic, and then adapted to real life situations. For example, relaxation/social support/time management and more are common methods used.
I would do the Beck’s Depression Inventory with her to determine the severity of the problem. I would do a mental exam on her to determine the severity of the Alzheimer’s. - Clinician Characteristics To be best able to work with Mrs. Sanders I would have to show her that I cared, show empathy, as well as a desire to help her. I would have to be able to motivate her and promote her continued independence. I would need to be structured, creative, and positive to help her find ways to deal with the Alzheimer’s.
The treatment center in San Marcos, for example, has a staff consisting of child and adolescent psychiatrists, psychologists and neuro-psychologists, family nurse practitioners, physician’s assistant, nurses, and master’s-prepared and licensed clinical therapists, along with volunteers and college students that work there to provide some extra help, support or companionship (SMTC). The mental wellbeing of their patients is the primary concern for San Marcos, along with any treatment facility, but just as any agency there are other factors that are involved that could cause issues such as that of oppression. There is a way of viewing “organizations as multiple oppressions” which indicates that social constructions exclude and discriminate against categories of people (Hutchison Textbook Pg 427-428). As an organization, mental health facilities are prone to multiple oppressions among staff and patients. Just as any type of illness or disease, mental illness does not discriminate.
Which of the research methodologies from the textbook would you choose to conduct your proposed study? I would choose Clinical psychologist they help people with psychological disorders adjust to the demands of life. The clinical psychologists evaluate problems such as anxiety and depression through interviews and psychological tests. They help clients resolve problems and change self-defeating behaviors. A.
Finally, hospitalization may be needed. Hospitalization is recommended when an individual has severe symptoms of antisocial personality disorder. This type of care is recommended when an individual cannot fully take care of themselves, or the individual is in danger of harming themselves or someone else. Some of the psychiatric options for hospitalization include 24-hour inpatient care, partial or day hospitalization, or in house treatment. In house treatment is where residents are offered a supportive place to live.
EVALUATE THE CLAIM THAT PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY OFFERS THE THERAPIST ALL THAT HE/SHE WILL NEED TO TREAT CLIENTS I, Introduction of the Person-Centered Therapy, the characteristics of Carl Rogers' counselling method II, The practice of that and some results III, Its critics IV, My opinion about whether this method offers the therapist all that is needed to treat clients I, What 'Person-Centered Therapy' means Person-Centered Therapy is a humanistic approach of counselling with the concept that clients are the ultimate agents of self-change of their lives. This theory emphasizes the importance of the therapeutic relationship as one built on unconditional positive regard and accurate empathy, focused on uniquely human issues -with a special regard to the present, 'the Here and Now'-, such as the self, self-actualisation, hope, love, meaning, becoming- that is, a concrete understanding of human existence. This psychological method differed from those generally used that time such as behaviorism -Pavlov's conditioned reflex- and psychoanalysis- Freud's psychoanalysis. The 'father' of the Person-Centered Therapy was Carl Rogers (and other psychologists i. e. Abraham Maslow) in America in the middle of the 20th century. He professed that clients (all individual) has the internal resources they need for growth, and they are their own best authority on their own experience , therefore fully capable of fulfilling their own potential for growth.
This act allows the detention of such a person in a facility with or without their consent. In the legislation there are specific provisions that identify the types of help that those admitted under this act will receive. In section 2 of the Act it specifies that a person can be admitted to hospital for an assessment of their mental health and receive any necessary treatment. Assessment covers if you suffer from a mental disorder, type of mental disorder or how you might respond to treatment. In section 3 of the Mental Health Act a person can be admitted to hospital for treatment for health reasons, which include for their safety or for the protection of other people.
It takes into account not only the physical health of the patient, but also the patient’s perception of self and his or her ability to function in the community. The psychosocial assessment is used to create a comprehensive picture in order to map out treatment and nursing goals and to have accurate data on the patient’s psychosocial and mental status. Usually it takes the form of a series of questions asked by the health care professionals. Examination of Mental Status Objectives: 1) Define: Mental Status ,Orientation, Level of Consciousness, Memory, Lethargic, Stuporous, Comatose, Glasgow Coma Scale, Stressors, and Abstract Reasoning. 2) State the purpose for evaluating mental status.