I have also outlined some of the key concepts and techniques employed when using C.B.T., its educational nature and its strengths and limitations. “If we wish to change the sentiments, it is necessary before all to modify the idea which has produced (them), and to recognise either that it is not correct in itself or that it does not touch our interests. – Paul Dubois”. (Beck 1976, page 213). PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES & KEY CONCEPTS Aaron T. Beck developed his approach known as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as a result of his work and observations with depressed clients.
These two models are proposed for measurement the victim’s recuperation and adaptive behavior (HI, E.1978). Client-centered approach and existential interventions are design to reduce and minimize symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and reduce psychological distress. Rape trauma is also targeted by these therapies through counseling. It is the goal to explain how these two approaches can change and improve the client’s life. Also, the goal is to help to understand which approach might suit best the client depending on their needs and specific situations.
It is my desire to support clients' efforts to gain insight and identify solutions for their areas of concern and believe that most of the answers lie within. From my perspective, the counselor's role is to create a climate in which clients can examine their thoughts, feelings, and actions and eventually arrive at solutions that are best for them. As a counselor, it is important to be non-judgmental, when counseling or helping another person, regardless of how open-minded I may consider myself to be. Personality attributes of professional counselors has a great impact in the counseling process. Being nonjudgmental and accepting are important attributes in any of the helping professions.
Drug Addiction in Adolescence Abstract “Drug addiction is a dependence on an illegal drug or medication” (Merriam-Webster’s, 2000). Once one was addicted, it becomes the focus in that individual's life. The purpose for this paper was to learn and understand the positive and negative outcomes involving drug addiction in the lives of adolescence. Drug addiction in Adolescence was a continuing problem across the United States. There were many reasons an adolescent will try and even abuse different types of drugs and possibly alcohol; some of them included peer pressure, boredom, and curiosity and/or family problems such as parents going through a divorce.
She starts by defining MI as “a client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence.” She discusses the five general principles of MI: express empathy, develop discrepancy, avoid argumentation, roll with resistance, and support self-efficacy. The author also suggests some specific strategies for building MI: open-ended questions, affirming the positives, using reflective listening, and summarizing (OARS). The author point out that developmental consideration is the key for any therapeutic communication. The author insists that based on the Erikson’s psychosocial development perspective, the use of MI may be particularly beneficial amongst adolescents. Also, according to Piaget’s cognitive developmental point of view, adolescents are in transition from concrete operational to formal operational thinking; which means that adolescents are able to think about their own thinking.
This essay will explore person-centred and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) respectively, it will then discuss some of the ways in which each therapy differs from the other and it will also highlight any parallels. Firstly, the Person-centred approach has been known by many different terms such as client-centred, non-directive and Rogerian, after the founder Carl Rogers (McLeod, 2008). The aim of person-centred counselling is to promote the clients into solving his or her own difficulties, whilst the counsellor takes a non-directive role. This approach to counselling believes that the client is the best authority on his or her own experiences but can only act upon them under the right conditions, (McLeod, 2008). Rogers discovered that for an individual to be able to express themselves fully and to experience therapeutic change, three 'core conditions' must be established within the counselling environment, (McLeod, 2008).
Prevalence and Theory of Juvenile Delinquency among Adolescence Garratt Cyle Briggs American Military University CMRJ206 Jan 21, 2015 “Analyze how prevalent delinency is among adolescents” Until recently delinquent behavior among U.S. adolescent has received a great deal of public attention. Most of the popular adolescent delinquency accounts emphasize serious violent actions such as offenses against individual. Such types of violent actions prompted the U.S. Surgeon General in 1985 to mark violence as a key health problem in the United States (Siegel & Welsh, 2014). Violent behaviors among adolescents are dangerous and can ultimately lead to injury or even death.
He came to the conclusion that the use of direct communication was ineffective. Miller found that if counselors drew out arguments for change from patients that it would be more effective. (Rollnick et al 1999). This observation in turn created a foundation for the research of motivational interviewing which has been found to be very successful. Motivational interviewing is a form of communication used by health professional to try a use patients own motivation to help them change their behavior.
The strength approach emerge by challenging the language and the ideology in mental health practice which focused on the clients’ inabilities and deficits and not on what the clients could do, referring to clients by their diagnose, for example “the schizophrenic” or the maniac-depressive” (Healy, 2005). Berta Capen Reynolds together with Erving Goffman’s work on stigma, labelling and marginalization and Dennis Saleebey work in resilience, played an important part in developing the strengths perspective. According to Saleebey, the key concepts for this theory are assisting
Evaluation of Crisis Counseling Skills and Characteristics The purpose of this assignment is to provide three example of an ineffective crisis technique, explaining how the negative use of them may fail the client. The author will further discuss how using the skills more effectively in a therapy session. The section will provide the authors personal strengths with examples. The next section the author will select two personal crisis skills that she feels needs improvement and why. ACA 2014 According to the American Counseling Association code of ethics the role of therapist under section A.1.a, “the primary responsibility of counselors is to respect the dignity and promote the welfare of clients.