Lawrence Crabb claims that the goal of counseling should be psychological and spiritual maturity. Counselors should also seek to assist their clients in reaching their full potential for a life of service. He explains that this accomplished through the counseling relationship. This relationship will vary from client to client. Despite the variations amongst all individuals, Crabb believed that it is important to “abstract a game plan” (Crabb, 1986, p.149) which can be applied to a wide range of situations.
This is showing how important a care plan is so there isn’t a breakdown of communication as you will know the service users needs. Culture and beliefs- The first strategy is acknowledging and admitting the existence of differences between. This mainly includes differences in perceptions, interpretations and evaluations of social situations and people who create and act within them. ‘ These differences than have to be named, described, explained and understood.’ source-www.indianmba.com .Having a good understanding of the belief and culture will help the carer to understand more of what the service user wants. This is a great way to overcome this barrier as the service user will be able to continue with their religion with the health care professional knowing about it.
Each one of these components is synergistic. To focus on the component of the Spirit is to look at what gives patients the will to live or gives purpose and meaning to times of wellness and times of crisis or illness. Harold Koenig is a registered nurse and board certified physician in psychiatry and geriatric medicine. Breakthroughs in research and determination Koenig has brought awareness in addressing the need for a spiritual history and assessment by all disciplines that provide care to patients. Koenig's effective patient advocacy and leadership have brought the spiritual needs of the patient in to the holistic model of nursing care.
These models serves to assist readers in understanding their standpoints, whether for integrating both disciplines, against integrating them, or having a neutral opinion as to being able to integrate theology and psychology. Entwistle clearly shows how the two disciplines; theology and psychology can be integrated and work together towards the
Therapeutic alliance is a variable that needs to be effective in order to have a successful therapeutic outcome. Carl Rogers initiated the role purpose of the therapeutic alliance. Rogers (1965) identified empathy, genuinessness and unconditional positive regard as therapeutic tools during counselling sessions. In order to re-evaluate my skills, I performed a brief counselling session with my client, Mona. I found that using certain skills such as paraphrasing, reflecting feelings, summarising, challenging and asking open questions to explore options were required to form a therapeutic alliance between my client and me.
In reviewing the website ACA website, www.counseling.org, I was able to read what their mission and motivations are. The mission of the American Counseling Association is to enhance the quality of life in society by promoting the development of professional counselors, advancing the counseling profession, and using the profession and practice of counseling to promote respect for human dignity and diversity. As a professional mental health counselor it lists The ACA Code of Ethics and the purpose of these codes, and what each section involves. The ACA Code of Ethics is extremely important to safeguard not only the clients we serve but ourselves as professionals. Section C discusses professional responsibility.
Informed consent is a shared decision-making process in which a practitioner provides adequate information so that a potential client can make an informed decision about participating in the professional relationship” according to (Barnett & Wise, 2007,). The great thing about informed consent is that it gives the client a chance to become involved, educated, and opens up the will of the client to participate in their therapy sessions. Informed consent has many similarities in the code of ethics. In obtaining informed consent for research, counselors must advise client and make sure that the client understands the research. Counselors should respect the need for informed consent regarding the structure and process of counseling.
Ethics in Groups Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to discuss ethical practices in counseling and discuss why one type of therapy may be preferred over another. There are two main types of therapy that will be discussed which are: individual and group. First, there will be a brief introduction about ethical issues and the ACA Code of Ethics; Second there will be a discussion of ethical issues that are unique to both counseling types; Third, there will be a discussion on why a counselor would choose one type of therapy over another and Fourth, I will discuss any ethical challenges that I may face ,my biblical insights along with my personal leadership qualities and conclude with my approach to counseling. . Intro
Change takes one's own initiative, and ideally, support from those around you. I believe in the three major premises of Person-Centered therapy - congruence, empathy and unconditional positive regard. I believe that for therapy to be successful, the therapist must be genuine and sincere with the client and be empathic of his/her feelings as well. Also, the counselor should always treat the client
PRACTICAL APPLICATION 1. Give practical application to Dr. Crabb’s material as relates to the utility for the overall discipline of counseling and the specific potential influence upon your life and ministry. Dr. Crabb’s theory is one that can be of great use to my life and ministry. First, the author gives great information on developing an effective approach to counseling others in a time of need. He makes a wonderful point in establishing the fact that this is not a one size fits all field, but one that should be tailored to your client.