Preferred Counseling Theory

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Several theories have been discussed over the past few weeks in this class and a lot of information has been absorbed that has made me think further in-depth about the theories from Adler, Rogerian, Holistic all the way to Cognitive theories. As a counselor that is seeing clients you must pick a theory to follow when dealing with clients. Counselors usually will have a theory that they prefer over other theories, though I personally feel that as a counselor you should be able to be flexible when dealing with your clients and use more than just one theory. You will come across clients that you will not be able to help under the theory that you prefer to use, so you must be flexible in adjusting to the client needs with thorough knowledge in all theories. The theories that I currently prefer are the family systems approach and solution focused therapy. I want to work with clients in family units from marriage to children so that is why I favor the family systems solutions. I think the family systems approach makes a lot of sense, in the sense that when one client is the "problematic" client it can disrupt the family as a whole. I believe that when dealing with clients you not only need to work on the problematic client but you also need to work on the surrounding factors and family members in order to "fix" the issues. In family therapy you have to pay attention to every thing from who sits next to whom, family balance, roles and communication styles and this challenge also intrigues my interest. I believe that by paying attention to these things sometimes who the family is actually coming in to help or the perceived client with the issue is not always the actual problem. In family therapy you have the chance to make that diagnosis because you have the opportunity to have the family in front of you to observe and assess, when you would normally not have the chance to
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