A physician has an unenviable position. He is closest to man approaching a god-like stature and when that god stumbles, the consequences can be disastrous. This is even more so in the field of psychiatry where the fact that mental illness exists is not disputed, but the diagnoses and treatment is often suspect. However, despite the demise of 'doctor knows best ', we still need to trust a psychiatrist since diagnosis is based on a patient 's expressed thoughts and overt behaviours rather than solely on biological phenomena. This requires not only that the patient trust the doctor, but even before that, the doctor appreciates and understands the context of those behaviours; behaviours that are influenced by the patient 's environment.
Talsma is not that well-known but within her article you will spot she used reliable information from a doctor who is certified with an M.D and other scholarly articles. This authorizes readers and students to proceed since this establishes it is a trustworthy article. This article talks about the intake of pharmaceuticals for psychological and behavioral disorders has surged in the U.S. It is said this development can be accredited to improved public awareness of mental disorders and the advantages of drug therapy. Talsma pulls out statistics from Dr. Menzina, all throughout her article, and she says that since 2001, 1 out of 5 Americans have got a mental health disorder because of all the medications being put out there.
One professional organization that helps counselors with appropriate ethical approaches in decision making would be The American Counseling Association (ACA). Indeed, the ACA is filled with important ethical principles counselors need to adhere too. One important ethical principle is for counselors to be apprehensive of “Accurate Results”. This section makes sure the counselors are planning, conducting, and reporting research accurately (American Counseling Association, 2014, p. 15). The second ethical principle is “Research Records Custodian”.
Assignment Wk. 7: Interview Subject The purpose of this paper is to introduce the Mental health counselor I have chosen to interview for my final project. In this paper I will include the specialties, the age groups and the modality of clients she services. Further I will explain, why I chose to interview Ms. T Licensed Mental Health Counselor Interviewee
Section 1: Professional Development Plan For most of my life I have been motivated to help people so when I made the decision to continue my education at Walden University, I knew that I was ready for the journey. I am currently seeking a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and I am expected to graduate in the winter of 2025. This paper was written on June 30th, 2023, with the intent of further understanding my motivations for seeking this degree as well as visualizing the type of counselor I want to be in the future. Throughout this paper, I also discuss what is expected of me throughout my degree program, counseling career, and overall professional development.
Christine Belaire, J. Scott Young, and Anastasia Elder’s article, “Inclusion of Religious Behaviors and Attitudes in Counseling: Expectations of Conservative Christians,” issued in the journal for American Counseling Association in 2005, explores what Christian conservatives anticipate from their counselors. Belaire et al. established two descriptions of a counselor, one Christian and the other with unknown religious affiliation. The authors began evaluating their participants, conservative Christians, for their expectations of behaviors and attitudes from their assigned counselor through the Behavior and Attitude Expectancies (BAE), and the Expectations about Counseling: Brief Form scales. Belaire et al.
Counseling Scope of Practice Shana Washington University of Phoenix CCMH 502 Dannette Berksteiner June 6, 2023 Counseling Scope of Practice For the past ten years, I have been working with and advocating for adolescents. With my son recently graduating high school, I have the capacity to focus on my goal of becoming a Licensed Professional Counselor.
A counselors own professional identity is not as easy to define as it differs slightly from person to person. Having a professional identity as a counselor professional means belonging to a community of similarly trained and likeminded professionals, respecting the history of the profession of clinical mental health counseling that has been documented since 1976 and contributing to the future of the profession (Miller & Otis, 2021). Likeminded in this case meaning sharing a similar set of motives, ethical principles and perspective on mental health (Burns
Recovery can look different, depending on who is being asked. As stated in class discussion, "Mental health recovery is a journey of healing and transformation. " Recovery can allow a person to reach self-determination and live a meaningful life based on their choice. Recovery is a collaboration between the client, family members, primary care doctors, and mental health professionals. The recovery model can assist in removing boundaries from recovery that traditional methods, such as the medical model, can otherwise create.
The relevant form of counselling is therapeutic counselling. I understand this to mean the process of listening to a client and offering neutral comment and advice. It does not entail telling a client what the solution is to their issue, the aim is to help guide the client so that they can establish a resolution in their own mind which will help them resolve the issue or help them to see how to achieve their personal aims and goals. Counselling will use tools such as hypnotherapy and coaching in order to help the
Someone does not have to go to therapy and face their problem. Using medication as treatment is a more independent method of treating a mental illness. Additionally, in many cases “most mental illnesses can be diagnosed and treated very effectively”(Lieberman 3). Thanks to new technology there is medication for everyone “about 1 in 5 adults has a mental illness in any given year”(Symptoms and Causes- Mental Illness). Some of these remedies included antidepressants, antipsychotics, anti-anxiety, and mood-stabilizing medication (Diagnosis and
Not only do professionals help those in need, but they help the caretakers by teaching them to care for their loved ones. Notably, the most common types of issues are emotional, behavioral, and mental ailments. Granted, the usefulness of the knowledge about mental health now is great, it has been obtained by vigorous tests and research. Processes most commonly used by clinical psychologist are various tests, written expressions of emotions, and genetic sampling and study. Clinical psychology is useful and a blessing to those who need it most, but much is still to be uncovered and each new day brings possible cures to disease and valuable breakthroughs in the
Research is vital in the field of counseling because it provides with proper data on the impact and effectiveness of counseling. Duffy and Chenail (2008) indicated, that quantitative research has helped counselor in the filed because it provides with values and dominated research can prove that treatment can be effective. Therefore, there has been studies prove
The concept of sexuality is very complex; however, society often looks at it in a very simplistic way. For centuries homosexuality has been a taboo topic, especially because of the lack of information on it. Society has expressed that homosexuality was unnatural and in the mid-1900s the DSM categorized homosexuals as having a psychological condition. The DSM, an abbreviation for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, regarding homosexuality, has attracted controversy and criticism over the years and people who belong to the LGB community have been ridiculed against for something that doesn’t fully relate to them. Homosexuality is not a psychological condition; with research disproving this prior theory, many actions have been
As I learn more about counseling theories, I realize that it is important for a counselor to not act as an expert on a client’s life, rather, this role is solely
