(11) Counselling Psych Flashcards
What does a therapist do?
Regular meetings to work on issues and evaluate progress
What is the current model of counselling psychology?
Based in human sciences with emphasis on experience and development
What are some types of therapy that counsellors might use?
CBT, existential, integrative, psychodynamic, family
How do counsellors understand the client?
Allow client to describe how they experience the world and examine the mind from the inside
In the psychodynamic approach, what is the main focus?
Unconscious processes/mechanisms that underlie motivations
In psychodynamic counselling, what is transference?
Therapist presents scenarios to which the client responds as if they are a past figure and then look at how their patterned thinking emerged
According to CBT, what is cognitive appraisal
Making sense of and thinking about an experience
What is CBT (process not definition)
Changing behaviour to reframe experience in a way that leads to positive change
What does the humanistic approach to counselling focus on
Client is the expert in their own life, expose conditions
Phenomenological
relating to an approach that concentrates on the study of consciousness and direct experience
Humanistic physiology
Humans are unique beings and should be treated as such
Do you need a PhD to be a counsellor?
No only 50% of provinces do
What is the main issue for Canadians wanting to access mental health care?
- Lack of access
- Affordability
what are some values of counselling
Client-centred, holistic approach, while attending to external factors (culture, social etc.)
What did counselling psychology emerge from?
Career counselling and career assessment
What field is counselling expected to merge with
Clinical psychology
What are some current issues in counselling psychology?
Incorporating core values of equity, diversity, and inclusion into clinical practice
True or false, different cultural groups may have different expectations for a counsellor
True
Why is it difficult to teach multicultural competencies
Instructors who belong to minority groups face resistance that white instructors do not
True or false, many counsellors feel un-prepared to offer services to diverse clientele
True
Why do counsellors feel unequipped to provide services for diverse clientele?
Specific cultural topics often lacked depth or weren’t addressed, many minority counselling strategies taught as electives, courses designed to teach white students to be racially sensitive
Eliminating false dichotomies
Every client has a cultural identity and multiple intersecting identities
Decolonization
Education on history of psychological marginalization in Canada and break free of individualistic perspectives
Utilizing nontraditional approaches to improve multiculturalism
intra- and interpersonal openness to
acknowledge onself as an embedded cultural being, and maintain a genuine
curiousity that works against our own assumptions/biases
3 aspects of culture-infused counselling
- Agreement on goals to be addressed
- Agreement on tasks each person will fulfill
- Mutual trust and respect as foundation for facilitating goals/tasks
What is case formulation?
Client and clinician work to explain issues client is having and create hypothesis about underlying mechanisms
Is there variability in what’s included in case formulation?
Yes, depends on modality, client, clinician
What is the DSM-5-TR cultural formulation interview for?
Used in IA of individuals at any age in any setting regardless of cultural background of client or clinician
