orientation: counseling specializations and other mental health practitioners

Question 1

certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC)

Answer 1

Professionals who seek to help individuals with disabilities work through personal and vocational issues they may encounter as a result of impairment.

Question 2

CRCC

Answer 2

Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC): A nonprofit organization that was formed in 1974 to certify rehabilitation counselors who meet particular professional standards and have achieved adequate education and work experience related to rehabilitation. CRCC is the equivalent of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) for rehabilitation counselors seeking certification.

Question 3

7 Types of Mental Health practitioners

Answer 3

counselors 
	marriage and family therapists.
	social workers,  
	psychologists, 
	psychiatrists, 
	psychiatric nurses, 
        psychoanalysts,

Question 4

3 Counselor Supervision Models

Answer 4

• theory-based models of supervision
  
  • developmental supervision approaches
  • discrimination model

Question 5

counselor supervisors

Answer 5

Experienced professional counselors who provide training to novice counselors. Counselor supervisors promote the improvement of supervisee clinical skills and facilitate the novice counselor’s professional development. Counselor supervisors are legally and ethically responsible for the well-being of their supervisees and the clients served by their supervisees.

Question 6

theory-based models of supervision

Answer 6

extends counseling theory to the supervision relationship

Question 7

developmental supervision approaches

Answer 7

Approaches that emphasize counselor-trainees’ progress through a series of stages as they become more experienced, competent, and independent.

Question 8

discrimination model

Answer 8

A supervision model that requires the supervisor to be aware of the supervisee’s intervention, conceptualization, and personalization skills and address supervisee needs by adopting the role of either teacher, counselor, or consultant as needed

Question 9

live observation

Answer 9

Occurs when supervisors meet privately with supervisees to discuss particular cases, meet with supervisees in a group format, watch videotapes of supervisee counseling sessions, and actually sit in during a supervisee session with a client.

Question 10

mental health practitioner

Answer 10

A person trained to treat individuals with mental health issues and mental illnesses.

Question 11

Professional Counselor

Answer 11

A professional who works with individuals and families to overcome developmental and unexpected life changes to facilitate client wellness and personal growth. Specifically, professional counselors work to prevent psychological problems and promote healthy human development