Unit 1 Personal and Professional aspects of counselling Flashcards
Psychiatrists
MD, Major psychological disorders; biopsychological focus; may prescribe medications; clients called patients
Psychologists
PhD, EdD, PsyD Clinical, counseling, and school specialties; counseling psychology
Shares a long history with counselor education but is distinct
Social Workers
MSW, Negotiates social systems and advocates for change; provides social services. understand habitats and niches.
Credentialing counsellors
- Inspection
- Registration
- Certification
- Licensure
Inspection
Process whereby a state agency periodically examines the activities of a profession’s practitioners. Ascertains whether professionals are practicing the profession in a fashion consistent with the public safety, health, and welfare.
Registration
Process whereby practitioners voluntarily submit information to the state concerning the nature of their practice. A way to gain legal recognition for a profession from a state
Certification
Process by which an agency or association grants recognition to an individual for having met certain predetermined professional qualifications. Broader than a state license, not subject to state politics, provides referrals, recognizes counseling specialties
Licensure
Statutory process by which an agency of government, usually a state, grants permission to a person meeting predetermined qualifications to engage in a given occupation and/or use a particular title to perform specified functions. Protects the public from nonqualified mental health practitioners; recognizes a profession and its practices
Attribution and system
Attribution is what the counselor attributes the cause of a client’s problem to. System is unified and organized set of ideas, principles, and behaviors. Systems associated with counseling are concerned with how the counselor approaches clients and are interrelated to attributes and theories. Based on developmental issues and based on the diagnosis of disorders,
Attribution model (Kernes & McWhirter, 2001)
Medical: (Expert) Clients not blamed or held responsible for their problems; downside is
clients may become dependent on counselor
Moral: (Coach, motivator) Held responsible for causing and solving their problems.
Compensatory: (Teacher) seen as only responsible for solving but not causing their problems; partners with counsellors for solutions.
Enlightenment: (Authority figure) Clients held responsible for causing their problems but not solving them.
Systems of counselling
Developmental/wellness vs medical/pathological
Developmental/Wellness approach
To understand if the problem is developmental.
Allen Ivey: Piaget’s cognitive levels + clinical interviews. DCT
Wellness: Resilience, SFT, SIT
Stress of prevention and education.
Medical/pathological approach
Based on DSM and ICD
atheoretical and frames mental disorders as dispositional; social problems arent shown; v severe cases.
common dialogue, check patterns, credibility
Cognitive complexity
the ability to absorb, integrate, and make use of multiple perspectives. proportional to experience and degrees.
How can counsellors stay up to date?
continuing education, advocacy and social justice