Running head: COUNSELOR IMPAIRMENT 1
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Running head: COUNSELOR IMPAIRMENT 2
Abstract
As people continue to live in this life, different challenges face them along the path. As a
result, counselors play an essential role in supporting others to obtain effective skills to work out
problems facing them and reduce stress related to the challenges. The counseling team must be
competent, focused, empathetic, understanding, and have the self-knowledge to support the
adequate performance of their roles. Counselor responsibility is connected to pressure necessary
in motivation and generating positive influence to their clients, making the counselor feel burned
out or stressed. During the counseling practices, the counselor experience mental health problems
and trauma, which creates threats to impairment. The counselors practice a critical role in their
customer's life as they effectively empathize with them and support them toward living a
successful life. If the counselor has mental functioning challenges causes impairment that impacts
