Counseling

  

Evaluate the role of your specialization within the field of counseling, beginning with your own description of the field itself, including both the history and the philosophies involved, explaining where your specialization fits, and describing how your specialization might collaborate with one other specialization that you describe. Cite the articles or other sources you use for the basis of your ideas.

In this part, specifically address the following questions:

• How      would you describe the key philosophies of the counseling profession:      wellness, resilience, and prevention? Choose a wellness model, and explain      how that model impacts the way in which counselors view clients and the      concerns brought to counseling, including the kinds of information      counselors need to have about their clients.
• How      have those key philosophies developed? Provide a brief historical      perspective of the counseling profession focused on the key philosophies      of wellness, resilience, and prevention. Include the beliefs and      assumptions that support those philosophies.
• How      did your specialization develop? Identify your preferred counseling      specialization and describe how the specialization emerged or the      profession developed, including the key ideas on which it is based.
• What      other counseling specialization works well in collaboration with your      specialization? Briefly explain the history of how this other      specialization developed, highlighting the ways in which it complements      yours.

Part 2

Now, select one of the following two cases, either Ashley or Paul, as a foundation for illustrating how professionals in different specializations might work together to meet the needs of the client you choose:

Ashley

Ashley, a 12-year-old girl, admits to one of her teachers that she feels very depressed. Her mother has recently remarried, and Ashley is having difficulty adjusting to life with her stepfather and his two children. She is not able to concentrate in class or do her homework.

Paul

Paul, a 32-year-old man, seeks counseling at a community mental health center. He has recently returned from his third deployment to a combat zone. He reports drinking frequently and feeling anxious. Paul's wife has tried to reassure him that everything is fine, but he is reluctant to leave the house and has missed more than a week of work.

For this part, apply what you have learned about counseling and how professionals can work together to explain how you might collaborate with a professional in another specialization to serve the client you chose.

In this part, complete the following:

• Analyze      how professionals from your specialization and from the other      specialization you examined in Part 1 might collaborate to benefit the      person and family in the case study you chose.

 

• Describe       the role and function of each of the professionals involved.
• Identify       the characteristics that make each role unique and make them effective       counselors for this case.
• Assess      how to ensure good collaboration and communication between the      professionals representing the two specializations.

 

• Identify       the type of outside agency that could assist this client to promote       optimal wellness, providing two examples.
• Explain       the standards or criteria that you would use to evaluate the       collaboration.

Review the scoring guide given in the resources to make sure you understand how this assignment will be graded.

Other Requirements

Your paper must meet the following requirements:

• Resources:      Cite at least three resources from the professional literature that you      use as the basis of your ideas for Part 1.
• APA      formatting: Resources and citations must be formatted according to      current APA style.
• Font      and Font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Length      of Paper: Doing a thorough job on this assignment is likely to require      approximately 3–4 typed, double-spaced pages.