Chicago Ceremony-Personal Narrative

I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying this weather! It has been a busy month at our Lodge and I hope that everyone was able to make at least one of our events. The Blues show had a record attendance and the music was amazing. The Drill team’s St. Patrickson’s Dinner/Dance was also a success. The food, hospitality, and music was great! Thank you Drill team! And finally on Sunday we continued the St. Patrick’s celebration with the parade and potluck. There was a great turnout and the weather was great. These events keep us alive, so if you have ideas or can volunteer, please let us know.

In After the Tears, there are a few quotes from parents about professionals. In these quotes parents express their dissatisfaction with therapists and other professionals not listening to their input and treatment. This is not the type of notions I want to take with me when I begin practice. As a therapist, I want to be able to take the pressure off of parents that are therapist, so that they can be a parent at that moment, and leave their professional job behind; effectively listen to parents’ concerns; be an advocate for the individuals and the families that I serve; and, most importantly, I want to be honest during the

New Haven, Connecticut is a paradise. When describing the city, I’m conflicted as to which to praise first: the blizzards that pummel the population or the crime updates that illuminate my phone like muzzle flash. Perhaps neither can hold a torch to the daily berating I enjoy for not “Feeling the Bern.” Being a rural, conservative Floridian, I starve for a safe space from New England’s luxuries. Luckily, at 34 Lynwood Place lay a feast for my soul: the Conservative Party’s William F. Buckley Jr. Memorial Debate Hall.

It is essential to work with the parents or guardians of the minor child to have the greatest success in counseling. Educating and bringing awareness to the minor child and their parents/guardians about confidentiality is key. The counselor should state clear and precise roles each the counselor, parent, and child plays in the therapeutic process (Herlihy & Corey, 2015). Counselor can be guided through this process by using the ACA Code of Ethics Standard A.2.d, which states the counselor acknowledges the need to balance between the parent/guardian and the minor child. A counselor acknowledges this code with respect for Standard B.5.d, which states a counselor respects inherent rights and responsibilities of the parent/guardian over the welfare of the minor client (Remley & Herlihy, 2014). It is necessary for counselors to encourage open communication with parents/guardians. The counselor is responsible for educating families as well as themselves on basic rights in the state they are practicing (Diaz et al.,

It is ultimately the counselor’s responsibility to determine the appropriate response for individual students who put their trust in the security of the counseling relationship. Have you ever had to break the confidence of a student who begged you not to tell his or her parents?

It would be important for the therapist to see the parents apart from the child. The therapist can teach the parents how to interact with their children. If a parent is in some stressful situations, the therapist can teach the parents some ways to work on those issues. For example: the parent can have an insecure attachment. Personal story: My mother was abused as a child. Her father would beat her. She grew up with an insecure attachment. My mother did not know how to love and nurture her children. This learner has a bit of an insecure attachment. It would have been helpful for my family to work on their attachment style. To this day, this learner tends not to go towards to relationships. Saying this, my parents should have went to counseling to work on my mother’s emotional issues, and abuse issues. That would have helped my brother and I have greater relationships. Therapists could have helped my mother to recognize their triggers to control their emotional responses to the situations that the family has been

The inability of a child to give permission to participate in treatment without adult consent develops confusion in regard to boundaries of confidentiality. Parents who give permission for their child to take part in treatment are not automatically granted access to the communication that transpires during sessions. The relavence of information said in confidence should be taken into consideration by the professional. If the professional belives the information should be shared with the child’s guardian, the professional should allow the child an opportunity to inform hir or her parents as a gesture of respectful. Different states have different statutes in regard to legal obligations, however, in regards to child neglect or abuse concerns, all states have mandated reporting regulations (Philllips, n.d.).

The presenting problem is parental relational problems for a variety of reasons Involved in this is they lost their son/brother 10 months ago. The model approach for this mother and child is person-centered therapy. I have provided both of the clients with congruence by being relatable and transparent through their situation. I have been using unconditional positive regard towards acceptance of their current situation and their feelings without imposing any judgements. I am also demonstrating a tremendous amount of empathy with the clients. One of my strongest skills that I have been told by my fellow professors and colleagues is that I empathize and join well with the client. Therefore, I use this to my advantage and have seen it help in

Analysts are under legitimate commitment to report youngster ill-use and/or disregard. They must contact different experts to ensure a customer from this misuse. For instance, on the off chance that they know a kid is constantly sexually mishandled, they are obliged to call the Child Protection Services and police to ensure the individual from more damage (Principle A: Beneficence and Nonmaleficence). Furthermore, therapists have the capacity unveil private data if the revelation is for a legitimate reason, for example, dangers of suicide or wanting to damage others (Fisher, 2009). Clinicians have an obligation to caution a potential victimized person that their customer has undermined some manifestation of mischief. It is misdirecting to a customer if an analyst doesn't examine standard 4.02 concerning the breaking points to the confidentiality contract. As it were, it is deceiving if a clinician does not tell the customer that there are sure impediments to the things they are permitted to keep secret (Fisher, 2009). It is paramount at the first session to tell the customer that the things the analyst lets them know are classified. Then again, if the customer lets them know they are self-destructive, wanting to damage another person, or issues of youngster misuse, the therapist is commanded to report

We are gathered here today to honor the life of Mrs. Cat, my mom. As the only daughter that she had, I am here to deliver the eulogy.

I agree, confidentiality is extremely important for group therapy to work. According to Corey, Corey, & Corey (2010), “one of the keystone conditions for effective group work is confidentiality (79). Breaking confidentiality of a client can be extremely harmful for the client. When working with young people confidentiality becomes very essential. . “Minors have a greater dependency of trust and value the faithfulness of the clinician’s agreement to maintain their privacy than adults” (Blunt, 2006). By building confidentiality a counselor is able to build trust with a client, thus the client is able to tell the counselor his/her issues. Trust is needed in order for therapy to work; however we have to tell the client of limitations that

i am so excited to have an opportunity to begin again. After many, many years being out of school I am full of various emotional reservations and to some point Skepticism of future outcomes However, I am not crippled by these emotions but are looking forward to gaining new skills and knowlege that will allow me to accomplished my goal to become a Professional Counselor. Any goal is attainalbe but it is its process that makes the goal more

One situation from my practicum experience that I have been challenged to think from an ethical and legal perspective was when to contact a parent. During a session, a female, fifth-grade, student was talking about things that needed further clarification such as if she has contact with her mother because she has been expressing the need to talk to her mother and see her that it has been distracting the student in class. It was unclear if the student has visitation with the mother because she stated that she has not seen her mother in a while but has to go to the YMCA for visitation. The concern in reaching out the father to clarify information is that the student’s father in a previous meeting with the student’s teacher and counselor had expressed his difficulty in being a single father and that he has a hard time parenting and uses marine type tactics and punishment with the child.

Most parents want the best for their children and that would usually include the support and help of any other professionals. This is to ensure that the needs of the children are met and they understand that this may mean that certain information will have to be shared. The only exception to this would be if there was a safeguarding issue and you feel that by sharing information may put the child at greater risk.

I arrived at the meeting at 12:20 p.m. They were sitting down about to get things started. Before the meeting each one of us went around the table to introduce our self and my host teacher let the parent know that I was going to attend the meeting in advance. The parent that attends the meeting was the mother. The people that participant in the meeting was the special education teacher, administrator, Speech-Language Pathologist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, and Physical Therapist. The first thing that the Social worker started talking about was the child health the child did not have any major health problems but there were some things the staff was worry about which were his allergies sometimes act up in class, he has colds, and he is falling asleep in the classroom. He has been receiving Psychology support from Dr. Drew since February of this year. He discusses things that make him angry with Dr. Drew. The social worker said he function on an average level but when you look at his appearance it’s not right. She said when she saw him he had his shoes on the wrong foot. The social worker also have a concern about his appearance she said he has an odor. She also asked if the mother could supervise him when he is taking a bath and when he gets dressed in the morning. She said most of his problems is the adaption functional is talking to other people, ask for information, and asking for help to complete his work. His voice quality is