School counselors, referred to as “guidance counselors” in the past, help every student improve academic achievement, personal and social development, and career planning. School counselors in the 21st century are highly trained educators in pre-settings who uphold ethical and professional standards to design, implement and manage comprehensive, developmental, results-based school counseling programs that promote and enhance student success.
Improve your understanding of human behavior by learning psychology. Through the study of psychology, students work to understand the complex mental processes that dictate human actions. Along with presenting an interesting academic challenge, psychology has a host of applicable uses. Those who dedicate themselves to the study of this discipline will find that they are able to apply their understanding of human behavior to numerous situations and use their knowledge in their everyday life.
1. Address the Behavior (motivational interviewing)
-Explore desire to stop drinking/using vs perceived benefits of ongoing use -Gentle confrontation with education (risks to health) / therapeutic alliance -Involve family and friends for support -Educate pt regarding substance dep & need for rehabilitation plan
2. Treat the Medical Complications -Detoxification- oupt, "social detoxification" program, inpt with close medical care -Address associated medical complications: dehydration, malnutrition, DT's, seizures, pneumonia, cardiomyopathy, etc
OPTIONS WHERE TO TREAT
Hospitalization- -Due to drug OD, risk of severe withdrawal, medical comorbidities, requires restricted access to drugs, psychiatric illness with suicidal ideation Residential treatment unit -Do not require intensive medical / psychiatric monitoring -Require a restricted environment -Partial hospitalization -Step down unit Oupt Program -No risk of med/ psych morbidity/ highly motivated pt
3. Address Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions 50% pf people with SRD have another mental disorder 4. Address Internal & External Reinforcers Group, individual, family therapy/ educations counseling, AA
5. Treatment in the Ambulatory Setting & Relapse Prevention Modify persistent/ habitual behaviors Intensity of therapy is important Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Relapse prevention model- education and dev. of skills Motivation enhancement therapy "Client centered"- focus on benefits of stopping vs benefits of ongoing use Group therapy Gain support from others with similar difficulties Improve communication skills Family therapy Family support/ address "enabling behaviors" Self Help Groups 12 step approach/AA/ Rational recovery
Sometime the society can not see the importance of counselor and take them as useless but when it come to the issue of problem is where the importance of counselor is seen...Sometime people loose hope and direction of life and they don't know where they can get solution and do you know where is to a counselor like you or me.Therefore your the important person though society especially Tanzanian society don't know your value....
how we can help students facing the following problem in counseling.(choose one)
1. • problems with anxiety and stress; social anxiety; 2. • depression; loneliness; 3. • adjusting to a new culture; homesickness; 4. • problems with family, friends or intimate relationships; 5. • sexuality; 6. • sexual problems; 7. • bereavement and loss; 8. • study problems, including difficulties with writing, speaking and putting things off (procrastination) and perfectionism; 9. • racism and harassment; 10. • sexual abuse; coping with trauma; sexual harassment; 11. • sexual assault 12. • disability; 13. • feeling suicidal; 14. • eating disorders; 15. • addictions, including alcohol, drugs and gambling
KALINGA PETER- TEKU/BEDCP/10151. A person with addiction like alcohol can be helped by that factors but also through the provision of community counseling and its models of community counseling .
is it real
ReplyDeleteSchool counselors, referred to as “guidance counselors” in the past, help every student
ReplyDeleteimprove academic achievement, personal and social development, and career planning. School counselors in the 21st century are highly trained educators in pre-settings
who uphold ethical and professional standards to design, implement
and manage comprehensive, developmental, results-based school counseling programs that promote and enhance student success.
What Are the Benefits of Learning Psychology?
ReplyDeleteImprove your understanding of human behavior by learning psychology. Through the study of psychology, students work to understand the complex mental processes that dictate human actions. Along with presenting an interesting academic challenge, psychology has a host of applicable uses. Those who dedicate themselves to the study of this discipline will find that they are able to apply their understanding of human behavior to numerous situations and use their knowledge in their everyday life.
apart from what you mentioned above psychology helps us to modify behaviors,specifically maladaptive behaviors.
DeleteTREATMENT FOR SUBSITANCE RELATED DISORDERS
ReplyDelete1. Address the Behavior (motivational interviewing)
-Explore desire to stop drinking/using vs perceived benefits of ongoing use
-Gentle confrontation with education (risks to health) / therapeutic alliance
-Involve family and friends for support
-Educate pt regarding substance dep & need for rehabilitation plan
2. Treat the Medical Complications
-Detoxification- oupt, "social detoxification" program, inpt with close medical care
-Address associated medical complications: dehydration, malnutrition, DT's, seizures, pneumonia, cardiomyopathy, etc
OPTIONS WHERE TO TREAT
Hospitalization-
-Due to drug OD, risk of severe withdrawal, medical comorbidities, requires restricted access to drugs, psychiatric illness with suicidal ideation
Residential treatment unit
-Do not require intensive medical / psychiatric monitoring
-Require a restricted environment
-Partial hospitalization
-Step down unit
Oupt Program -No risk of med/ psych morbidity/ highly motivated pt
3. Address Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions
50% pf people with SRD have another mental disorder
4. Address Internal & External Reinforcers Group, individual, family therapy/ educations counseling, AA
5. Treatment in the Ambulatory Setting & Relapse Prevention
Modify persistent/ habitual behaviors
Intensity of therapy is important
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Relapse prevention model- education and dev. of skills
Motivation enhancement therapy
"Client centered"- focus on benefits of stopping vs benefits of ongoing use
Group therapy
Gain support from others with similar difficulties
Improve communication skills
Family therapy
Family support/ address "enabling behaviors"
Self Help Groups
12 step approach/AA/ Rational recovery
Sometime the society can not see the importance of counselor and take them as useless but when it come to the issue of problem is where the importance of counselor is seen...Sometime people loose hope and direction of life and they don't know where they can get solution and do you know where is to a counselor like you or me.Therefore your the important person though society especially Tanzanian society don't know your value....
ReplyDeleteyes ezekiel your right.
ReplyDeletewishing you all the best in your preparations for exams.......!!!!!!
ReplyDeletehow we can help students facing the following problem in counseling.(choose one)
ReplyDelete1. • problems with anxiety and stress; social anxiety;
2. • depression; loneliness;
3. • adjusting to a new culture; homesickness;
4. • problems with family, friends or intimate relationships;
5. • sexuality;
6. • sexual problems;
7. • bereavement and loss;
8. • study problems, including difficulties with writing, speaking and putting things off (procrastination) and perfectionism;
9. • racism and harassment;
10. • sexual abuse; coping with trauma; sexual harassment;
11. • sexual assault
12. • disability;
13. • feeling suicidal;
14. • eating disorders;
15. • addictions, including alcohol, drugs and gambling
KALINGA PETER- TEKU/BEDCP/10151.
ReplyDeleteA person with addiction like alcohol can be helped by that factors but also through the provision of community counseling and its models of community counseling .