Mental Health Counselor

Personal Statement. My interest Out of all the different types of nursing. I am interested in studying mental health nursing.

The government is helps with funding and regulates what can be used. There has been a lot of criticism that not enough research has been done on program effectiveness when it comes to mental health. Over the decades we have noticed an increased of patients with mental disorders. Newman (1994) writes that until recently, clinical psychologists have tended to ignore and not pursue mental health services research.

Each text contains interest while I read them, they also focused ideas regarding disability but the points that’ll receive attention don’t necessarily relate to each other. In Johanna Hedva’s piece, Sick Woman Theory, she discusses concepts revolving around her chronic illness and the effects of that illness on her life. For Robert McRuer, he wishes to explore ideas that explain the relationship between heterosexuality and able-bodiedness. While each text displays engaging thoughts, this paper will respond to them in different ways. For this response paper, interest lies in adding ideas to the first section of Sick Woman Theory as well as critiquing what McRuer wants to accomplish with his paper.

The process of downloading Skype and initiating a conversation was a new skill I had to learn, and potentially skill I may have to walk a patient through someday soon in order to provide care. This shows nurses need to be open to learn new skills. NUR 529 Health Policy I learned how to be a successful advocate for nurses and our patients. In addition, we must be continually willing learn about new and upcoming health policies. The assignments that highlighted this outcome are Discussion Forum 4 and Writing Assignment 1 Health Policy Legislation.

to interview, was due to the common interest I have with her as a future Mental health counselor. The specialties she works with and the population of clients she serves is exactly where and what I want to do as a mental health counselor. In addition to her specialties, she is an independent counselor, and holds membership with Emotionally Focused Therapy/EFT (smith,2015n.d.). Ms. T currently has an office located at 3307 Duke

The rate of incarcerated Americans has been increasing and with that the gap of health inequalities has also been increasing. Inmates are disproportionately exposed to illnesses and minorities are disproportionately represented in the inmate population. When discussing mass incarceration and it’s consequences Cloud says, “... these consequences have widened the gap in health outcomes along racial and socioeconomic gradients..”(4). It is clear that mass incarceration is an important health challenge but more important is the approach that the United States takes to solving this. In Sick From Freedom, Downs explains how the United States was not prepared for the emancipation of slaves and in that same respect the United States needs to be cautious in the way it attempts to handle mass incarceration.

Consequently,with the decline of Cuban physical health, the mental health of Cubans holds a high risk of also declining. In Lima’s article, she references

In one of the research I found an article by Andrew C. Persch “P4 Medicine and Pediatric Occupational Therapy”, after read this article caught my attention in this field. Pediatric Occupational Therapists always face new challenge and with them arise types of therapy (Persch et al., 2013). In 2004 the medicine adopt a new method of health care that aims to increase wellness from reactive to preventive disease. The meaning of P4 is predictive, personalized, preventive

Failing over and over again repeatedly was another form that was introduced to be a form of suffering. Stonsy believes suffering happens in each century due to society failing to provide equality among every individual and also failing to improve their mistakes. During the sixteenth century, suffering was happening due to people not having enough money and being unable to buy shelter. Society in the sixteenth century failed to help fix these problems and therefore introduced a new form of suffering. In the nineteenth century, economic problems as well as social and political problems started to occur which caused people to experience a different type of suffering by having feelings of stress as well as feelings of anxiety.

It causes tremendous moral, cultural, and economic suffering to a country. This can happen in government agencies, organizations and corporations that create public essential services like health care, education and housing. For example, as stated by Dr. Poussaint, a well-known author, psychiatrist and educator of America, “Blacks that visited health care facilities were not given the same quality of care as whites. Some black patients were allowed to die, children were neglected, and women often had their babies in trucks on the side of the road.” An online journal says, “Black people usually have less access to and are less likely to receive needed care, and the care they ultimately receive is often of poor quality.

(1-2 sentences) Is due to disparities in high healthcare cost, uneven distribution of resources, inequality of wealth and income. 6. A primary goal of the ACA was to improve access to health care. But affordability remains the problem. Why?

Most Significant Reason a Mental Health Counselor Uses Theory As a Mental Health Counselor it is very important to used theory because it is create a foundation of what the therapy service would consist of. It create a structure of what will be discuss and how the counseling sessions can assist the client to “ accomplish their goals”(Levitt, Darnell, Erford & Vernon, 2014, p. 115). A mental health counselor having a theory before they start the counseling session can help them to provide the proper treatment plan to each client independently instead of as a whole. The therapy should be based on the person needs and not as everybody having the same needs Theory are usually group together based on characterstic they share

I enjoy helping the people I care about. When they have problems, they always come to me. I started to watch a show that my mother watched. As I was watching, a woman was helping a man who was suicidal and had mental issues. I wondered if I could be as good of a counselor as she.

Career Narrative: Psychiatrist When it comes to the work force, we have many choices of what we can do, but, it is up to us to figure out what we want to do for the rest of our lives. My career goal is to become an Adult Psychiatrist, I want to be an Adult Psychiatrist because I would like to help people who cannot help themselves. I believe I would be a good fit for this position because I feel I that I have quite a few of the characteristics necessary to help people who need it the most. I would work to get the patient back into the world and to be a fully-functioning member of society. I would likely work at a psychiatric hospital because the people there would need the help the most, due to either being forced to be there, or they are

.Library technicians are becoming extinct mainly because people are less likely to go to public libraries due to cellular devices. People use their cellular devices for access to internet they don’t even need wifi because of data usage. There are apps that people can download to access to read books. Social work is a lot more popular than a library technician in today’s society and generation of people.