Capella Unit 6: Counseling Specializations and Multidisciplinary Teams

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Counseling Specializations and Multidisciplinary Teams

Overview

Counseling professionals from different specializations frequently need to work together to provide effective services to students, families, and individual clients. This assignment asks you to address this need in two parts, using what you have learned in this course so far. In Part 1, focus on theory and concepts, creating your own description and evaluation of your specialization, based on the historical and philosophical development of the counseling profession. In Part 2, apply these ideas to a particular case situation, focusing on how a professional in your specialization might collaborate with professionals in other specializations to help meet the needs of the client.

Directions

Part 1

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.
  • SafeAssign: Submit a draft of your assignment to SafeAssign for review of proper citations and references. Then make necessary revisions before submitting your assignment for grading. Refer to the SafeAssign resources for guidance in accessing your feedback from SafeAssign, interpreting your report, and improving your writing and citations for your assignment.

Once the paper is finalized and all edits have been made, submit your assignment for grading. Use the following file naming format: Your_Name_AssignmentNumber_AssignmentTitle (example: Ima_Learner_u06a1_CounselingSpecializations).

Resources

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Running head: [BRIEF VERSION OF THE TITLE, ALL CAPS] Example Title: Unit 6: Counseling Specializations and Multidisciplinary Teams Learner Name COURSE NUMBER – NAME Instructor Name Date 1 [BRIEF VERSION OF THE TITLE, ALL CAPS] 2 Counseling Specializations and Multidisciplinary Teams Start writing your introduction here (1–2 paragraphs). An effective introduction prepares the reader by identifying the purpose of the paper and providing the organization of the paper. Please double-space and remember to indent all paragraphs throughout your paper (not block form!). Aim to keep your writing objective by using the third person. Unless required for the specific assignment, please do not include a Table of Contents, as it is not APA style. Review paper guidelines on page requirements and number of sources required (if provided). Unless citing a classic work, aim to cite research articles and texts published within the past five years. Please use headings throughout your paper that are consistent with the paper’s scoring guide (that way you ensure you are adequately addressing all required areas). Remember to double space between sentences. When you finish writing your paper, re-read it to check for errors and make sure your ideas flow well. A helpful tip is to read your paper aloud to yourself. If it does not sound right to your ear—it is not working on paper! Submit your papers to SafeAssign (link in the course) to check for plagiarism. Also, remember as a Capella learner you have FREE access through Campus to personal tutoring services with Smarthinking.com. DO NOT USE A WEB SITE TO COMPLETE THIS PAPER, USE ARTICLES FOUND IN THE CAPELLA LIBRARY. Impact of a Wellness Model Explain how a particular wellness model impacts the way in which counselors view clients and their concerns, and identify the specific information about clients that must be gathered to effectively use that model. You must have references to the literature to support this information including one chosen model. The discussion should be a minimum of 3–5 sentences and should include at least one citation from your readings, applied in APA style. [BRIEF VERSION OF THE TITLE, ALL CAPS] 3 Historical Perspective of Key Philosophies In this section, provide a brief historical perspective of the counseling profession focused on the key philosophies of wellness, resilience, and prevention, identifying the assumptions on which the profession is based. You must have references to the literature. Consider the link between these three tenants and the overall purpose of integrating them with clients. The discussion should be a minimum of 3–5 sentences and should include at least one citation from your readings, applied in APA style. Key Concepts of Preferred Specialization Explain the development of your preferred counseling specialization, identifying key concepts which gave rise to that specialization. Consider one’s specialization such as addictions, MFT, MHC or school. The discussion should be a minimum of 3–5 sentences and should include at least one citation from your readings, applied in APA style. Key Concepts of another Specialization Explain the development of another specialization that might work well in collaboration with your own specialization, identifying the areas in which each specialization fills gaps in the other. For example, if you are in MFT, consider MHC or school and the development of that specialization. The discussion should be a minimum of 3–5 sentences and should include at least one citation from your readings, applied in APA style. Collaboration between Specializations In this section, analyze how professionals from the two identified specializations might collaborate to benefit a particular client, identifying the value each professional provides for that client. This is reflective based upon the knowledge that was discussed regarding preferred and additional specialization. Insight on the topic and examples of the value of working together for [BRIEF VERSION OF THE TITLE, ALL CAPS] 4 the benefit of the client chosen would be beneficial. The discussion should be a minimum of 3–5 sentences. Team Member Collaboration and Communication Describe practices for ensuring effective collaboration and communication between team members and agencies working together to serve the needs of a particular client, suggesting criteria that could be used to evaluate the benefits of the collaboration for that client. Utilize textbook reading and course articles to explore this topic and provide examples of how members would collaborate to serve the client. The discussion should be a minimum of 3–5 sentences and should include at least one citation from your readings, applied in APA style. Conclusion Please provide a conclusion that summarizes the main ideas of your paper. [BRIEF VERSION OF THE TITLE, ALL CAPS] 5 References (example) American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. Gladding, S. T., & Newsome, D. W. (2010). Clinical mental health counseling in community and agency settings (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill. NOTE: Consult your APA manual for proper examples on citing and referencing APA style. The Capella Writing Center also has helpful tutorials. Below is a list of common errors; please pay particular attention to: • Indenting. • Use of upper and lower case. • Italics. • Use of double-spacing. • Comma/period placement.
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Running head: COUNSELING SPECIALIZATIONS

Counseling Specializations and Multidisciplinary Teams
Student’s Name
Name of Course
Instructor’s Name

COUNSELING SPECIALIZATIONS

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Counseling Specializations and Multidisciplinary Teams
This paper focuses on addressing the history of counseling specifically through
examining the philosophies of the counseling profession that include resilience, prevention, and
wellness of an individual. The two professions to focus on include school counseling and mental
health counseling where guidelines will be developed by the school counselor and the mental
health counselor on how to help Ashley be able to manage her situation.
Impact of a Wellness Model
Researchers indicate that counseling began in the late 1890s where it was considered
advice to individuals. Later counseling was developed after the Industrial Revolution with an aim
of helping those who were affected. During this time counseling provided a major change on
how individuals viewed others and even themselves. At this point, the counselors were able to
identify themselves as teachers and advocates whose main work was to teach people about
themselves and develop moral values through evaluating intra and interpersonal connections
(Fullen, 2016). In this case, a holistic model of wellness e...


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