The textbook and the readings for this first topic begin to describe some of the key elements for a successful therapeutic relationship.Write a 1,200-1,500-word essay that describes the characteristics and roles you hope to embody as a counselor and the counselor dispositions that you want to bring with you. You may write in the first person for this assignment. Include the following in your paper:Your role as the therapist in the counseling process within community and private mental health systemsRefer to the Counselor Dispositions. Which of these dispositions will you incorporate into the counseling relationship and how?Counseling skills you plan to practice for building rapport with clientsStrategies to advocate for persons with mental health issuesPrepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.This assignment meets the following CACREP Standards:2.F.5.f. Counselor characteristics and behaviors that influence the counseling process.2.F.5.g. Essential interviewing, counseling, and case conceptualization skills.5.C.3.d. Strategies for interfacing with integrated behavioral health care professionals.5.C.3.e. Strategies to advocate for persons with mental health issues.Counselor Dispositional Expectations Dispositions are the values, commitments, and professional ethics that influence behaviors toward others, and, if sincerely held, dispositions lead to actions and patterns of professional conduct. The Grand Canyon University Counseling Program’s dispositions adhere to the University’s mission statement, as well as to the established counseling profession codes of ethics. The Grand Canyon University Counseling Program have adopted the following dispositions for its students derived from the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics. Although these dispositions are not all inclusive, they do represent values and qualities that are warranted by counseling students. Students who fail to adhere to or demonstrate such dispositions may be subject to disciplinary actions. Psychological Fitness: Counselors* are aware and assess their motives for pursuing the counseling profession. They are aware of their unfinished emotional and/or mental health issues, and resolve them before starting to provide counseling services to others. Counselors engage in self-care and seek resolutions to issues that arise during their practice. Counselors adhere to the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and/or the NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals Code of Ethics. Self-Awareness: Counselors are aware of their personal moral, ethical, and value systems and provide counseling services with objectivity, justice, fidelity, veracity, and benevolence. Counselors are acutely aware of their personal limitations in providing services, and are willing to refer clients to another provider when necessary. Cultural Diversity: Counselors respect, engage, honor, and embrace diversity and a multicultural approach that supports the worth, dignity, potential, and uniqueness of people within their social and cultural context. Counselors promote self-advocacy and assist clients in advocating for empowerment within their cultural context. Acceptance: Counselors foster a healthy climate of change by providing and promoting acceptance, and a nonjudgmental environment during the therapeutic process. They understand their personal value system and do not impose their values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors on their clients. Empathy: Counselors foster understanding, compassion, and avoid any actions that can cause harm to a client. Counselors treat others with dignity and respect. Genuineness: Counselors deal truthfully with themselves and their clients, in order to avoid harming their clients. Flexibility: Counselors practice a client-centered approach, and align treatment to the client’s goals for therapy. Patience: Counselors understand the therapeutic process and respect client’s efforts to gain control over their lives. Counselors encourage an environment that promotes self-empowerment and allows client’s voice in the therapeutic process. Amiability: Counselors do not support or engage in any act of discrimination against a prospective, current, or former client. Counselors promote and practice social justice and do not exploit others in their professional relationships. Professional Identity: Counselors adhere to regulatory state boards and nationally recognized codes of ethics. Counselors practice only within their scope and competencies. They seek to utilize best practices and empirically supported treatments. Counselors stay current with the counseling profession through seeking continuing education, and by supporting counseling associations. * The term counselor is used to refer to counselors in training at the graduate level. American Counseling Association (2014). ACA Code of Ethics. Alexandria, VA: Author. Walz, G. R., & Bleuer, J. C. (2010). Counselor dispositions: An added dimension for admission decisions. Vistas Online publication, 1, 11-11.

Examine one or more major battles, including both the Axis and Allies strategies, the outcome of the battles, and the subsequent effects of the victory/defeat. Include an examination of the technologies that were crucial factors in the battle. 

For Paper 2, you will need to re-read Tim Gillespie's article we read at the beginning of the semester: "Why Literature Matters" (located under this tab). Here is the prompt: "In 1300 words or more, prove how Tim Gillespie's ideas about the function of literature in our modern world is shown in one or more of the plays we read for the Drama Unit."------------------------------------- This article will help provide the context for why we are reading what we are reading in this course. Citation information: Here's what you need to know about this article so you can apply it to the documentation pattern discussed in the videos under MLA Overview. "Why Literature Matters" is an article from a scholarly journal called English Journal.  Notice that the title of the article is in quotation marks and is not italicized. Notice that the title of the scholarly journal that published it IS italicized. The person who wrote the article is Tim Gillespie. The article has page numbers (see bottom left of each page). To create an in-text citation, you would use Gillespie's last name plus the page number and put parentheses around them. For example:  (Gillespie 19) would indicate the quote you are using came from his article on page 19. This article was published in December 1994. The journal has a volume number and an issue number: It is volume 83, issue no. 8.