SHEILA- UP TO 2/2/2025- ***** PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ALL WORK IS AUTHENTIC- DO NOT USE AI IT WILL BE SCANNED***** ****** THIS ASSIGNMENT HAS 2 PARTS / PLEASE LABEL EACH PART SEPARATELY WITH REFERENCES

Assessment Description Identifying the “real story” is important for effective counseling. What skills can you use to help your client prioritize and focus on their specific concerns related to the problem? For example, a client comes in and reports being stressed out at work, behind on personal responsibilities at home,

WEEK 2 Sociologist Rik Scarce went to jail because he refused to identify someone who was thought to be his research participant and had engaged in criminal activity. Scarce believed that revealing his research participant’s identity would have violated the confidentiality he had promised them. Please read the article about

Assessment Description The change process is a central component of counseling practice. Your role as a counselor in training includes recognizing and understanding how change can occur for each client you work with. Watch the video “Mindfulness-Based Therapy and Guiding Clients Through Change” located in the Topic 4 Resources. Then write

What are three curious questions that align with evidence-based counseling strategies you can ask in your next practice session that will facilitate prevention and intervention of the counseling process? In your response, focus on exploring the client’s needs (met and unmet) as well as onset of concerning experiences (when did

Rewatch your practice session from Topic 3. What is an example of an open-ended question or minimal encourager you used in your recording? Discuss your use of paraphrases and feeling reflections; Where did you see yourself conveying unconditional positive regard? Where did you see yourself using verbal and non-verbal empathy?

Sociologists use the sociological imagination to understand how individuals’ problems (i.e., troubles) are tied to broader social patterns.  First, read this week’s learning resources (UMGC, n.d.), including the segment of C. Wright Mills’s Sociological Imagination (linked below) (Mills, 2000). This discussion question has two parts: Part 1. Give an example of a

Collect baseline data for 14 days only. • Collected data does not need to be across consecutive days (but that is preferable). • Plot the measurement of your behavior across days. • Avoid excessive and/or unnecessary use of colours, fonts, symbols, and other effects • Keep the graph simple and

Assessment Description Watch “Probing Specific Concerns: Parents” located in the Topic 3 Resources. Describe the client’s presentation in the session specific to coping strategies, resources, and barriers. What did you notice about how Dr. Cervantes attended to cultural components of the session with Anna. From your personal lens as a

Paper AssignmentAssignment Instructions:Select one of the theories of religion discussed in this course—Sigmund Freud, C.G. Jung, WilliamJames, Erich Fromm, Gordon Allport, Abraham Maslow, or Viktor Frankl—that aligns with yourperspective on religion. Write a four-page, double-spaced paper (approximately 1000 words) addressingthe following: Explanation of the Chosen Theory: Provide a concise summary

Watch the S1 E11 – African & African American Religions and the S1 E12 – Native American Spirituality. *Answer the following questions for the ‘African and African American Religions’1-What is the name of the narrator of the video?2-What is the name of the 1st speaker who is a PhD?3-What is

Vignette 2: Ethan, the Angry Athlete  Age: 13 Grade: 7th Family dynamics: Ethan is the younger of two siblings. His older sister, Samantha (17), is preparing for college, often monopolizing their single mother’s attention. Ethan’s father left the family when he was 4 years old, and his mother works two jobs to make

Assessment Description Watch “Probing Specific Concerns: Parents” located in the Topic 3 Resources. Describe the client’s presentation in the session specific to coping strategies, resources, and barriers. What did you notice about how Dr. Cervantes attended to cultural components of the session with Anna. From your personal lens as a

Review the supplemental video “A Meaning-Making Approach to Work With Trauma” listed in the Topic 3 Resources and summarize in one paragraph (4-6 sentences) the meaning the client ascribes to their lived experiences as it pertains to the themes identified in the reading. Then write a script of the dialog

Selective Attention / Stroop Effect (Chapter 4) Attention– focusing awareness on a narrowed aspect of the environment– selective attention• cocktail party effect• Stroop effect (failure of selective attention)– attention attracted by novelty, size, color, movement, emotional stimuli– emotion-induced blindness– inattentional blindness STROOP EFFECT• As fast as you can, name each

Abnormal personalities  Case study about The Joker  here you got an example of how it looks 

Part 1: Include at least one scholarly source to support your response:  define “empathy” and describe the role of empathy in counseling.   describe at least two techniques used to demonstrate empathy.   Part 2: Read and complete the “Empathic Listening Practice Exercise” document located in the Topic 2 Resources. What did you

Assessment Description Describe the skills of empathic questioning using open ended questions and summarizing. Then read and complete the “Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Open-Ended Questions Practice Exercise” document in the Topic 2 Resources. What did you learn from the exercise? What went well? What could have gone better? How well do

Assessment Description Part 1: Include at least one scholarly source to support your response:  define “empathy” and describe the role of empathy in counseling.   describe at least two techniques used to demonstrate empathy.   Part 2: Read and complete the “Empathic Listening Practice Exercise” document located in the Topic 2 Resources. What