Counseling and Psychotherapy - PDF
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Running head: COUNSELING1Counseling in Professional Contexts- Helping Groups and IndividualsStudent NameInstitution Affiliation
COUNSELING 2IntroductionThe terms Counseling and Psychotherapy are often used interchangeably. Also referred toas talk therapy, counseling involves a series of conversations between the counselor and client (Corey, 2017). Like counseling, psychotherapy involves a series of meeting between the therapist and the client to understand an individual’s problems and recurrent feelings about an aspect. Counseling and psychotherapy focus on specific problems that affect a group of people inan attempt to resolve them (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2016). The theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy concepts assist counselors in providing these students with the right support, guidance, and advice on how to cope with the challenges and excel academically despite the challenges (Truax & Carkhuff, 2008). As a counselor, I would like to help students excel academically by offering them purposeful guidance and support to cope with their personal experience problems while studying. The essay will specifically apply two counseling and psychotherapy theories namely psychoanalytic theory and Adlerian theory in resolving classroom behavior problems by children in order to boost their academic performance and excellence.Classroom behavior problemsClassroom behavior problems by students at school interfere with their lesson concentration and disturb other students in the class. Behavior problems at school usually overwhelm teachers, specifically novices, and some researchers consider these problems as the most difficult experience that teachers face in their every day’s work. Students who exhibit classroom behavior problems invariably need extra attention, which imposes a strain on teachers and slows the pace at which lessons are administered and completed (Collins & Arthur, 2010).
COUNSELING 3As a counselor, I met a student with different classroom behavior problems which I will explain below before discussing how I used counseling and psychotherapy theories in assisting the student (Corey, 2017). I carried a survey in a school from the teachers and classmates to understand the behavior of a particular student before I advise him. The student's classroom behavior problems include:Sensory processing disorderAccording to the student's teachers, the student had sensory processing disorder which disrupted his ability to grasp even the simple concepts taught at the normal pace used while teaching the other students. The student always walks around and talks at the wrong time while teachers are in the classroom. The student had special needs and always diverted teachers’ attention from the set class program and syllabus. My understanding is that students with this problem find it unfriendly to organize and make sense of the sensory information received by their brains in the classroom. Even normal activities confuse and overwhelm them. Additionally, such a student’s experience learning problems and prefer playing alone during recess.Aggressive studentsAggressive student behavior poses a serious problem that is disruptive to a supportive and safe learning environment in the classroom setting. The student has physical aggression which makes him violent and easily tempted to hurt even young pupils. The aggression of the student in the classroom disrupts all other coursework activities and adversely affects teachers and the other classmates. The after-effects of physical fights by the student remains a sensitive issue to the other students and teachers, and this is why I am called as a counselor to offer to counsel to the student.
COUNSELING 4Inappropriate languageInappropriate language is unexpected in a classroom setting. However, the student has been using abusive language while addressing his classmates and teachers something which offends them highly. The student uses foul language in impressing his classmates and seeking cheap attention from the teachers. However, the management of the school does not allow this to happen. Also, when angered; the student uses inappropriate words to express his displeasure and frustration to the teachers and his classmates. In cases, the teacher says have been trying to dissuade the student from swearing either in the classroom or on the playground since this depicts immorality and danger to the rest of the students (Thomas et al., 2011). This is where the role of a counselor is required. Abusing others with no fear creates anxiety in the classroom to anextent that other students feel uncomfortable studying with him in the same class. Inattentive studentsUnless appropriate approaches are taken, inattentive students fall behind their classmates and terribly fail in the exams. In certain cases, the student is believed to suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder which makes him face difficulties in controlling his overall behavior (Sharf, 2015). Teachers and his parents claim that the student has a lot of difficulties when organizing home and school work for he cannot sustain attention. When a new topic is being introduced, the student struggles to comprehend and even the simplest assignments overwhelm him. This student requires extra attention and advice from an external counselor, and this is the reason why I am conducted. There is a high chance that once I counsel him, he will be able to take school lessons important and employ all keenness required in order to grasp all concepts and stop being bored and frustrated by the coursework.
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