Prior to beginning work on this week’s discussion, please review Standard 3: Human Relations (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. in the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. Please also read the Asay and Lal (2014) “Who’s Googled Whom? Trainees’ Internet and Online Social Networking Experiences, Behaviors, and Attitudes with Clients and […]

Personal, Academic, and Professional Goals/Personal Qualities Please describe your interest in pursuing a counseling degree and also please explain why now is the right time to start? I first became interested in Human Services as an adolescent.  It was during that time that I decided I would dedicate my life toward meeting people’s needs by […]

Parenting teens. Hm. I describe teenagers as  “2 year-olds in big bodies.” Their developmental milestones are not very different from the toddler, really. They tend to think they are the center of the universe. They want to stand on their own two feet. And you as the parent must not be seen with them. They […]

 Assessment of Pain;Skin,hair and nails. Define pain Differentiate between acute pain and chronic pain. Why do people have individualized responses to pain? a.     Outline the steps involved in investigating pain as a present problem. b.     List cultural considerations when taking a history and performing a physical examination related to pain. Which personal and social history factors […]

AMISH CASE STUDY Elmer and Mary Miller, both 35 years old, live with their five children in the main house on the family farmstead in one of the largest Amish settlements in Indiana. Aaron and Annie Schlabach, aged 68 and 70, live in the attached grandparents’ cottage. Mary is the youngest of their eight children, […]

Counselors of children and adolescents typically receive informal information about their client before the first meeting. Someone has become concerned enough about the young person to suggest counseling. Counselors use this background information to develop questions for themselves that they try to answer in their first interview with a child. The answers lead the counselor […]