What are the three characteristics that are important in the development of a counselor? Describe each characteristic and why they are important for professional counselors.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Counselor identity – Conceptualization of who individuals are as counselors. It is important because it serves as a reference point for counselors’ roles and decisions within the profession. This develops as counselors integrate their attitudes toward professional responsibilities, ethical standards, professional membership, and personal learning styles.
2. Counselor self-efficacy – Relates to confidence and describes one’s beliefs about his or her level of ability to practice different aspects of counseling.
3. Counselor cognitive complexity – Research has shown benefits for counselors who are more cognitively complex. For example, counselors that are more cognitively complex are better able to identify and integrate ambiguous pieces of information to better understand the client’s needs, relational dynamics, and treatment, remain objective, form complex clinical hypotheses, avoid stereotyping, and have increased confidence.
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Minority students are more likely to have the following problem(s) prior to and while starting college:
a. minimal healthcare resources and poorer health when compared to Caucasian students. b. have intercourse and bear children; thus, childcare is an issue. c. Both A and B d. None of the above
Action research helps the practitioner
a. Develop hypotheses b. Blend theory and practice c. View decisions systematically d. All of the above
Explain the role of the phenomenal field in one’s understanding of the world.
What will be an ideal response?
To be successful in a litigious society, counselors, as a minority culture, must become acculturated in to the majority culture, the law, by ________________
A. learning more about the legal system B. creating a collaborative relationship with a lawyer or judge. C. becoming knowledgeable with those elements that are common to both mental health and the law D. all of the above