Demonstrate the application of appropriate counselling skills and techniques that you have been exposed to in this unit.

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rt A: Written reflective report (20%)
Length: 30 minutes
The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate the application of appropriate counselling skills and techniques that you have been exposed to in this unit.
Make a video recording of a face-to-face counselling session of 30 minutes in duration. While this may be a real life situation or a role-play scenario, the client should not be a member of your family nor a very close friend. The recording needs to demonstrate:
a structured first session with a clear beginning (including establishment of the boundaries of the counselling relationship),·
an exploration of the presenting issue,·
and an attempt to set the goals for· the following session.
You must demonstrate the use of generic skills in combination with one of the therapies studied in this unit.
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Word length: 2000 words
The purpose of this part of the assignment is to demonstrate an ability to reflect on and assess your counselling skills and yourself as a therapist, including the ability to identify areas for improvement.
The written assessment requires you to critically evaluate your skills, addressing the following:
identification of the therapy chosen and a brief explanation of why this specific modality was chosen·
what you feel you did well, with verbatim examples from the session to illustrate the points being made,·
a reflection on your own feelings and reactions during the session and how these impacted the session,·
where, in hindsight, you feel you could have done or said something differently to be more effective, with examples of what you might have said or done differently,·
a brief outline of how you might continue to work with this client in future sessions.·

Discuss diabetes management in relation to his surgical procedure

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Questions:

  1. Describe the  microvascular and macrovascular issues in diabetes and how these may have impacted Mr RS.( 200 words )
  1. Discuss diabetes management in relation to his surgical procedure..( 200 words )
  1. Discuss  insulin glargine, listing any potential benefits this therapy may offer and the specific aspects of the formulation in relation to its action. Include appropriate counselling points regarding the administration  of this agent..( 250 words )
  1. Discuss the new oral medication for this patient and any concerns that you would have with its use specifically in this patient taking into account the information presented?( 200 words )
  2. What considerations need to be made regarding this patient’s pain relief?( 200 words )

Identify a question that arises from these findings (showing how you have arrived at this question and why you think it is important).

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Your task is to design an investigation that would enlarge  upon the conclusions of the study you have chosen (which is below). So you need to:
Read the article: Huskens, B., Palmen, A., van der Werff, M., Lourens, T., & Barakova, E. (2014). Improving collaborative play between children with autism spectrum disorders and their siblings: The effectiveness of a robot-mediated intervention based on Lego® Therapy. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-10. doi:10.1007/s10803-014-2326-0

Summarise what was done and what was found?
1. look at the authors hypothesis, that is, what was predicted.
2. How did they carry this out? You need to look at their method section.
3. What results were found?
4. What did the researchers conclude?

Next you would need to:
Identify a question that arises from these findings (showing how you have arrived at this question and why you think it is important).
The above question indicates that you may need to look at their implications (for example, the criticisms of how the study could be improved, validity etc. Also please put in this section that there appears to be research gaps in this area (look at the implications) as with autism although interventions may help, it still does not cure the fact that they are still autistic. Furthermore, this would be a critical evaluation
You would then need to suggest how you would improve this study? Maybe can the research be extended to find significant results?

Next, Outline how you would carry out a further study to answer this question. In other words how would you extend this study? See below of what needs to be implemented in your investigation for improvement
Participants, Method and a comment on future research (these are the same as carrying out a research study, but with less detail).

This part of the coursework should be no more than 1,000 words long and has to be in formal APA style.

Describe the dysfunctional patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving experienced by the consumer and the ways in which these thoughts, feelings and behaviours were negatively impacting on them.

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MENTAL HEALTH
Assignment 2 Part 2: Submit your written  component here
The  description below refers to your WHOLE assignment.

However this page is where you need to submit your WRITTEN COMPONENT ONLY. This is to enable separate printing of this component.

Assignment 2: Complete task description

Length: 2000 words

Weight: 40% (25% video + 75% written)

Learning outcomes

This assessment task covers learning outcomes 1,and 4:

Establish a professional therapeutic relationship with people with mental health issues and their carers and demonstrate safe therapeutic practice;
Apply the principles of evidence-based practice to actual and simulated case studies;
Plan brief interventions that take account of the physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs of people with mental health issues and their carers;
Demonstrate specific skills in contemporary best practice in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and other brief interventions
Task

Demonstrate the use of CBT in a 25 minute video-recording of an intervention between yourself and another individual. Submit this recording with your assignment. Make sure that the file size is not too big.
(25 marks)
In light of the above session, describe the dysfunctional patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving experienced by the consumer and the ways in which these thoughts, feelings and behaviours were negatively impacting on them. Use references.
(500 words, 20 marks)
Critically analyse the video-recording in terms of: the extent to which you: build a therapeutic relationship; explored these negative thoughts and behaviours with the consumer in the session; explored the feelings that emerged during the session; and explored with the other person which of these thoughts and behaviours needed to change and in what way. Use references.
(1200 words, 40 marks)
Identify two dysfunctional patterns of thinking that you currently experience in your own life, and describe how they impact on your everyday functioning. Identify the nature of these thoughts and provide examples of more functional thought patterns that could replace them. Use references.
(300 words, 15 marks)
Structure and style

This is an academic essay and you are expected to use references throughout. You may use the first person when answering parts 3 and 4, but you still need to use references correctly in this part.

Note: You MUST submit this part of your assignment in PDF format. You need to submit the video section of your assignment on the page called Assignment 2 Part 1.

Referencing

You must use the APA referencing system. Follow the link at the top right of the page for information and examples.

Marking criteria

Please refer to the marking criteria when preparing your assignment.

Submission

Follow the instructions below to upload your completed assignment file and submit it for marking.