Clinical mental health counseling in community and agency settings

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Reply to students dq by 10 am 10/22/16

Middle adulthood is a developmental period that ranges from the ages 40 to 60-65. During middle adulthood adults will experience many changes. These midlife changes can include physical changes, psychosocial challenges, relationship adjustments, and caring for aging parents. Erikson has proposed that adults are resolving the psychosocial crisis of generativity vs. stagnation (Newsome & Gladding, 2014). Generativity is refers to finding ways to give to and guide the next generation. This is when the adult feels the need to give back and to help others move in the right direction. Becoming more so a positive force for those around them. Stagnation refers to becoming detached from important relationships and becoming self-centered and even narcissistic.

Erikson’s take on late adulthood described the psychosocial task of older adulthood as one of resolving conflict between ego integrity and despair (Newsome & Gladding, 2014)
. Elders with ego integrity are usually proud of their accomplishments and are grateful for their life and all of the things they experienced. Elders experiencing despair have many regrets about how they lived their life. They fear death and they feel like their lives are meaningless.

Mental health counselors must be knowledgeable of these areas. As a mental health counselor I will maintain relevancy and research ways to help those adults who are experiencing stagnation or despair. It’s be researched that adults going through despair may benefit from group or individual counseling. So by specializing in this areas it will give me an advantaged in the counseling process.  I want to be able to shadow much more experience counselors in these areas, to improve upon my craft.

References

Newsome, D.W. & Gladding, S. T. (2014). Clinical mental health counseling in community and agency

settings  (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc

The issues of justice, discrimination, civil rights, feminism, etc.

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We are discussing   the issues of justice, discrimination, civil rights, feminism, etc.

I want you to interview 3 people, preferably of various ages and ethnic groups. Pose the same 5 questionsto them regarding the pre-mentioned topics. Some possible questions may be: Do you believe racial equality exists in our country? Have you recently been discriminated against? How would you feel about your son/daughter dating our marrying someone from another racial group? Do you think that the election of Barack Obama helped racial relations? Do you think that affirmative action is racial discrimination? Do you believe that women are treated equal to men in our society? Do you think that gay men or women should be allowed to marry and be given full civil rights under the marriage law ? These are some possible questions; I’d like you to include others that you pose.

Write a paper (4-5 pages, double-spaced) summarizing the answers. Give  details about the people interviewed, i.e., single, white male, 24 years old;  married, black female, 40 years old, etc. Do not use their real first names. After you’ve summarized the responses give your own comments and observations. Did you think any of the comments could be perceived as judgmental, prejudice or racist, why? Were the people reluctant to answer the question? etc. Okay ?

People may be reluctant to give specific answers to your questions. Try to persuade them to give answers beyond a “Yes” or “No.” Tell them that their real names will not be used. They could be assured of that.

Discussion Posting Response

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What a respnse to this discussion.  Also, write about how maslow has never been proven (references). 1 page. APA

 

 

 

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory (1963) comes to mind when discussing employee work motivation and attitude. Abraham Maslow states that people are driven by different motivations to work. He has displayed the various motivations by using a pyramid. The base of the pyramid is the need for the basics such as safety, food, and shelter. Most people are motivated to go to work based on these basic human needs.

The top of the Maslow’s pyramid is self-actuation. Many people are motivated for recognition or high achievement. Maslow describes self-actualization as a person’s need to be and do that which the person was “born to do.” “A musician must make music, an artist must paint, and a poet must write.” (Simons & Drinnien, 1987).

Between the base of the pyramid and the top of the pyramid are other work motivators. These other motivators are safety, love/belonging, and esteem. Figuring out which work motivator drives the employee’s reason to work may also help with employee attitude. For instance, if an employee’s work motivation is self-actualization, then that employee may be a “workaholic,” or have ambitions to always be in leadership roles.

The same can be said about an employee whose work motivation is at the vary base (food and shelter). These employees may do the bare minimum, but will always look for other job opportunities. By and large, turnover theorists assume that employees’ preference for leaving is based primarily on their job satisfaction, which directly influences their intent to leave. Although liking or not liking one’s job is clearly important, Hom and associates (2012) theorize that an assessment of control as well as an affective assessment of one’s current employment situation must be jointly considered (Li, et al, 2016).

 

REFERENCES

Hom, P. W., Mitchell, T. R., Lee, T. W., & Griffeth, R. W. (2012). Reviewing employee

turnover: Focusing on proximal withdrawal states and an expanded criterion.

Psychological Bulletin, 138, 831–858. http:// dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0027983

Li, J. (., Lee, T. W., Mitchell, T. R., Hom, P. W., & Griffeth, R. W. (2016). The effects of

proximal withdrawal states on job attitudes, job searching, intent to leave, and employee

turnover. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(10), 1436-1456. doi:10.1037/apl0000147.

Retrieved from Walden Library on 2 March 2017.

Simons, J. A., Irwin, D. B., & Drinnien, B. A. (1987). Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Retrieved

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What are the pros and cons of making alcohol illegal today?

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Alcohol has been used for many centuries and early forms of mead date back to at least 8000 BC. Throughout time, alcohol has had many purposes, including disinfection, religious rituals, and medical treatments. Today, alcohol is the most widely used drug in the world.

Review the history of alcohol legislation presented in your readings for Module 1.

Answer the following:

  • What are the pros and cons of making alcohol illegal today?
  • What other option can you suggest to regulate alcohol consumption apart from legislation?

Give reasons for your response citing research.

Write your initial response in 150–200 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.