Counseling Profession Philosophies
Myers et al. (2000) “defined wellness as a way of life oriented toward optimal health and well-being, in which body, mind, and spirit are integrated by the individual to live life more fully within the human and natural community. Ideally, it is the optimum state of health and well-being that each individual is capable of achieving”, (p. 252). Wellness can also encompass how well a person deals with and process things that may come in their life, things that may be going on around them; as well as how they allow it to shape them. A person’s state of mind is crucial to their health and overall well-being and it is so important for counseling professionals to understand the mental state of a person during a …show more content…
1123) says that resiliency is "the power or ability to return to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched." Alternatively, it is "the ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like” (Rak & Patterson, 1996). The counseling profession focuses on this aspect of evaluating an individual’s overall health and well-being and coming up with some prevention strategies in order to keep it from happening over and over. Early detection is key, as well as finding different ways to eliminate any and all problems in order to remain firm.
The Wheel of Wellness Model encompass health, quality of life and longevity (Myers & Sweeney, 2008). “The Wheel of Wellness remains a useful tool for professional counselors as a guide for both formal and informal assessment and for wellness-oriented counseling” (Myers & Sweeney, 2008). Counseling professionals look into the lives of their clients and evaluate them based off of past and present situations that may have impacted their overall health and well-being. Also, they include spirituality and how it may effect a person, as well as how it can have a longstanding affect and keep them somewhat …show more content…
The mindset and mental health of an individual will either make or break them when it comes to their identity, decisions, well-being and ultimately their marriage. Mental health counseling clients could be defined as ones who are different and may not be viewed as healthy or normal like others. Historically, mental health counseling goes back to the “moral treatment” of the mentally ill started by Philippe Pinel, director of the Bicetre in 1973 (Smith & Robinson 1995, pg.1). Allowing patients to be normal and experience as much freeness as possible, Pinel felt that mental health patients had a lot of confidence, as well as a high level of competence (Smith & Robinson 1995, pg.1). Mental health counseling compliments marriage and family counseling/therapy because mental health counselors goal is to help get patients to a secure mental state of mind in order to lead a normal life, and marriage and family therapy/counselors goal is to help families, couples and the like to be able to function, coexist and have successful relationships; also to embrace and have a state of mind that will allow
Myers et al. (2000) “defined wellness as a way of life oriented toward optimal health and well-being, in which body, mind, and spirit are integrated by the individual to live life more fully within the human and natural community. Ideally, it is the optimum state of health and well-being that each individual is capable of achieving”, (p. 252). Wellness can also encompass how well a person deals with and process things that may come in their life, things that may be going on around them; as well as how they allow it to shape them. A person’s state of mind is crucial to their health and overall well-being and it is so important for counseling professionals to understand the mental state of a person during a …show more content…
1123) says that resiliency is "the power or ability to return to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched." Alternatively, it is "the ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like” (Rak & Patterson, 1996). The counseling profession focuses on this aspect of evaluating an individual’s overall health and well-being and coming up with some prevention strategies in order to keep it from happening over and over. Early detection is key, as well as finding different ways to eliminate any and all problems in order to remain firm.
The Wheel of Wellness Model encompass health, quality of life and longevity (Myers & Sweeney, 2008). “The Wheel of Wellness remains a useful tool for professional counselors as a guide for both formal and informal assessment and for wellness-oriented counseling” (Myers & Sweeney, 2008). Counseling professionals look into the lives of their clients and evaluate them based off of past and present situations that may have impacted their overall health and well-being. Also, they include spirituality and how it may effect a person, as well as how it can have a longstanding affect and keep them somewhat …show more content…
The mindset and mental health of an individual will either make or break them when it comes to their identity, decisions, well-being and ultimately their marriage. Mental health counseling clients could be defined as ones who are different and may not be viewed as healthy or normal like others. Historically, mental health counseling goes back to the “moral treatment” of the mentally ill started by Philippe Pinel, director of the Bicetre in 1973 (Smith & Robinson 1995, pg.1). Allowing patients to be normal and experience as much freeness as possible, Pinel felt that mental health patients had a lot of confidence, as well as a high level of competence (Smith & Robinson 1995, pg.1). Mental health counseling compliments marriage and family counseling/therapy because mental health counselors goal is to help get patients to a secure mental state of mind in order to lead a normal life, and marriage and family therapy/counselors goal is to help families, couples and the like to be able to function, coexist and have successful relationships; also to embrace and have a state of mind that will allow