Grand Canyon University PCN 515 Challenging a Client Assignment Discussion
Grand Canyon University PCN 515 Challenging a Client Assignment Discussion
Write a 750-1,000-word essay outlining at least four guidelines for effectively challenging a client. For each guideline, provide a case example illustrating the principle. Address the following in your paper:
- How can counselors challenge a client without getting into a power struggle with a client, or provoking client defensiveness?
- How can counselors help a client to identify unused resources and strengths?
- How can counselors help a client to identify blind spots while continuing to provide empathy and support for the client?
- How would counselors work with a client within an interdisciplinary treatment team?
- How can a counselor act as a consultant when a practicing counselor asks for help to strengthen their challenging skills with clients?
- For this part of the assignment, you may write in the first person. Reflect on your level of assertiveness. Do you feel you are assertive enough to challenge clients comfortably or do you feel you are too passive or aggressive? What might keep you from challenging a client?
Provide at least three scholarly references in your paper.
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Read Chapter 7 in The Skilled Helper.
Egan, G., & Reese, R. J. (2018). The skilled helper: A problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping (11th ed.). Cengage Learning.
Read “Motivational Interviewing- An M.I. Learning Resource Clip” located on the MINT website.
http://www.motivationalinterviewing.org/
“Motivational Interviewing: Facilitating Change Across Boundaries,” located on the Columbia Alumni Association website.
“Assessing Strengths, Resilience, and Growth to Guide Clinical Interventions,” by Tedeski and Kilmeer, from Psychology Research and Practice (2005).
“Therapist Emotional Reactions and Client Resistance in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,” by Westra Aviram, Connors, Kertes, and Ahmed, from Psychotherapy (2012).
“Rethinking Client Resistance: A Narrative Approach to Integrating Resistance into the Relationship-Building Stage of Counseling,” by Gold, from the Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education, and Development (2008).
“Training for Teamwork: A Case Study,” by Sudano, Patterson, & Lister, from Families, Systems, & Health (2015).
“Confidentiality and Mental Health/Chaplaincy Collaboration,” by Bulling et al., from Military Psychology (2013).
“Lives of Quiet Desperation: The Conflict Between Military Necessity and Confidentiality “ by Neuhauser, from Creighton Law Review (2011).
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