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An 8 page research paper. After first introducing the topic of counseling in terms of assessment and also power and boundary issues, this examination of the assessment stage of the counseling process looks specifically at an example case study, which concerns Jodie, a sixteen-year-old girl, who has been skipping school and is experiencing falling grades. Until the last several months, she was attending school regularly and her grades were reasonable. There is also evidence that Jodie is currently homeless and not being cared for properly by her parents. The case is examined within the context of several therapeutic options. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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specifically at an example case study, which concerns Jodie, a sixteen-year-old girl, who has been skipping school and is experiencing falling grades. Until the last several months, she was attending
school regularly and her grades were reasonable. There is also evidence that Jodie is currently homeless and not being cared for properly by her parents. The case is examined within
the context of several therapeutic options. Question 1 : The role of assessment: power and boundaries Assessment refers to the processes that a counselor, social worker, or healthcare practitioner
employs to evaluate the problems facing a client. This may involved having the client fill out a standardized instrument designed for evaluating various personality disorders. It may consist of a
dialogue between the counselor and the client that explores the clients perception of the problem. For example, initial psychodynamic assessment typically takes place during roughly three one-hour sessions (Chertoff,
1997). During these session, the clients current problems, past treatment and early development are explored, along with current social relationships (Chertoff, 1997). The counselors looks for patterns of
symptom occurrence and recurrence, using this information along with observations of the patients behavior and affect (Chertoff, 1997). In Western culture, many institutions rely heavily on "egocentric,
coercive and competitive practices" and power is commonly perceived in this context (Lowery and Mattaini, 2001). Social workers, often without realizing it, can be absorbed into this cultural paradigm, which
fails to support the idea of shared power between client and counselor (Lowery and Mattaini, 2001). The counselor is perceived as having all of the power in the relationship
and responsible for "fixing" the client, which is a negative and potentially harmful situation. This power relationship leaves the client open to exploitative behavior, such as when there is any
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