Effective Mental Health Counseling WA

By Beryl Dalton


Counseling services are often perceived to be services offered to mental health patients. However, therapeutic services often go beyond the imagination of most people. Clinical mental health counseling WA talks to people through their problems to identify and treating mental illness.

They assist mentally ill patients through diagnosing their problem and designing effective recovery plan. These individuals are trained professionals who are able to provide flexible and consumer centered treatment strategies. Their training and experience makes it possible to the integration of psychotherapy and practical ways of solving problems in creating efficient as well as a dynamic recovery path.

These services entail prevention and psychoeducational programs, psychotherapy, planning and utilization, assessments and diagnosis, alcoholism as well as substance abuse and crisis management strategies.

In the present management care environment, the mental health counselors are qualified to meet unique challenges therefore, provides quality and cost-effective care. They work in various settings such as independent practice, community agencies, and behavioral management organizations, employees assistance programs, hospitals, substance abuse treatment centers and integrated delivery systems.

They are able to assist individuals with normal cognitive therapeutic process to cope with difficult situations in life such as physical illness, loss of loved ones, relationship and divorce. In addition, individuals suffering from serious mental illness (bipolar disorder) can also be assisted. Counselors need to adhere to the set ethical principles for instance knowing when the client should seek referral services. They are trained on identification on detecting whether the client is abused or has experienced violence or suicidal attempts. Such knowledge is essential in offering effective service to the service seekers.

The most strategy often employed by therapists offering such services is the use of cognitive based therapy. However, others might opt to integrate other strategies depending on the unique needs of the client. In most cases the therapists are trained and specialized in handling patients of different age groups such as children, youths and adults.

All individuals providing such services are required to have attained masters in counseling. However, curriculum requirements often vary from one state to another. In most cases many states requires that the program either accreditation by the CAC or Related Educational Programs or be substantive equivalent.

Before licensing or accreditation for individuals providing such services, they need to have attained masters degree in clinical psychology or counseling. However, the curriculum often differs from one state to another. Despite this fact they all acknowledge accreditation from CAC (council for accreditation of counseling) and REP (related education programs).

In addition, they are also supposed to meet the core content objectives of rendering such services as proposed to all counseling professionals. This includes knowledge on human growth and development, group work (techniques, dynamics and development) and career development. They are supposed to adhere to the standards such as statistical and diagnostic manual of mental health.

These individuals are required in all jurisdictions to have residency as well as a specific supervised clinical experience upon completion of their education. In which during this period they are expected to work under a supervisor that regularly consults with them and provides documentation for licensing to the board.




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