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2. PCN 515 All Assignments For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 1 Elements of a Successful Therapeutic Relationship (100% Score) PCN 515 Week 2 Empathy, Probing, and Summarizing (100% Score) PCN 515 Week 3 Challenging a Client (100% Score)

3. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 1 Discussion For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Week 1 DQ 1 What are some key things you would do in your first session with a client to get the therapy relationship started in a positive way? Be sure to include a least five communication skills from your text and discuss why they are so critical.

4. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 1 Elements of a Successful Therapeutic Relationship (100% Score) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com The textbook and the readings for this first topic begin to describe some of the key elements for a successful therapeutic relationship. Write a 1,200-1,500-word essay that describes the characteristics and roles you hope to embody as a counselor and the counselor dispositions that you want to bring with you. You may write in the first person for this assignment. Include the following in your paper:

5. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 1-7 All DQs For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Week 1 DQ 1 What are some key things you would do in your first session with a client to get the therapy relationship started in a positive way? Be

6. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 2 Discussion For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Week 2 DQ 1 Read and complete the “Empathetic Listening Practice Exercise.” What did you learn from the exercise?

7. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 2 Empathy, Probing, and Summarizing (100% Score) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Write a 750-1,000-word paper outlining the importance of empathy, probing, and summarizing in the counseling process. Include the following in your paper: The role of empathy in the counseling relationship Techniques for establishing empathy with a client. Provide at least one example to illustrate these techniques. The role of probing and su

8. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 3 Challenging a Client (100% Score) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 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?

9. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 3 Discussion For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Week 3 DQ 1 You notice that a client has started to withdraw and engage in some “Yes, but...” behaviors. What are some strategies you could use to help reengage this client? Week 3 DQ 2 Read and complete the “Challenging Practice Session.” What did you discover during the practice session? What did you learn about yourself as a new counselor to be?

10. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 4 Discussion For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Week 4 DQ 1 Provide a scenario involving a client that you imagine you might encounter in your future field placement setting. Describe what stage of the change process the hypothetical client is in. How would you move the client to the next stage?

11. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 4 Telling the Story (100% Score) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Hector is a 35-year-old Hispanic male. Hector was seriously injured in an auto accident 5 months ago. He spent 4 months in the hospital. One leg and hip suffered permanent damage. He will probably always need a cane and walk with a limp. He also has limited mobility in his right arm and shoulder and cannot lift anything heavy.

12. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 5 Crisis Counseling (100% Score) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Sometimes clients come into the counseling session with an immediate crisis. They need an immediate solution to a problem. Counseling in these situations needs to be focused and goal oriented. Jamila has been working with her counselor on learning to better manage her 9-year-old son. Last night, her son was hit by a car and is in the hospital. This has created a number of problems:

13. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 5 Discussion For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Week 5 DQ 1 Why is identifying the "real story" important for effective counseling? What difficulties could occur if you do not focus your counseling on the "real story?" Explain how you would handle a client who states he is feeling hopeless and helpless. How would you assess for suicidality? If the client only has fleeting thoughts but no plan, what strategies might you employ?

14. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 6 Discussion For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Week 6 DQ 1 What are some strategies you can use to help clients envision different possibilities? Choose a counseling theory you are considering using and explain how it could be used to help the client see different perspectives. How might a client’s developmental stage impact the treatment plan?

15. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 6 The Creation of Hope (100% Score) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Chapter 11 in the textbook emphasizes the importance of hope and possibility in the counseling process. Clients come into counseling having tried many different solutions that have failed. In many cases, they are discouraged and hopeless about resolving their problems in a way that creates a better life. In some cases, clients face significant barriers of physical disability or illness, histories of trauma, occupational disadvantages, or addictions. Throughout the counseling process the counselor attempts to create hope.

16. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 6 The Creation of Hope (100% Score) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Chapter 11 in the textbook emphasizes the importance of hope and possibility in the counseling process. Clients come into counseling having tried many different solutions that have failed. In many cases, they are discouraged and hopeless about resolving their problems in a way that creates a better life. In some cases, clients face significant barriers of physical disability or illness, histories of trauma, occupational disadvantages, or addictions. Throughout the counseling process the counselor attempts to create hope.

17. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 7 Action Planning and Overcoming Barriers (100% Score) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com If counseling is all talk and no action it is not effective counseling. The problem is that clients encounter many barriers in carrying out actions they identify in the counseling process. Write a 750-1,000-word paper discussing action planning and overcoming barriers for client treatment. Please use headings and include the following in your paper: Discuss the principles for effectively implementing an action plan.

18. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 7 Action Planning and Overcoming Barriers (100% Score) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com If counseling is all talk and no action it is not effective counseling. The problem is that clients encounter many barriers in carrying out actions they identify in the counseling process. Write a 750-1,000-word paper discussing action planning and overcoming barriers for client treatment. Please use headings and include the following in your paper: Discuss the principles for effectively implementing an action plan.

19. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 7 Discussion For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Week 7 DQ 1 What can you do as a counselor to help clients develop the support that they need to continue the progress they have made in therapy? Week 7 DQ 2 Read and complete the “Action Planning Practice Exercise.” What did you learn from the exercise? What problems might you encounter in carrying out this action plan? How might this apply to your counseling practice?

20. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 8 Self-Reflection (100% Score) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com You have been practicing counseling skills either on a volunteer or on yourself throughout this course. This paper is an opportunity to reflect on everything you learned. It is also an opportunity to examine yourself as a potential counselor. You may write in the first-person perspective in this assignment. Write a 500-750-word paper addressing the following: What is the most significant information you learned about the skills required to be an effective counselor? Were there any skills that surprised you as you worked through the course? What are your strengths as a potential counselor? These could be attending or communication skills, attitudes or behaviors that will be an asset in the counseling role.

21. PCN 515Education for Service-- snaptutorial.com PCN 515 Week 8 Termination of the Counselling Relationship (100% Score) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com In a 250-500-word essay, hypothetically terminate the counseling relationship with a client who has experienced trauma and abuse in the past and has now seen you, the counselor, for 8 months regarding this trauma. 1. Describe the successful termination of the client relationship. 2. Discuss strategies for helping the client to maintain change post- termination. Include at least one scholarly reference in your paper. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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