Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to assist students to comprehend the social and cultural lens within the therapeutic process. It is important for counsellors to understand the aspects of social and cultural issues within a responsive and just manner in the therapy session with a client.
Instructions
This assignment is structured to allow the student to be the client. As the student is the client, write from a client’s perspective, using first person pronoun where applicable, throughout the whole paper, the expectation is for the student to recognize what the experience is like and the value of what a trained counsellor brings to the experience: understanding the professional counsellor in this assignment will be your reading materials as they inform you of your topic and therapeutic relationship. The assignment is to promote the student’s understanding of social and cultural aspects and their impact in understanding human thinking and behaviour.
Structure
Required components: The assignment is to be a five-page paper consisting of a title page, brief introduction (purpose statement and brief scenario, page three is one page dedicated to writing the social factors presented and the counsellor’s building of the therapeutic relationship, the fourth page is one page dedicated to the writing of the cultural/just factors presented and the counsellor’s building of the therapeutic relationship. One page, or more, of references with a minimum of six references within the past seven years.
Length of Assignment: The text body of paper (i.e., not including references, title page,) should be three double-spaced typed pages, Times New Roman font size: 12 or APA 7th ed).
Format: Please, format your assignment in Word Doc (files with extension .doc or .docx), or Rich Text Format (files with extension .rtf). No PDF’s.
References: six minimum within the last seven years.
Imagine that you are the client returning for your next session and presenting the same issue
(i did work-life blanace) as you did in assignment #1. Your introduction will now include more information to inform your session of social and cultural experiences supporting your issue and those factors you will describe and discuss.
** Please be mindful not to over-disclose. Do not select anything that personally elicits strong emotional responsiveness, such as addiction, substance abuse, significant grief/loss, trauma (i.e., violent incidents, abuse, sexual assault, etc). **
See the diagram to explain what is meant by factors!
What did the counsellor identify as social factors of the primary focus selected by you? (a minimum of three factors)
How did the counsellor build the therapeutic session for you to disclose and be respected? (a minimum of two concepts)
What did the counsellor identify as culturally/just aspects of the primary focus selected by you? (a minimum of three factors)
How did the counsellor build the therapeutic session for you to disclose and be respected? (a minimum of two concepts)
Support your assessment with literature from your readings.
No conclusion is required for this assignment.
What do we mean by Social and Culturally/Just Factors:
Social factors are issues related to peer relations, social impacts on you as the client, and other relationships and their impact.
Cultural factors are gender, ethnicity/race issues that shape a family/family heritage, traditions such as faith, expressions of dress, community, or social norms.
**The issue that I’m focusing this paper around is work-life balance.
