PSY 3511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Outline Of Health Sciences, The Foundations, Doctor Of Psychology
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3 roles of counselors: o o o. Preventative: preventing problems before they start by anticipating them. Educational: helping someone be the best they can be. Strengths and optimal functioning: using someone"s strengths to advance the treatment o o. Science/practitioner model: doing work based on science and your own instincts. Social justice and multicultural awareness: being aware of factors that may affect an individual that you may not posses or be familiar with including cultural variables o o. Lifespan development: how transitions through life impact someone. Preventative: focus on brief interventions for everyday problems; often take 1-2 sessions. Conflict and trouble has been an issue with humans for all of history. People went to religious leaders and philosophers for help. Hippocrates: greek physician and medical philosopher (around 400b. c. ) o. Emotional distress is caused by something in the body and is not a punishment from the gods o. deviance is due to something happening between the brain/body.
