3. TODAY’S PURPOSES…
Identifying the need of mental
health
Raising awareness of mental
health
Counseling & Mental health
Identifying counseling related
stigma
Distinguishing professional
mental health counselors
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4. MENTAL HEALTH4
Is the balance between all aspect of life:
Social
Physical
Spiritual and
Emotional
Has to do with many aspect of our lives including:
How we feel about ourselves
How we feel about others
How we are able to meet the demand of life
It’s a integral part of our overall life.
WHO defines: A state of well-being in which the individual realizes his/her own
abilities, can cop with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and
fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his/her community.
5. THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL
HEALTH
Mental health has a huge impact on
every aspect of our life.
Self image
Education
Relationships
Sleep
Eating
Physical health
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6. HOW MENTAL HEALTH
AFFECTS OUR HEALTH
Mental health improve the quality of life
When we are free of depression, anxiety,
excessive stress, worry, addiction and
other psychological problems we are
more able to live our lives to the fullest.
Peace of mind is natural and its can
available to everyone by ensuring mental
health
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7. MENTAL HEALTH STRENGTHENS
AND SUPPORT OUR ABILITY TO:
Have healthy relationships
Make good life choices
Maintain physical health and well-
being
Deal with your emotion
Handle the natural ups and downs
of life
Discover and grow toward our
potential
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8. MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
Counseling is an art and
science
It’s a short term,
interpersonal, theory
based, helping
profession.
Aim to resolves
developmental and
situational difficulties.
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9. MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELING
Target to basically well functioning,
psychologically healthy person.
Counseling helps to bring change in
life:
• Change in thought
• Change in emotion
• Change in behavior
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10. WHAT IS NOT COUNSELING
Counseling is NOT advising
Is NOT Deciding for others
Is NOT solving others problem
Is NOT just suggestion
IS NOT selling
Is NOT compelling
IS NOT directing
Is NOT giving quick answer
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11. AVAILING COUNSELING
Does not mean that
person is mentally ill!
In fact, counseling is for
those people who has
not any psychotic
symptoms
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13. SPECIAL AREAS
Career counseling
HIV/AIDS counseling
Industrial/Organizational counseling
School counseling
Drug & Addiction counseling
Family & marriage counseling
Feminist counseling
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17. DEFINITION
“A method of treatment based on
the development of intimate
(therapeutic) relationship between
client & therapist for the purpose of
exploring & modifying the client
behavior in a satisfying direction.”
…By Lego S.
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18. Count…
•“A process in which a person who wishes to
relieve symptoms or resolve problems in living
or seeking personal growth enters in implicit
or explicit contract to interact in a prescribed
way with a psychotherapist.”
…By –Psychiatric Glossary (1980)
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19. CONTRADICTION OF
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychotic patient with severe behavior disturbance
like excitement.
•Organic psychosis (in acute phase)
•Patient’s who are unmotivated & unwilling to
accept it.
•Group psychotherapy in hysteria, hypochondriasis
etc.
•Patient’s who are unlikely to respond, eg;
personality disorder , specially antisocial
personality.
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20. UNWANTED EFFECTS OF
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Patient may become excessively dependent on
therapy or therapist.
•Intensive psychotherapy may be distressing to the
patient & result in exacerbation of symptoms &
deterioration in relationship.
•Disorder s for which physical treatment would be
more appropriate may be missed
•Ineffective psychotherapy waste time & money &
changes in patient’s morale.
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