Novice Counselor's blog

Jake is a depressed client.
An existential therapist would try to understand Jake’s world while fostering an interpersonal relationship between Jake and himself. The existential therapist believes that conflict arises as the persons tries to resolve confrontations with the givens of the human condition which are death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness (Bauman & Waldo, [...]

According to David & Okazaki, (2006), colonial mentality is a construct that is central to the understanding of the psychology of contemporary Filipino Americans. Recent health statistics show that Filipino American adolescents have one of the highest rates of suicide ideations and attempts in the country (President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, [...]

Hakomi techniques recognize that observing and tracking the client can lead to understanding the client’s world. Hakomi supports the idea that no intervention techniques should be undertaken unless they are appropriate based on the client’s conscious and unconscious worlds. Clients with certain serious mental disorders may need pre-therapy sessions to prepare them [...]