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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)  
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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.
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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
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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
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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? 
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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
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PCN 515 Week 3 Challenging a Client (100
Score)   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om 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? 
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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?
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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?
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PCN 515 Week 4 Telling the Story (100
Score)   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om 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. 
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PCN 515 Week 5 Crisis Counseling (100
Score)   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om 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
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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?
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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 clients
developmental stage impact the treatment plan?  
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PCN 515 Week 6 The Creation of Hope (100 Score)
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Cha
pter 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. 
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PCN 515 Week 6 The Creation of Hope (100 Score)
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Cha
pter 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. 
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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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