Private Practice & Professional Counselors
These are included in this:
*Complete a 60- credit counseling degree (CACREP accredited preferred)
•Take and pass the NCE or NCMHCE
•Practice 3000 supervised hours (at least 1500 hours under LPC) takes at
least 2 years
•Apply for licensure with the State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists
and Professional Counselors
What are the steps to becoming an LPC
This is when career development begins.
What is elementary school.
This is a certified/licensed educator with a minimum of
a master’s degree in school counseling
What is a School Counselor.
This is a phase of life for individuals between
ages 18 and 29. Tasks include learning to live independently and successfully through experimenting with different lifestyles careers and preparing for adulthood
What is emerging adulthood.
What is Diagnose.
These are included in this:
•Decide on a business name
•Have an address
•Apply for an EIN from the IRS
•Apply for a fictitious name with the state if using the word “counseling” in
your business name.
•Decide if you will be an LLC or a corporation
•Decide if you will have employees or not
•Apply to insurance networks to take payment from clients through the
insurance companies
What is beginning steps to starting a private practice.
This is a type of assessment to help with career exploration.
What is Holland Code (RIASEC) Test
This is Short-term and:
Emphasis on:
Removing barriers to learning
Developmental issues
Relationships and social skills
Traditional “talk” techniques are often
ineffective
“Sessions” can be short
Parents have a high level of involvement
PSC’s do not do therapy in schools
What a School Counselor does/how a School Counselor counsels students.
This is important that college counselors distinguish betweenproblems students have with expected developmentalstruggles and more serious or chronic forms of psychological disturbance (Sharkin, 1997).
What is what college counselors have to consider when meeting with college students for counseling.
This is psychological pain because of the
disruption in established friendship networks
What is Friendsickness
*outpatient agencies
*VA hospitals
*Inpatient behavioral health centers
*Drug and Alcohol centers
*Private Practice
*Colleges
*Schools
What is places where Professional Counselors work.
This is a life long process.
What is career development.
This is:
School Wide Programs
Classroom Guidance
Group Counseling
Individual Counseling
Crisis Intervention
How SC's develop services to students in schools.
This is seven specific developmental tasks of college
students: competence, autonomy, managing emotions, identity,purpose, integrity, and relationships
What is psychosocial considerations for counseling college students.
This is where a Marywood student would go to explore what career might be best for them.
What is the Marywood Career Center.
This is what a Professional Counselor needs to practice independently in a private practice.
What is a license.
This assess your:
--Interests
–Abilities
–Personality
–Values
What are career assessments.
This is what SC's help students succeed with:
Organization
Goal Setting
Study Skills
Course Selection (rigorous curriculum!)
Test Preparation
Test Anxiety
Homework Strategies
Note-Taking
What is academic development
This is:
--Counseling as psychotherapy - long-term counseling
with a small percentage of students
– Counseling as vocational guidance - emphasizes
helping students productively relate academic and
career matters
– Counseling as traditionally defined - emphasizes a
broad range of counseling services, including short- or
long-term relationships and those that deal with
personal, academic, and career concerns
What is College Counselor Role/Empases
This is an option for a School Counselor who competed a 60 credit degree from a CACREP counseling program.
What is becoming a Licensed Professional Counselor.
This is a total of 3000 hours post graduate degree.
This is taxing on your emotional, mental, and financial health.
What is staying at a job you hate.
This is what SC's help students with:
Active Listening
Social Skills
Emotion Management
Coping Skills
Making and keeping
friends
Personal hygiene
Self Esteem
Positive body image
Peer Pressure
Assertiveness
Personal Safety
Substance Abuse
What is emotional development.
Choosing to act with respect, compassion, assertiveness and sincerely apologize when you don't is considered
What is KINDNESS
This is the model that Professional Counselors subscribe to when working with clients.
What is the Wellness Model.