Multidisciplinary Counseling

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Counseling Specializations and Multidisciplinary Teams Within this paper, a discussion of counseling history will be described along with the specializations of Marriage and family theory (MFT) and Mental health counselling(MHC). Along with the examination of key philosophies around the impact of the Wellness model, resilience, and prevention. Finally, a team of MFTs and MHCs will work together in analyzing a client by the name of Paul who has returned home from his third deployment to c combat zone and is having trouble with his home life.
Impact of a Wellness Model
The Wellness Model of Supervision is a great model to help counselors-in-training (CITs). This model is used to help CITs to overcome the exposure to experiences that they are
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In 1889, Jane Addams was able to launch the Hull House in Chicago. Because of this remarkable establishment, a social movement was created aimed to assisting individuals (Capella, 2017). Years later in 1908, a man by the name of Clifford Beers went on record to describe his experience as a mental hospital patient. After, publishing his work Beers wanted to make a difference in the way mental health patients were treated. In doing so, he created the National Committee for Mental Hygiene (current time: Mental Health America) (2017). In 1925, the first counselor certifications were presented. In 1942, Carl Rogers released Counseling and Psychotherapy; the book highlighted the responsibility the client has pertaining to their growth and change (2017). In 1963, mental health centers were established under the Community Mental Health Centers Act (2017). Finally, in 1976 the American Mental Health Counselor Association was established and passed a law requiring a licensure of professional counseling (2017). Unlike MFTs MHCs, strive to help individuals that maybe displaying mental illness with both theory and …show more content…
The role and function for the MFTs focuses around his family and his marriage. Paul is not the only one suffering from his behavior, because his wife and family are worried about him this can cause a division and panic among his love ones. It is the job of the MFT to sit and talk to the family both individually and as a unit to see how this is effecting them and what must be done to better the situation/situations. The MFT may also recommend that just Paul and his wife come in for marriage counseling to help build their bond back after spending so much time