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Masters of Arts Professional Counseling

Personal Goal: One personal goal that I have for myself is to be more physically active and eat less processed foods and more whole foods.

Professional Goal: One professional goal that I have for myself is to complete my MA Professional Counseling with A's.

What I want to get out of this course: - I want to be confident in crisis situations. For example, I want to say/do the right thing when working with clients who may be experiencing an active crisis. I also want to learn more about how to approach people who have experiencing trauma.

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https://www.counseling.org/resources/topics/professional-counseling American Counseling Association link to resources and tools for counselors.

https://www.txca.org/ Organization compromised of Texas counselors

https://gov.texas.gov/organization/disabilities/mental_health_protections#:~:text=Texas%20Law,information%20about%20protection%20and%20advocacy. Resources and key laws in Texas

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Introductions & Assessing Prior Knowledge

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Introductions & Assessing Prior Knowledge

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Assessing my prior knowledge of crisis and trauma showed me that I did not know many of the current statistics regarding trauma. I was surprised to find that so many adolescents were affected.

Link to quick facts about mental health in America https://www.mhanational.org/mentalhealthfacts

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Reference Guide for Mental Health Disorders

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Reference Guide for Mental Health Disorders

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Quick guide to reference different mental health disorders. This assignment will be useful for me in the future so that I can refer back to it if needed. It's a concise document that I can also add to so that it is more in depth.

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Reference Guide for Mental Health Disorders 

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This assignment helped me to identify symptoms in trauma and further discuss them. I thought about what I what have done if I were the helping professional in that situation.

Links:

Trauma informed care resource: TraumaInformedCare.chcs.org

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Developmental Discussion on Trauma Post 2

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Developmental Discussion on Trauma Post 2

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Developmental Discussion on Trauma Post 3

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Developmental Discussion on Trauma Post 3

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Developmental Discussion on Trauma Post 4

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Developmental Discussion on Trauma Post 4

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This assignment will be helpful for me in my future role because I have the knowledge on how to form a connection with someone who is facing a crisis situation so that I can better help someone.

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Psychological First Aid (PFA) Online_Certificate

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Completing the ABC model for Rosa helped me to understand how to break down a client's issue they are facing. This was helpful because I was able to analyze the physical, emotional, social, and mental factors that a client faces and then treat those issues. I plan to use this model for my own clients when working with them.

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This assignment showed me how prominent human and sex trafficking is. I also learned the common risk factors that make someone vulnerable to being trafficked. Different screening assessments, referral processes, and special considerations when working with special populations are included. This information will be helpful when working with survivors of human and sex trafficking.

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Human and Sex Trafficking of Adolescents

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Local Emergency and Non-Emergency Contacts

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Local Emergency and Non-Emergency Contacts

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Hardeman County Sherriff Non-Emergency: (940) 663-5374

Red River: 877-278-0998

Helen Farabee 24/7 Crisis Line: 903-472-7242

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Being culturally competent is essential when working with clients so that we, as counselors, are treating each client with respect. Knowing different cultures' values will help me as an LPC because I will be able to be respectful, and build rapport and trust when working with clients.