MENTAL HEALTH and COMMUNITY COUNSELING CHAPTER 17

THINK ABOUT: How do you understand the roles and activities of mental health and community counselors? What is your knowledge of community counselors’ various work settings? How do we provide mental health services on-line?

PROFESSION OF SCHOOL COUNSELING When did community counseling become a major force in mental health practice? What were the major causes of growth to community counseling over the 20th century?

WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY Community mental health counselors provide: Individual Counseling Assessment Diagnosis Crisis Counseling Referrals Peer Facilitation

COMMUNITY-BASED COUNSELING What is a treatment plan? How do counselors working in community settings come up with treatment plans for clients? How does a treatment plan predict a treatment outcome? 5

IN-CLASS ACTIVITY You are a community mental health counselor working in a mental health agency. What are common complaints that you might have from clients in the community? How might these complaints be affected with cultural and environmental factors? How would you incorporate these cultural and environmental factors into your work when addressing these complaints? 6

WORKING in CMHCs Core Services include: Outpatient counseling Inpatient services Day treatment programs Emergency and crisis services Consultation and education services

PRIVATE PRACTICE What is private practice? What are the factors that Carney and Granato identified that influence counselors’ decision to enter private practice? How might private practice be impacted by managed care? What are ethical issues involved with managed care? (think back to ethics class!)

INTERNET COUNSELING Phenomenal growth of e-clinics throughout the U.S. since the mid-1990s. What are advantages of Internet counseling? What are challenges of Internet counseling?

LET’S TALK ABOUT IT… How has this course impacted your thoughts about counseling as a profession? What are two “main messages” that you’re taking from this course as you leave?