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PCN 515 All Assignments For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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 course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     The
textbook and the readings for this first topic
begin to describe some of the key elements for a
successful therapeutic relationship.
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PCN 515 Week 1-7 All DQs For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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 2 Discussion For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     Week 2 DQ
1 Read and complete the Empathetic Listening
Practice Exercise. What did you learn from the
exercise? What went well? What could have gone
better? How well did you feel you attuned to your
volunteer client?
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PCN 515 Week 2 Empathy, Probing, and Summarizing
(100 Score) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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
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PCN 515 Week 3 Challenging a Client (100 Score)
For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.co
m     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?
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PCN 515 Week 3 Discussion For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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 course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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?  
Week 4 DQ 2 Read and complete the Problem
Identification5Practice Exercise. How did your
problem identification process go? What went
well? What could have been better? What
difficulties did you run into in identifying the
problem?
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PCN 515 Week 4 Telling the Story (100 Score)
For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.co
m     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)
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m     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. 
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PCN 515 Week 5 Discussion For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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 course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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)
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m     Chapter 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.
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PCN 515 Week 7 Action Planning and Overcoming
Barriers (100 Score) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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
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PCN 515 Week 7 Discussion For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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 course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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.
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PCN 515 Week 8 Termination of the Counselling
Relationship (100 Score) For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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. Describe the successful
termination of the client relationship. Discuss
strategies for helping the client to maintain
change post-termination.
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