Services Offered By Mental Health Counseling WA

By Beryl Dalton


Counseling services are often perceived to be services offered to mental health patients. However, therapeutic services often go beyond the imagination of most people. Clinical mental health counseling WA talks to people through their problems to identify and treating mental illness.

They assist mentally ill patients through diagnosing their problem and designing effective recovery plan. These individuals are trained professionals who are able to provide flexible and consumer centered treatment strategies. Their training and experience makes it possible to the integration of psychotherapy and practical ways of solving problems in creating efficient as well as a dynamic recovery path.

They are trained to offer heath service such as psychotherapy, assessment and diagnosis, psychoeducational, prevention programs, alcoholism and drug abuse treatment, treatment planning and utilization review as well as crisis management. As well as other services geared towards assisting mentally ill patients.

In the present management care environment, the mental health counselors are qualified to meet unique challenges therefore, provides quality and cost-effective care. They work in various settings such as independent practice, community agencies, and behavioral management organizations, employees assistance programs, hospitals, substance abuse treatment centers and integrated delivery systems.

Through their assistance to individuals using cognitive therapeutic process, clients are able to cope with different life threatening situations including loss of loved ones, physical illness, relationship and divorce. They also offer effective service to individuals suffering from bipolar disorder that is serious mental illness.

In most cases trained therapists often use cognitive therapy to assist clients suffering from such health conditions. However, there are some counselors who are trained to work with distinct group of patients such as kids, youths or elderly.

All individuals providing such services are required to have attained masters in counseling. However, curriculum requirements often vary from one state to another. In most cases many states requires that the program either accreditation by the CAC or Related Educational Programs or be substantive equivalent.

Before licensing or accreditation for individuals providing such services, they need to have attained masters degree in clinical psychology or counseling. However, the curriculum often differs from one state to another. Despite this fact they all acknowledge accreditation from CAC (council for accreditation of counseling) and REP (related education programs).

These professional have broad awareness and knows how to relate research to mental health counseling. Even though it is not within their scope of duty to recommend medication to clients, they are expected to be knowledgeable of common psychoactive medicines such as contraindications and their side effects.

These individuals are required in all jurisdictions to have residency as well as a specific supervised clinical experience upon completion of their education. In which during this period they are expected to work under a supervisor that regularly consults with them and provides documentation for licensing to the board.




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