This writer understands that not all mental health counselors have the qualifications to provide substance disorder treatment; also not all addiction counselors have the qualifications to provide mental health services. Knowing the differences will allow this writer to utilize both professional American Counseling Association and American Mental Health Counseling Association to obtain information and resources to help her within her profession. Capella University provides this writer the ability to obtain her licensure as a CMHC (Clinical Mental Health Counselor). Once this writer has obtained her license she will have to continue her education through trainings and continuing education on ethics or law. Professional Development is imperative to provide effective treatment and to be able to be established within an agency. Professional develop will provide this writer the confidence she will need in order to become a CMHC. Technology within the clinical practice can benefit not only the counselor but the client by providing an effective way to communicate, gain knowledge, track, and record treatment sessions. .
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Key Philosophies.
The key philosophies that are used with the counseling profession are wellness, resilience, and prevention. Understanding these philosophies this writer will be able to provide effective treatment to her clients. This writer will be able to offer her clients the ability to cope with life situations, develop self-worth, and learn tools before situations deteriorate. .
Wellness.
The wheel of wellness model promotes five different life tasks and subtasks such as; spiritual connection, self-motivation, work and leisure, friendship, and love. The first life task is having a spiritual connection, this is in the center of the wheel because it serves to be the most important for a client to obtain. Having a spiritual connection a client can have a sense of meaning in life, which would include spiritual and religious beliefs, (Myers and Sweeney's, 2008).