Fundamentals of Health Counseling HNSc 2150 ER6 17339 Brooklyn College Pent of e

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Fundamentals of Health Counseling HNSc 2150 ER6 17339 Brooklyn College Pent of ealth and Niutrition Sciences Fall 2017 Ms. Freda Steinberger ESSAY Examination I (Midterm) Review Remember that an essay should be well written. Be sure to include an introduction and a conclusion. You may use your outline to guide your response. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastated many parts of the Gulf Coast. Particularly hard hit was the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana. Researchers later concluded that the damage was ultimately not caused by the fast winds of the hurricane but by flooding and breaking of the levees. In the wake of the hurricane many people had to flee for their lives from the Ninth Ward and other areas. One family that had to leave was that of Mr and Mrs. Jean Dupree, their four children, and Mr. Dupree's elderly mother and father The Dupree family had lived for many generations in New Orleans and had-played an ve role in their parish's service organizations and their children's school. Mr. Dupree was a highly skilled carpenter a busi acti nd Mrs. Dupree was a wonderful baker and had a small ness from her home where she was helping to care for her frail mother-in-law and father-in-law and her young daughter. FEMA temporarily relocated the Dupreefamily to a small town in western Pennsylvania. The Duprees arrived with only clothes handed out to them at a disaster center in Texas little possessions since they did not have time to remove anything from their home and could only carry with them what was truly needed for survival. Mrs. Dupree was sad that they were not able to retrieve the book with their wedding pictures and a book of ancient photographs with pictures of her now deceased parents and her husband's parents when they were younger and healthier. She was especially sad to leave behind a book containing baby pictures of their children. Family mementos and jewelry may also be lost to the waters forever. The Duprees were uneasy when they arrived. They were African American and Catholic and the tow saw Protestant churches when they walked around the town. nspeople seemed to be nearly all white and they only The Duprees' case was assigned to a local social service agency. They met with a counselor who reminded them that this eventually return to their home in the Ninth Ward. The Duprees asked how long that would be and she replied that she did not know. The Duprees asked for a ball park fig and again the counselor said that she did not know and that they must make the best of the situation now. She had found an apartment for them which she thought would be ideal. It had two bedrooms. The grandparents could sleep in one bedroom with th Duprees' five year old daughter. The eleven year old son and the nine year old son could hare the living room. The parents could sleep in the other bedroom with their two-year old daughter. The counselor said that she had found daycare for her the two-year-old. was only a temporary solution until they could ure

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1. Counseling might help Duprees in the following way:

2. The multicultural issues are the values and sentiments attached to family and interpersonal relationship of the culture that Duprees belong to.Their strong religious and cultural inclinations.

3. The empathetical skill of listening with patience and care ,with compassion but not symapathy .An observation without an emotional bias of self.

4. The questions asked should reveal their actual emotional and financial condition.Such question that may evoke an emotional outburst must be avoided, question should be in a way that will help them to gain in-depth understanding of their crisis.

5.Duprees family had undergone a sudden major crisis that has stripped them of their comfortable life and left them both emotionally and financially devastated.The counselor should be able understand this point with empathy but not symapathy.This understanding will yield positive result and will help to have good rapport with the family to help them get out of the crisis.

6. The counselor should not be forcefully suggestive,but should take in their preferences and choices.Should help them to gain insight into the current situation so that they are able to accept the loss and devastation and thus,they will be able to regulate their emotions and be better able to face the challenges with better options and confidence.

7.The major concerns and challenges are that:

Strenghts and resources

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