Therapy

I have seen a few questions approaching this subject indirectly so I felt it might be interesting to ask it directly and I could use the advice too

Four years ago when I was 18 I was raped by a stranger. A counselor suggested to me that some survivors sometimes find role play an effective way to get the feelings out that we so often repress because of shame and anger, etc.

A trusted friend of mine helped me arrange to role play the rape in a realistic way and I found it to be liberating and emotionally satisfying. I feel much more confident emotionally and sexually today because of the counseling I’ve received and the role play my friend and I engaged in.

I suppose that such role play is risky for some victims though and one survivor I know has asked my opinion about whether it is right for her. I told her that her counselor would know better but she wants my opinion anyway. Anyone with knowledge of this subject out there, if you would weigh in I would appreciate it.

I has sexually assaulted a couple times when I was younger. I started participating in role-rape as I got older. It really really has helped me. I don’t know how it helped… but it did. I was like after doing role-rape several times… it made me feel better about myself… make me feel stronger. Again, I don’t know why it helped… it just did.

Now I am 27 and I have a wonderful husband, who I have NEVER had role-rape with… he is a very gentle man… and a beautiful baby girl (7 months) and I am 5 months pregnant (it’s a girl too). I don’t feel like just someones sexual toy like I did after being assaulted. I have a great self-esteem now. I am a strong and smart woman, not just another sex toy.

Some people may think this sounds taboo and crazy, but it helped me. Good luck and stay strong.

If you need to talk you can IM me… mommybeautiful_312… my husband’s nickname for me is beautiful…

This video is from the text “Effective Counseling Skills: the practical wording of therapeutic statements and processes” replacing the “Healing Words” manual as the basis for the Qualifying Examination required for Registered Professional Counsellors (RPC). The new version is available on Amazon and at http://www.tinyurl.com/y8l4nxn

Anyone meeting our pre-requisites may enrol in the online Professional Counselor Training Course http://www.collegemhc.com

Prerequisites: Mature age (18 or over), sincere desire to understand and help yourself and others, reading comprehension and writing composition skills. The course is designed for individuals who may have been away from the traditional classroom for several years.

Objectives:
1. To acquire knowledge and skills in the process of counseling individuals and couples.
2. To increase the students self-awareness of issues and factors contributing to his or her current life and functioning.

Topics:
1. Completing and understanding the Clinical Assessment; steps for suicide prevention.
2. Skills to begin, deepen, and close the counseling session and the over-all counseling process.
3. Skills to heal grief resulting from different types of loss: death of a loved one, breakup of a relationship, divorce, loss of health, bankruptcy, and others.
4. Skills to help others adopt healthy communication, reduce hostility, solve problems, resolve conflicts, listen with empathy, and speak assertively.
5. Approaches to help couples resolve specific issues: infidelity, household duties, addiction, and others.

Text and Materials:
Effective Counseling Skills: the practical wording of therapeutic statements and processes by Daniel Keeran, MSW (on Amazon included in tuition)
Qualifying Examination for Professional Counseling Practice (sent as a Word .doc file, $500 value included in tuition) from the College of Mental Health Counseling
Clinical Assessment Form (sent as a Word .doc file, included in tuition) from the College of Mental Health Counseling

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Hello good people of yahoo!

I’m currently doing an advanced diploma in therapeutic conselling, after completing a CTAB exam, and would like to go into counselling.
I have asked my lecturer what i would need, but she seems to be extremely vague… I am awsre I can join an agency as a counsellor once I’ve completed my diploma but its restricted.
i would also like toi specialise to child counsellor… but I have no idea how!!!

Any info would be fantabulous!
Thanks in advance.

x

a diploma in child psychology would be very useful

im in the uk, iam nearly 32 because of severe psychological struggles i have lived on disability benefit a long time now. my long term goal is to get qualifications in computers , get the correct therapeutic counseling , then i would like to leave england to live in spain or france , – a little coastal village , in my own house.

but until then, i remain living on sick benefits , and with the way the economy is , with rumors of cashless society’s , micro chips , identity cards – the NWO new world order – i cant help but be a little worried about what the future holds – i worry about revolutions , governments being over thrown etc.

i worry a lot about these concepts and because i rely on government for my housing and money etc – i fear i will face a horrible peril – or that, i will be banished or vanquished forever .

can anybody provide any input or reassurance on this ?

WHAT Future ?? With what little you GET from Disability, how can you afford a future ??!

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I broke down while watching "Say To The Dress" tonight. I just feel like, throughout the past 6 months of planning (it’s almost been 7) I have yet to feel that moment/period where everyone is like, "Yay, I am so happy and excited for you!"…my parents are wish-y washy, even though they LOVE the man I am going to be with…but one day they care about the plans…but after 15 mins they get annoyed and mad that I’m "going on about it." But here is the thing…how am I suppose to catch them up on a month’s worth of info (including what money they are paying out and where it is going…) in a few minutes?

I’m on a tight budget, trying to keep it not much over $5,000, but for the research and site searching I have done it might seem more like a $10,000 wedding because I have been resourceful. I just feel like no one is interested in this hard work, yet expecting it to be one hell of a perfect day. I mean, my fiance thinks he’s been interested and helpful, but he has done little of planning other than setting me up with a caterer he knows through work. My so called ‘bridesmaids’ almost bother me worse. They never bring up the wedding (I try not to as well, mostly because I am afraid that maybe they aren’t interested and if they get ‘overwhelmed I won’t have any. They are the types of girls that have never been in a real wedding and don’t think they have to do anything. I don’t even know if they would take the wedding rehearsal seriously. I’m not asking for much other than their commitment to those two days and buying a dress. I would like an occasional, "Hey, how is the planning going, is there anything small I could help with?" but I don’t want to push it.) I mean…I just feel like, if anything I deserve at least a little bit of the happy before the date and giddy talks with the girls…maybe a crying mom and dad thinking about how beautiful I am going to be. I mean, maybe I am thinking of a fairy tale story that doesn’t come true. I know there will be no bridal shower, bachelorette party, unless I plan that too…and I’m all for a backyard party with a few drinks…

All I want is to feel special and truly enjoy this time of my life and share it with friends and family. "Say Yes To The Dress" made me ball because there were all these supportive individuals to the brides. I had to take my fiance dress shopping because everyone else made excuses…and I bought ’said’ dress because it was too painful doing it by myself.

I’m obviously emotional and probably due my period…but I almost feel like I should list something silly on Ebay in order to find people that would stand in for supportive roles through the next 4 months.

I guess I’m just have a bad day, but I really feel like I’ve missed out on what this wedding is suppose to be about. It’s like, the wedding is going to have to be great because everything leading up to it has been me coming up with ideas, venues, making decorations, me planning, me trying to be subtle about time-lines and deadlines…

Thanks for listening, if anyone actually read this whole thing. I guess I have used it a therapeutic counseling session.

To be honest honey, It actually seems like you need a huge hug. I’m annoyed at the people in your life that haven’t been supportive of how hard you’ve been working because I know what it feels like not to be appreciated.

I’d suggest talking to your fiancée about how you’ve been feeling and ask him to help out a bit more, and, to be fair, if your bridesmaids are going to get "overwhelmed" if they at least help you pick out the perfect shoes then I don’t really think they’re the type you want at your wedding. You deserve much more help than this, and if you’re resorting to yahoo answers then you really need some support.
When your fiancée comes home you should cry on his shoulder and talk to him about just how hard it is, and talk to all the people that you think should be more supportive and ask them for help.

I hope I’ve helped you, I know I’m pretty much a novice but I think I would do this if it were me.

Good luck on your wedding, Congratulations

xx
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I’ve decided to keep fighting no matter. As long as poetic thoughts flow in my vein, I shall write these stanzas. This poem right here isn’t really a poem. Poetry is descriptive, but this is just a motivation in poetic form. Tell me what ya’ll think

Poetic motivation

As long as the thoughts keep flowing
I’m gonna keep going
The ink may die out
But I shall continue to cry out
Continuing my revolution
No matter the critical response
My mouth will never stay shut
For it wasn’t meant to be
My poetic rhymes are my mind
The emotions inside
Therapeutic counseling doctor
Willing to help me out
So I will keep bleeding lines
Without a stinking doubt
Whether descriptive or blatant
I shall purposely shout!

Emm… to be honest it is no poetry… it sounds more like rap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ11bLHPrl8 – watch this. Those are poems of the most famous Russian poets (Alexander Pushkin (1799-1836). You do not have to understand anything, but listen how smooth it goes.

im in the uk, iam nearly 32 and because of psychological difficulties i have lived on disability benefit a long time now.

my long term goal is to get qualifications in computers , get the correct therapeutic counseling , then i would like to leave england to live in spain or france , – a little coastal village , in my own house.

but i think this is far away from me right now.

until then, i remain living on sick benefits , and with the way the economy is , with rumors of cashless society’s , micro chips , identity cards – the NWO new world order – LISBON TREATYS , , civil unrest , england losing its soverignty ~

i cant help but be a little worried about what the future holds for me, because the fact i completely rely on government because of my circumstances – i worry about revolutions , governments being over thrown etc.

i know the above scenario might sound a bit over the top, but i think in these days and times , one can never be sure.

can anyone give me their thoughts about this worry ?
Joe N

a legendary answer thanks.

Mainly that worrying won’t help you. Especially as
– cashless society
– microchips
– identity cards (which aren’t happening now, by the way, but we’re still going to spend the money – go figure)
…probably favour people legitimately on benefits like yourself.

The Lisbon Treaty, and European integration – you might not like it but as a rule other countries’ European disability benefit and so on is more generous than ours. The more like them we become the better, so far as the practicality of your situation is concerned. And if we weren’t in the European Union you wouldn’t be allowed to retire off to your house by the sea in France or Spain. So don’t worry too much about Europe.

Of your list then, all you have to worry about is a revolution – it won’t happen. And even if it does, worrying won’t stop it. Live your life, accomplish your goals as quickly as you can. That’s the best thing you can do.

See http://hypnosisnj.com for more details.
Hypnosis helps you leverage your strongest personal asset – your mind – achieve lasting and positive behavioral changes. Once in a relaxed hypnotic state, you will open yourself to affirmative, therapeutic suggestions and begin your own journey toward positive change and personal freedom. Contrary to popular belief, when hypnotized, you are not asleep, and you are not unconscious. You are able to talk, hear, move and think. In hypnosis, you are simply in a deep state of relaxation, similar to what you experience prior to falling asleep – where your mind is more open to positive suggestions for change. You can come out of this relaxed state at any time by simply opening your eyes.

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