Counseling Profession Paper

The counseling profession can hold both similarities and differences with other health care professionals in fields of psychology, social work, and psychiatry.

The major difference between counselors and other health care professionals is the model they use to assist in providing services to Clients. Counselors use the Wellness Model to help treat Clients where as other health care professionals use the medial model. This model tends to examine mental health as an illness. Counselors when servicing Clients want to help empower clients to achieve their highest level of being as possible instead of focusing on curing an illness. Counselors also want Client to learn to live independently and potentially not always need services.
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