Complete 15 page APA formatted essay: The wounded healer as the counselor: therapeutic or hindrance.Download file to see previous pages... whether his intervention in a particular case is therapeutic

Complete 15 page APA formatted essay: The wounded healer as the counselor: therapeutic or hindrance.

whether his intervention in a particular case is therapeutic or hindrance. For the needs of this paper, empathy is not considered as a standardized response of wounded counsellors. instead, their actual responses to cases, which are similar with their wound, are explored. At the next level, the level at which wounded healers are used as counsellors is presented and evaluated – reference is also made to the perceptions of the public on the involvement of wounded healers in counselling but also to the challenges and barriers that wounded healers are likely to face when entering the specific field of practice. Two different research methods, the literature review and the qualitative research/ semi-structured interviews will be used in order to examine all aspects of the involvement of wounded healers in counselling. The specific subject has been examined in the literature but the empirical evidence available is rather limited. moreover, the critical presentation of recent literature and its comparison with the findings of empirical research/ interviews would reveal issues for further research. Aims and objectives of the research The aims and the objectives of this study would be described as follows: a) to show the aspects/ forms of the term ‘wounded’, not just in relation to healers, but in general, b) to present the terms under which a ‘wounded’ person can realize his condition and vice versa, i.e. to show whether a person may not realize the power of a psychological or physical problem on his character/ thought. the above two issues will be examined in general but also with reference to individuals who are involved in counselling, c) to show the signs that would be considered as indicators in order to characterize an individual as wounded. the specific issue will be examined analytically in regard to counsellors, i.e. how they could be diagnosed that a counsellor is wounded, d) to emphasize on the challenges and the difficulties faced by counsellors who are wounded – as the term will be used in the context of the proposed study, e) to show the terms under which wounded healers can be accepted as counsellors, f) to explain whether a wounded healer can hide his problem and become a counsellor. reference will be made to the potential effects of such practice and g) to measure and evaluate the response of the public towards such initiatives – i.e. the involvement of wounded healers in the provision of counselling services. Research questions The proposed study is expected to answer to the following questions: a) how the term wounded would be applied in regard to healers who are interested in becoming counsellors? b) Could the wounded healer respond to the needs of counselling, c) which would be the factors that could affect positively/ or negatively the performance of a wounded healer as a counsellor and d) could the patients trust the wounded healer as a counsellor? Justification of research questions The term ‘wounded’ can have many different meanings. Usually, the term is used in order to show physical or psychological incompetence caused by an unexpected event. This issue, the potential negative effects of unexpected events on human behaviour has been extensively examined in the literature.