Counselor Interview Paper

On June 7th, 2017, I conducted my counselor interview with Rosa M. Vidal LMHC, ED. S., Psy.D, in her private practice called Florida Therapy Associates, INC. Her office is located at 9370 SW 72nd St. in Miami Florida. Rosa, better known as Rosie, has a Bachelors degree in Speech & Hearing, dual Master’s degree in School Psychology and Reading & Learning Disability, and a Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Miami. During the interview, we discussed her approach(s) to clinical practice, different issues impacting the practice today, and were she thinks the future of clinical mental health counseling is going.

Rosie has now been practicing for over 30 years mentioned she was trained and enjoys working with all ages,

She also utilizes behavior therapy and play therapy with her younger clients. She uses CBT to help her clients modify their patterns of distorted thinking and maladaptive, or better put, bad behaviors. CBT helps a child appropriately deal with daily stressors and frustration, improves their mood, lowers anxiety, and helps them modify bad behavior by examining their confused and as previously mentioned distorted patterns of thinking. Therapists that use CBT techniques main goal is teaching children that thoughts cause feelings and moods which can influence their

These low standards have created in the past difficulty when deciding whether treatments are safe and effective for the client. Some of her clients that have mental disorders may pass through several systems, such as juvenile justice, therapeutic boarding schools, and other structures that offer different mental health services. The problem, she is seeing is that these systems do not always coordinate or communicate with each other to give the best possible care. She finished the thought by saying, “the mental health industry today now more than ever, is in need of well-trained clinical mental health counselors and psychologist, who can educate not only their clients, but other clinicians in the industry to make sure we all advocate to create guidelines for professionals throughout the mental health industry.

To conclude, Rosie is very optimistic about the future of clinical mental health counselling. To begin she stated that it is the one field of work that will not be overtaken by robots or automated machines. Clients are human beings she said, just like therapist and counselors, people want another person who has felt what they have, gone through tough situations, someone who is empathizing and present. The human touch is an irreplaceable part of the counseling process no matter what perspective or theory you use. From that viewpoint, Rosie feels we will always have job