Graphic design refletion

 

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As time goes by technology has enabled the art of combining text and pictures. The application of this art is not limited in advertisements, newspapers or booklets. I understand that graphic design can be physical and even digital. Furthermore, it concentrates on broadcasting the message virtually. This implies that every graphic design art as a special message and a unique outcome from the message. These messages are not limited to promoting goods and services, disseminating information and displaying valuable information. I know graphic design is all around. The art facilitates expressing concepts in a perfect channel using artistic ways of narrating stories. Therefore, I can define graphic design is the skill of combing colours, pictures, and other elements to communicate a message beyond spoken words.  This has made the art to be used widely. Some of the application of graphic design I find common include online cards, greetings cards, clothing designs and album covers (Apryl Duncan, 2019)..

      Most websites and blogs prefer to use graphic design as a means of promoting themselves. It is useful especially in making the sites attractive and therefore creating more traffic.

Greetings cards are becoming more common in modern society. This implies that graphic design will make them be of quality, therefore, making them effective. I will prefer well-designed wedding cards since they are capable of making the wedding to look more elegance.

Most traders especially dealing with T-shirts and design clothes are using graphic design to add value to their products. Graphic design makes the clothing to be attractive and has unique taste thus, increasing its demands (Apryl Duncan, 2019).

    Graphic design is a game-changer in the film and music world. It has made it possible for a designer to create flyers and posters to hype the events. It is common now that every good album must be accompanied by a creative album cover.

      Having this information in mind, I intend to analyse numerous graphic design concepts that I consider fascinating and exceptional. Character concepts have had many great concepts but a girl with a flower and underwater explorer has been exceptional. They are common in the mobile and video arts. The illustrations have more than one character and each is designed uniquely. This enables gamers to recognize each character easily. An illustration of a girl with a flower the art is based on the flat design that is manifested in simple shapes and visual components. Moreover, regardless of the application of fewer techniques, the art perfectly has a bright and warm experience like in the springtime. The art also has a colour palette that displays a young girl’s compassion and cleanliness. Finally, the background contains a shadow granting the flat picture extreme-coloured outlook (Alina Arshapova).

Another character concept that stood up for me is an underwater explorer. It is also a flat illustration. Here the art is design in such a way that there are numerous applications of techniques. These techniques facilitate a combination of the classic and more recent mechanisms to flat art. The art has few shapes and also uses noise texture across the design. It has a vivid contrast to create a good visual. This is because it has a dark background and bright elements.

      Another category of graphic design concepts that I perceived exceptional is city illustrations. The painting is showing the beautiful outlook of different cities across the world. They include Hallo Lofoten, Buongirio Roma among many more city illustrations.

Hallo Lofoten design is a representation of Lofoten city found in Norway. The designer was inspired to come up with the design because of the city’s amazing colours, environment, tall buildings and mountains. The design has a unique concept of making the illustration to appear as though it has been framed like stamps used in the letter envelopes. For the illustration to feel more natural the designer did employer lines in the water to act as brightness of amazing mountains. Moreover, the brightness of various colours creates a unique atmosphere (Alina Arshapova).

 

City illustration also creates an illustration of Rome. There is the employment of the technique of mixing different colours to give the design the same contrasts as the Rome city. This is enabled by mixing blue and yellow colours. The design went further and creates simple shapes to represent the famous building to make them be easily recognized. Finally, it uses tones to come up with shadows and lights o the landmark (Alina Arshapova).

      Summarily, I can say that graphic design as a deep empathy. It is capable of providing a solution that addresses people needs. It can identify with an individual’s perspective, emotions and even objectives. Moreover, good designers should source for empathy insights regarding their target group before creating any design. Therefore, I consider graphic design as good art in many areas with many benefits. The benefits includes professionalism, consistency, communication, increases sales among many more.

 

References

 

Arshapova, A. (n.d.). State of the Art: 15 Creative Graphic Design Concepts. Retrieved from .tubikstudio: https://blog.tubikstudio.com/state-of-the-art-15-creative-graphic-design-concepts/

Duncan, A. (2019, Octomber 19). An Introduction to Graphic Design and Its Applications. Retrieved from thebalancecareers: https://www.thebalancecareers.com/what-is-graphic-design-38532

 

 

 

Development studies and Ethics

  

Case Management and Ethics

Read

 

    Becoming an Addictions Counselor: A Comprehensive Text, 3rd edition: Chapters 7 and 8

Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully.

Consider the discussion and the any insights you gained from it. be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required

 

Assignment 5:

 

Part 1:

 

Choose one of the nine areas of biopsychosocial assessment outlined in the text. Develop assessment questions for that knowledge area. In doing so, consider the impact of each question on the client, the appropriate timing, and the effect on the development of empathy and a treatment alliance. For example, in the area of family and friends, you might ask, “Who was important to you as you grew up?” “Who could you turn to in your life?” “Who were you close to?” “Who did you have a problem or conflict with?” “Have you lost someone important to you?” “What are some good memories you have of your childhood/ teen years?”

 

Part 2:

 

To practice writing treatment goals, write three treatment objectives you might have for a client. Discuss the following questions in a 500 word essay: Would the client take ownership of the objective? When in the treatment process would it be appropriate to address the goal? How would you or the client know when the objective is accomplished? What would the client need to do to accomplish the objective, and what resources would he or she need?

 

Part 3:

 

Read the case of Lee C., and then complete the following steps 1 through 8.

 

Case: Lee C. is a 25- year- old married male who is participating in an outpatient chemical dependency program. Lee is an electrician who had worked steadily until he was recently suspended from his job after a period of absenteeism and tardiness due to his drinking. Lee has been in treatment in the past and has maintained several periods of sobriety ranging from three to six months, with Alcoholics Anonymous participation. He often states that he drinks after arguments with his wife. They often fight about money and his running off to his mother’s after they fight. He often drinks with his best friend and co- worker, Kim. Lee’s wife does not permit him to live in the house when he is drinking, but his mother always allows him to stay with her. Lee recognizes he has “some kind of drinking problem” and wishes to stay sober because he is afraid of losing his wife and job. Following the steps, write a treatment plan for Lee C.

 

    List Lee’s strengths and resources.

    List his needs.

    Write a goal for Lee.

    Write a problem statement for Lee.

    Write an objective for him.

    Write a set of steps to accomplish the objective.

    Determine who will be responsible for each step.

    Set a date for each step.

 

Part 4:

 

Review and evaluate the following treatment objectives. Which objectives do you believe are satisfactory and complete? Rewrite objectives that are unsatisfactory or incomplete.

 

    Mr. A will improve his self- esteem.

    Mrs. B will work on her sobriety.

    Mr. C will attend five AA meetings per week for the next six weeks.

    Ms. D will start attending community college.

    Mr. E will improve his social skills by the end of group therapy.

    Mrs. F will participate by the third week of group by describing how her dependence on pills affected her.

 

Part 5:

 

Phil is a counselor in an intensive outpatient program where you work. He has been employed in the field for three years and has been in recovery for six years. You have been close to him for most of that time. A month ago, Phil’s son was killed in an automobile accident. In his grief, Phil went out and got drunk. He immersed himself without delay in his recovery fellowship as well as in short- term bereavement counseling, and he has confided only to you about the situation. State regulations mandate that counselors have at least two years uninterrupted “clean time.” Phil is very afraid that if the agency finds out about his relapse, he will lose his job. Discuss:

 

    How do you feel about this situation?

    What would you say to Phil?

    Can you consult someone about this to get advice on your position?

    What should or can you say to the agency administrators?

    When is withholding information a breach of honesty?

    If you fail to disclose Phil’s relapse, do you think you’d lose your job?

    How can you reconcile, on one hand, the trust and confidence of a friend and, on the other, loyalty to the agency and safety of clients?

    What do you think would be the best thing to do for your friend?

    What would be the right thing to do? Does this conflict with what you think would be best for Phil?

 

Part 6:

 

Your 28- year- old male client was married but engaged in anonymous sexual encounters with men. His family and in- laws were very anti- gay. He contracted a sexually transmitted disease, and discontinued treatment. Then you read in the newspaper that he committed suicide. His grief-stricken father called you, requesting any information you have that would help the family understand why his son killed himself. They speculate over what they did or did not do that was responsible for his death. Your memories and notes clearly show that his suicide was related to factors over which they had no control. What do you do? Because the client is no longer alive, can it hurt to share information with the family? Discuss:

 

    How should you respond to this family’s wishes?

    Do you have an ethical responsibility to your client’s family?

    Do you have to maintain this client’s confidentiality even though he’s dead? After all, you have information that would definitely lighten their grief.

    If the police investigate this unnatural death, what would you contribute to their fact finding?

 

Part 7:

 

Two hats is a term for an individual who has dual roles. Employees of addictions agencies often talk about two- hat problems to denote the staffer who is in a recovery fellowship with clients. Don is a recovering cocaine addict who works at Reality Lodge, a large long-term treatment program staffed largely by graduates of this therapeutic community. Don attends Narcotics Anonymous to maintain and strengthen his own recovery from addiction. At one meeting, a young woman named Cheryl makes a comment after the main speaker, in which she shares the difficulty she is having in staying drug- free. Cheryl happens to be a court-mandated client at the outpatient department of Reality Lodge, and Don knows that she has not shared these minor relapses with the staff. As an NA member, Don would never carry that information outside of the meeting, but as a counselor he would notify his agency and then the court. Which hat decides what he does? Discuss:

 

    What if Don calls the client on this and urges her to come clean herself? What if Cheryl tells him to mind his own business and warns Don not to break the confidentiality of NA?

    Should Don tell the agency staff what he heard at the NA meeting regarding this client’s lack of sobriety? In weighing the anonymity of NA and the confidentiality of Don’s agency, which carries more weight? What information can he share legally?

    What federal or state (use your state) regulations are relevant to Don’s decision?

    Can you write a guideline for this type of situation to state clearly the agency’s obligations? Shouldn’t the agency tell counselors to leave a meeting where a client is present?

    What, if anything, should Don say to Cheryl?

    If Don remains silent, what are the implications for his interactions and relationships with his own supervisor and Cheryl’s counselor?

 

Part 8:

 

Marcia, who comes from a Hasidic Jewish family and rebelled to marry a secular Jewish man, enters treatment under family pressure. She goes to a few AA meetings at the urging of her counselor, but feels she is being forced to go along with something she considers similar to her “repressive” family environment. “Another dogmatic in- group who only talk to them-selves,” is the way she puts it. She strongly declares her desire to recover from her alcoholism but does not want to be forced to go along with “the God thing.” Discuss:

 

    How would you approach Marcia?

    Are these religious issues or family issues?

    Would you address her issues about religion in a treatment plan? If so, how?

    Would forcing Marcia to attend AA meetings or denying her treatment be religious discrimination?

    Do you know anything about Hasidism?

    Would you need to know about Hasidism? Her family?

    Would it be ethical or appropriate to refer Ma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY (CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE)

Student’s Name

Institutional Affiliation

Date

 

Age

Development History (childhood and adolescence)

1)                  Do you have any family member who is has suffer from drug or alcohol abuse before?

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2)                  Do you currently have any medical condition? Yes [ ] No [ ] if yes, list all of then and please explain?

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3)                  Do you get along with other children?

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4)                  Who do you live with currently? List all the family members?

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5)                  What do you consider your hobby(s)?

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6)                  Have you ever take drugs before? What is the drug? How much have you take?

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7)                  Have you been physically, emotionally and sexually abused? Yes [ ] No [ ] If yes please explain? (E.  Ackerman, 2020)

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Part two

Treatment Objectives

1)                  The counselling sessions should start showing results after two weeks.

2)                  We will be having three counselling sessions per week.

3)                  We will start by discussing general personal issues before digging deep to complex issues.

 

         A treatment plan is essential for an effective counselling session. Many practitioners prefer to have a professionally written treatment plan to provide seamless and entrenched guidelines in dealing with clients. Furthermore, it helps in defining the problems, goals and even intervention in the assessment sessions. Having this information in mind, a well-planned assessment will be effective in realization of the objectives of the treatment.

         Clients will take ownership of objectives that are promising optimization of their satisfaction. The goals should be in a language that clients comprehend. Objectives should address the client’s problem and be achievable within the treatment period. This will boost client morale and make him or her ready to achieve the goals. This means that the context of that objective should be aligned with the client willingness and readiness. Moreover, clients are likely to adopt objectives that do not let them work on themselves but give room for practitioners to guide them in the process of healing. Therefore, the objective should respect the client decision and agency (Mark Tyrell, 2016).

          The treatment goal is suitable introduced and discussed after listening and understand the client agenda. It is advisable for the counsellor to first establish warmth and trustable environment. This will make the clients comfortable and ready to cooperate. Clients should then able to clarify the help they need especially in written forms. Therefore, this should create the ground for the counsellor listening and understanding client problem. It should enable interpretation and focus on the emotion of the client. After all, this has been achieved; the objective goal should be introduced where the problem statement will be converted to goal statements.

       When both the counsellor and the client are looking forward to the treatment sessions, then it is a significant objective of the treatment is realized. When a client is comfortable in the sessions and can open freely, then the treatment is having some breakthrough. Clients and counsellors are both enjoying themselves and having a good working relationship. The connection makes the client not to be nervous about the sessions.

        Clients setting up of goals will come in handy in the achievements of the goals. Setting up goals will make clients be more focus on the goal and reduce the chance of going back to the old ways. With the help of the counsellors, the clients should able to wrap their head in a more specific goal. Moreover, clients need to focus on one part at a time. If the treatment session is ten steps, then they should complete step one completely before moving to the next one (Myers et al., 2007)

        Support from families will help the client achieve the treatment goal within the timeframe. Client needs to have support from the counsellor and his or her family. This will encourage him or her to work hard toward the goal of the treatment.  The client should understand his or her commitment means a lot to the process and every ounce of energy is required.

       Summarily, for an effective treatment session both parties need to be committed. The counsellor need to do things right to earn client trust. All the policy protecting client’s information should be followed without any excuses. The objectives should be in a language that the client understand and achievable.

 

Part 3:

List Lee’s strengths and resources

Lee’s Mother

Lee recognizing his drinking problem

List his needs.

Lee needs his job back

Lee needs a treatment session to stop drinking problem

Lee needs to live in peace with his wife.

Write a goal for Lee

Lee will develop a positive commitment to a sober lifestyle.

  Write a problem statement for Lee

Can lee understand the illness of addition?

  Write an objective for him

Lee will go for a rehabilitation to learn and know how to stay sober.

Write a set of steps to accomplish the objective

Lee to be specific with achieving sobriety

Come up with plan of actions

Make the lists of steps in fighting alcoholism

Act on the plans

Read and listen for any advice

Seek for the alternatives plan

Examine the goals from time to time

Determine who will be responsible for each step

Step1 Lee

Step 2 counsellor

Step 3 counsellor

Step 4 both Lee and counsellor

Step 5 lee

Step 6 counsellor

Step 7 both Lee and Counsellor

  Set a date for each step

Step 1. 1 week

Step 2. 2 weeks

Step 3. 1 month

Step 4. 2 months

Step 5. 2 weeks

Step 6. 2 weeks

Step 7. 5 months

 

Part 4:

 

Mr. A will improve his self- esteem.

Incomplete

Mr.A will improve his self-esteem by attending the treatment session one per week

    Mrs. B will work on her sobriety

Incomplete

Mrs. B will work on her sobriety with his family in a conjoint meeting

   Mr. C will attend five AA meetings per week for the next six weeks.

Complete

    Ms. D will start attending community college.

Incomplete

Ms. D will start attending community college to share is hurt and angry feelings

    Mr. E will improve his social skills by the end of group therapy.

Complete

    Mrs. F will participate by the third week of group by describing how her dependence on pills affected her.

Complete

Part 5:

How do you feel about this situation?

This is a bizarre situation with two sides. Phil is facing emotional crises and reporting him that he has lapsed will worsen his mental situation. The situation is delicate ad need to be handled carefully.

    What would you say to Phil?

As the counsellor I will advice Phil that his situation of losing his son is painful but he needs to face his problems head on. Moreover, alcohol is not the solution to his problem and furthermore, may make him lose his job.

 

 

Can you consult someone about this to get advice on your position

Yes, I perceive this matter as delicate and rushing to make an autonomous decision is not good. Consulting other people will help to come up with various ways of tackling the issues. Moreover, it gives room for the best alternative decision.

    What should or can you say to the agency administrators

I will tell the agency the crime Phil has committed. This will help to avoid any concerns if Phil will be found drunk in the line of duty. Moreover, I will let know to the agency the final decision is on them, but to be considerate. This will base on the unique situation on the hand.

When is withholding information a breach of honesty?

This is when you are withholding information that affects the company directly. For example, Phil continuing taking alcohol may hinder his performance and eventually affects the agency.

If you fail to disclose Phil’s relapse, do you think you’d lose your job?

Yes, I feel Phil make take the advantage and continue drinking which eventually, the agency in one way or another will come to know. Then, it will be incompetent on my side.

    How can you reconcile, on one hand, the trust and confidence of a friend and, on the other, loyalty to the agency and safety of clients?

This is by properly advising a friend and tries to make him see they are other ways of handling problems. On the other hand, I will try to make the agency understand the problem and advice them to make it an exception.

What do you think would be the best thing to do for your friend?

I will advise him to reconsider his stand. Let him understand that he is not alone in this situation as other people are with him. Also, advice he to move with earnest and ask for forgives from the agency and show willingness to do the right thing.

What would be the right thing to do? Does this conflict with what you think would be best for Phil?

Have a long conversation with Phil. Advice him to do things that will quickly do away the memory of his son. Encourage him to join support group that will help him to share his problems and get advice from colleagues who have been through the same.

Part 6:

 

    How should you respond to this family’s wishes?

I will let the family know that their son was my client but would not reveal anything past that. I believe in counsellor-client confidentiality policy and breaking it will dent my principles.

Do you have an ethical responsibility to your client’s family?

No, my contract was with their son and it will remain like that irrespective of the prevailing situation.

Do you have to maintain this client’s confidentiality even though he’s dead? After all, you have information that would definitely lighten their grief.

Yes, I believe client’s confidentiality is a policy that must be upheld either way. As a profession following of my profession guidelines mean a lot to me.  I also, understand the situation but also aware of more situation like this arising in the future.

    If the police investigate this unnatural death, what would you contribute to their fact finding?

My only contribution is that he was my client and unless the law compel me to reveal confidential information, I am unwilling to give it to them. This will be in line with protecting my client confidentiality.

Part 7:

 

    What if Don calls the client on this and urges her to come clean herself? What if Cheryl tells him to mind his own business and warns Don not to break the confidentiality of NA?

Don should not break the confidentiality of NA. He should first try to talk to Cheryl to see if they can figure something out. This will go along with the spirit of the group that advocates members to work together.

    Should Don tell the agency staff what he heard at the NA meeting regarding this client’s lack of sobriety? In weighing the anonymity of NA and the confidentiality of Don’s agency, which carries more weight? What information can he share legally?

Yes, he should tell the agency. This is because confidentiality of Don’s agency carries more weight. H e should reveal the substantial hint about Cheryl’s identity. He can share information that he is certain with.

What federal or state (use your state) regulations are relevant to Don’s decision

The federal law does not protect any crime committed by a client. This applies at the program or any individual working in the program (Tonnelat, 2007).

 Can you write a guideline for this type of situation to state clearly the agency’s obligations? Shouldn’t the agency tell counselors to leave a meeting where a client is present?

There is a litigation that allows the agency to acquire client’s information. No it should be done in the presence of the client.

What, if anything, should Don say to Cheryl?

Yes, they are in the say group and they can exchange ideas and advice.

    If Don remains silent, what are the implications for his interactions and relationships with his own supervisor and Cheryl’s counselor?

This means if anything bad happen he will be responsible. It is because he was in a position to prevent it before it took place.

Part 8:

 

How would you approach Marcia?

I will let her know marriage is a long term thing that needs a good decision. I will also advice her to take her time and come up with what she thinks is best for her.

    Are these religious issues or family issues?

It is family issues. Her family is denying her freedom to express her feelings. The family are demanding her to follow their wish and will.

    Would you address her issues about religion in a treatment plan? If so, how?

Yes, need to understand and believe the decisions of the clients based on their religion beliefs and not hold any bad blood.

    Would forcing Marcia to attend AA meetings or denying her treatment be religious discrimination?

Yes, she needs to be let alone to decide on her own. This may be through her religious beliefs.

    Do you know anything about Hasidism?

Yes, they are well bonded communities that are spiritually centred on a religious leader known as rebbe (Marsen, 2009).

    Would you need to know about Hasidism? Her family?

Yes, this will help me more to understand her background and more information about herself.

    Would it be ethical or appropriate to refer Marcia to another pro-gram or agency?

Yes, if she will agree. First I will ask her to seek her permission. Any transfer must be done on her consent and willingness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

 

Ackerman, E. (2020, April 16). Mental Health Treatment Plans: Templates, Goals & Objectives. Retrieved from positivepsychology: https://positivepsychology.com/mental-health-treatment-plans/

Tyrell, M. (2016, july). How to Help Your Clients Achieve Their Therapy Goals. Retrieved from unk: https://www.unk.com/blog/how-to-help-your-clients-achieve-their-therapy-goals/

Madsen, R. (2009). The Archipelago of Faith: Religious Individualism and Faith Community in America Today. American Journal of Sociology, 114(5), 1263-1301. doi:10.1086/595946

Tonnelat, S. (2007). Keeping space public: Times Square (New York) and the Senegalese peddlers. Cybergeo. https://doi.org/10.4000/cybergeo.4792

 

Myers, P., & Salt, N. (2007). Becoming an addictions counselor. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.