Evaluate Different Approaches To Counselling

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Throughout the three articles that I have read, these articles allow individuals to evaluate different approaches to counselling and examine theories that we have studied in class surrounding depression. The notion of depression influence individuals to make cultural aspects of narrative therapy by creating relationship with family heritages. Some of these implementations include mental health issues as article 1 focus on family therapy and particularly focusing on how psychotherapy is beneficial to families with child behavioural problems. However, narrative therapy is reflected on the oral tradition of culture and engages us to understand people within the complex relationship in which they live and takes into account socio-political influences.

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