Research Paper on:
Homeless Shelters and Enhancement of Counseling Skills

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a homeless shelter is both prudent and highly recommended to ensure the best possible outcome. Considering such issues as ethical framework for good practice in counseling, confidentiality within the  setting of the homeless shelter and core conditions for counseling, it becomes apparent that helping the homeless means much more than merely providing a warm meal and a bed for  the night. There is no doubt that counseling for the homeless is an essential component of finding a solution out of that situation  by way of understanding the individuals unique circumstances and providing viable options to remedy them. Many times this entails addressing a mental health problem or drug/alcohol dependency, which necessitates  someone who is trained to address such problems; however, the prevalence of external circumstances other than mental instability or addictive behavior - such as job loss, domestic abuse - has  also become an important focus of counsel training for todays homelessness. At its very core, the main goal behind counseling the homeless is to "become independent of street life  and homeless shelters, develop self-esteem, and move toward productive lifestyles" (Whelan, 2002), all of which requires the shelter worker to understand the psychosocial approaches through appropriate counseling skills.  Homelessness is not merely a representation of societys mentally unstable or lazy population; rather, it is a realistic view of how corporate downsizing and cutbacks  are affecting the very core of the working population. Likewise, it is also a reflection of how spousal abuse has reached epidemic proportions, because escaping an abusive relationship is  "one of the main causes" (Morris, 1998, p. 241) to which women attribute their homelessness. Families with children, a population that represents forty percent of the growing masses of