I am most proud of the relationship I am building with my immediate family. The abandonment by my birth mother had given me deep seeded emotional issues that were never addressed until I came to the group home. I have worked really hard on trusting
2) This week? I will continue to read articles about Transpersonal Psychology and develop my feelings about where I can use everything that I learn in class in the Psychology BA program. 3) This month? I will continue to read articles about Transpersonal Psychology and develop my feelings about where I can use everything that I learn in class in the Psychology BA program. 4) This year?
The initial consultation can be a very powerful tool for both the client and the hypnotherapist (Allen P Roger 2004). First impressions will be formed during the initial conversation between the client and the hypnotherapist. It is where the client can tell the hypnotherapist about themselves and can also learn about the hypnotherapist therefore leading the client to decide whether hypnotherapy is the right cause of action for them. Potential clients may be hesitant, nervous, and or sceptical about the idea of hypnosis (Allen P Roger 2004). They may have certain preconceptions of hypnotism from how it is often portrayed in the media and for entertainment purposes etc and so the initial consultation enables the therapist to walk the client through the processes involved in hypnotherapy and to explain how it can help the client and hopefully alleviate any fears that the client may have so that the client feels comfortable and safe (Allen P Roger 2004)..
To support this, questions are asked about the client’s story, strengths and resources, and about exceptions to the problem. Solution focused therapists believe that change is constant. By helping people identify the things that they wish to have changed in their life and also to attend to those things that are currently happening that they wish to continue to have happen, SFBT therapists help their clients to construct a concrete vision of a preferred future for themselves. The SFBT therapist then helps the client to identify times in their current life that are closer to this future, and examines what is different on these occasions. By bringing these small successes to their awareness, and helping them to repeat these successful things they do when the problem is not there or less severe, the therapists helps the client move towards the preferred future they have identified.
Examples of these connections that impact on our sense of belonging are show through the texts, “Romulus My Father” and “The Lame Shall Enter First”. Notions regarding relationships with people, family and culture can have a huge impact on ones sense of belonging. The always changing nature of Raimonds relationship with his mother Christine, confronts us and alerts us as to how the nature of family and family values affects ones self identitiy. Although Christine suffers with her own mental well-being, somewhere between all the pain and suffering, Raimond and herself share a strong sense of understanding with each other, “I was glad of her presence, which comforted me more that food.” Further more, contrasted with Raimond’s proud and admirable representation of his father, Gaita challeges notions of belonging, as it ironically can both inhibit and shape individual values and morals, “My fathers devoted care for me contrasted obviously with her(christine) neglet of me.” Gaita is able to paint an intimate portrait of his father through his characterisation of him. It is through this portrayal that the composer may come to understand his complex father, and strengthen his emotional bonds with him, after his death.
As congruence is generally accepted to be the most difficult of the therapeutic core conditions to develop (Mearns, 2006, p. 42). I feel a strong acquisition of true congruence can prevent against a counsellor, in the therapeutic situation, falling into the common trap of feigning and portraying a contrived role of a counsellor. Congruence is basically when there is a match between something but this can be interpreted in a number of ways. It could be interpreted as what I am experiencing and how I present myself to the world or a match between what I think I am experiencing and what I am really/actually experiencing e.g. if I am telling myself that I am not angry but actually I am seething inside (authenticity) i.e.
* How will you benefit from successfully attaining your goal? (Your personal goal and explanations go here. Be sure to respond to EACH question above.) My Goal: I want to be more considerate. S | Specific | I want to be more considerate of my family and friends.
The course has taught me to self-reflect, this has enable me to identify and develop personal awareness, Also the course has allowed me to be more aware on how to remain emotionally detached from the relationship that I will be developing with a client. The course has present many personal challenges, also an on-going opportunity to assess personal strengths, feelings, thoughts and limitations. In relation to other it has allow
Next, based on results what I will do to be more motivated. Followed with what incentives will motivate me more when working in groups. Lastly, what considerations would I have to make for incentives given group members’ motivations are different. Afterwards you should have a clear picture on how this exercise has made a difference in how I will deal with groups and motivating them. Let’s start things by describing what I learned about yourself in this exercise.
As parents we encourage our children to become independent and when they do, we feel lost and normally do not really want to let go. We miss instructing them, their dependency and being a guiding force. And if anyone felt the way I did when our son left home, “what do I do now?” It took me longer to recover than it did with our daughter and honestly I have not fully recuperated from the separation. But I did recognize that it is a normal reaction to be sad when your child leaves home and even go into their room and sit there for a while, just do not allow depression to set in. This is also a happy moment, now you have the opportunity to see the revealing of what you have taught your child come to fruition.