This past week has been interesting at my internship site (multiple locations) and as member of a support group in Dr. Sartor’s class. Not only did I get to see group therapy in action, I had actually learned something about myself and the bias of my emotions. During group session, I felt confident in my anger and frustration that I ranted about a situation that occurred at my internship site (Acorn Daycare) with a student client and a teacher. Along with the incident, my emotions had magnified about the unpreparedness I had felt on a quiz that I had finished taking. While I shared with the group, it was a relief to see the group members’ faces of concern, as it made me feel that my emotions were valid and were aligned with what had happened. …show more content…
As I processed that I comment, I knew it and felt it in my heart simultaneously that they were right. Not only did I gain insight about how boundaries are important to me, but I also learned that crossing boundaries is a form of disrespectfulness as well. Considering that I have always struggled with “disrespectfulness”, it made sense why I was so upset. While group therapy is still new for me, it was an eye opener that I need to reevaluate myself when I am experiencing such a strong emotion. Recognizing that group therapy is only once a week for the next several weeks, I am going to start journaling my emotions to help me see any themes/values that I am not aware of or perhaps maybe finally start individual …show more content…
Apparently, if a student gets caught using substances (drugs/alcohol) on campus, they need to commit to 2 hours of counseling, which includes three different tests (Audit test, MAST and the DAST) and psychoeducation. In the first session it was focused on building rapport and getting basic information from the student. Considering the circumstance of the session, it was obvious the student had difficulty sharing with me, but for the reasoning cultural differences. As I tried to make him feel at ease, I disclosed small minor details about myself, which seemed to do the trick. Towards the end of the session I was able to explain and administer the 3 assigned tests. In the second session which will be next week, I will explain his results and provide psychoeducation with handouts and a PowerPoint presentation that fits the student’s needs. In addition, if the student may benefit from further counseling due to what is being said in session and his results, I can recommend services in a letter that is being sent to the school. As much has occurred this past week, these are the highlights that have made an impact on me as a person and as a
As a student, practice is crucial to learn group therapy techniques. In order to achieve these practices, I attended 2 support groups of the same topic. Observation and attendance constructs an idea of how group therapy works. Attending this group was important because of the profoundness of its meaning and experiences I have witnessed.
The school setting makes this task quite daunting since “a culture of open communication regarding student information is quite common among educators in school settings” (ARTICLE P337). Even so, it is important to disclose only the most vital information so as to not jeopardize one’s job duties nor compromise one’s ethics. When taking in a situation in its entirety, a school counselor must dissect all of the information given and only release what is absolutely necessary in order to take action – if any action is needed. The relationship of trust between the school counselor and the minor student must be kept intact and remain unaffected at all cost. Releasing too much information would create mistrust and separation between the two, leaving the student with no one else to turn to.
I met with Christine, an acquaintance I know through members of a twelve step program. We met for about 20 minutes over coffee. As we spoke, I asked the questions that I prepared, omitting some and adding others based on the responses given. The list of questions in reproduced in the last section of this work. Christine works at an inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in New Jersey, the specifics of which have been intentionally omitted. Her interest in the field is identical to mine; she has a personal history of substance abuse. After obtaining sobriety, she wished to help others with her experience. This similarity is the primary reason I wanted to discuss this topic with her.
Today I received a referral from a family who is seeking help regarding their dysfunctional family structure. The Simpson’s are a nuclear family that is having difficulties living as a family. I have already spoken to Marge Simpson and agreed to find a way to get her husband and children to therapy. She has very high aspirations of attending therapy with her family because she has longed for a “normal” functioning family in which her husband and children interact in a much healthier manner than they do now. She described her husband of being careless, her son uncontrollable ate times, and her daughters disconnected from the family. We have set up the meeting for next week, Wednesday at six, when she believed her family would be more willing to attend and actually participate in the therapy session.
Cournoyer (2014) holds that if a social worker is self-aware, then he or she can ensure that one’s personal issues and biases remain personal in a professional setting. I scored high on the self-control measure, which indicates that I can manage my thoughts, feelings, and behaviors such that I can simultaneously acknowledge their existence, understand how they might impact my client, and decide how I should react based on my client’s best interests. However, in situations that are emotionally arousing, it is difficult for me to consider other’s thoughts and feelings because when my emotions are raging a disconnect occurs between my intellect and emotions, which in turn produces a narrowed, one-sided perspective. To counteract this tendency, I will practice relaxation techniques such as deep breathing exercises when working with clients to ensure my focus remains on the
This paper will examine a 10-session theoretical group therapy intervention. The population served will be adults who have endured childhood trauma and who deal with mental health issues resulting from those traumatic experience(s). The purpose is to intervene with music therapy to aid in the abatement of most mental health symptoms excluding personality disorders and psychosis.
...ate with their therapists. “A systematic relationship between the therapists' personal reactions to the patient and the quality of their communication, diagnostic impressions, and treatment plans” (Horvath & Greenberg, ). While positive attitudes from the therapists are more likely to result in a successful treatment, negative attitudes will not develop the necessary cooperation from the clients side to successfully reach the goal of the therapy.
Toseland & Rivas (2009) expressed how the psychodynamic theory focuses primarily on the individual, group members act out in the group unresolved conflicts from early life experiences (p.59). The group focused on past life experiences while exploring the cognitive moral reasoning behind their actions and how to cope positively from the injustices that occurred. As we divulged into heavy topics some group members enforced defense mechanisms that had formed earlier in their lives. Thus, the Social Worker and I had to link group members past behaviors to their current ones to help them solve conflict and hinderances in their behavior and positive way of thinking. Overall, the members of the group progressed tremendously from their negative coping behaviors. The treatment group has increased their self-confidence on their ability to persevere after enduring trauma and substance abuse issues. They have also gained a deeper respect for one another, and created a positive social support group outside of the treatment group
Group therapy is considered one of the most resourceful forms of therapy. The benefits to group therapy can be both cost-effective and a great means of support (Corey, Corey & Corey, 2014). The process of experiencing ideas and viewpoints expressed by your peers allows group members to become more susceptible to the counseling procedure. Group counseling also helps individuals to feel a sense of belonging due to similar situations and experiences shared by the group. The sense of support from group members can be an excellent means towards developing long-lasting relationships and developing communication skills needed to move forward during the counseling phase. In this paper, I will discuss my experiences throughout the group-counseling phase.
The ideas of this article intrigued me because of the information presented in the beginning paragraphs. This article elaborates upon how important the ability of being able to distinguish between positive and negative emotions is. Through the faces presented in the start of the article, I learned that affective development “generally precedes cognitive and behavioral development, as children experience emotions and react to them long before they are able to verbalize or cope. However, social and emotional competencies do not unfold automatically; rather they are strongly influenced by the child’s early learning environment” (Kramer, Caldarella, Christensen & Shatzer 2010). As an educator, I feel as though this is a pertinent piece of important information. Oftentimes students will view school as their safe-haven, and, with all the struggles that they are facing at home, emotions are let loose in the wrong ways. This social-emotional learning program reportedly help...
Through the process of this class I have been able to reflect and analyze how I am as a leader as well as a co-leader in a group setting. I believe throughout this process of being part of a group as a member and leader has help me further define the roles that I will play in group counseling in the future. The evolution that I am seeing are an abundance of growth in areas that I thought I was already comfortable in such as being an active listener and co-leading. I see that there are more to becoming a powerful leader and facilitator. There are various aspects of becoming a well rounded group leader as learning the skills to endure especially building your endurance. Also, being able to take risks, being competent and confidence in your ability to lead a group of any sorts. Moreover, I have found that my communication style has shifted especially learning about the process in which you communicate your informal introduction as well as the lingo that is being used as a counselor. Also, the way in which we approach each member of
I want to assist the ones I facilitate to, by choosing the most skillful way in which to respond to unpleasant thought, feelings or situations, by providing a different view on their lives and by giving them the knowledge to be in the present, focusing in developing a more accepting mind, observing one’s emotions when it occurs by practicing equanimity and balance, and realize that thoughts come and go. It is important to reassure that we all have many choices, and that one of them is to breath in compassion to self and others. It’s important to train the mind to notice positive emotions and to identify a neutral moment, to come back to when things get overwhelmed. I have been helping my clients to develop the capacity to manage their own feelings when dealing with difficult emotions, and also providing compassion practices, as a powerful way to rebuild one’s own trust and sense of
In regards to therapeutic communication and group dynamics, I feel that I have an interesting perspective. I function as a telephone triage nurse taking after hours calls for physicians, as well as answering health advice questions for community callers. My current workplace is such that as nurses, we work autonomously while on shift. For the most part, our coworkers at the time of our shift are actually the doctors on call. However, in order for the dynamics of our departments to work most effectively, we must work together as a team. I have made observations regarding the dynamics of our team over the last several years in this unique position. I have found that those nurses who are willing to put aside their own agenda, for the good of the team, serve to improve our departments function. There are many tasks that we are charged with doing that are not of the typical "nursing" tasks. Such as mailing materials to the community, or assisting the community with scheduling of classes and or patient appointments. When nurses who work in our department have a negative attitude toward tasks at hand and do not take these tasks as seriously as the calls with the patients, there can be a breakdown of the system.
Rosen, L. D., Cheever, N. A., Cummings, C., & Felt, J. (2008). The impact of emotionality and
Reflecting on the Person-Centered Therapy, it is similar to the Existential Therapy because it focuses on the client/therapist relationship, where the therapist needs to be totally genuine, empathetic and non-judgmental toward their clients in order to gain the client’s trust. I like the fact that the Person-Centered Therapy views the client as their best authority on their own experience, and being fully capable of fulfilling their own potential for growth. I also like the fact that the therapist is non-directive, does not give advice and there is no specific technique involved. Person Centered Therapy can basically develop their own technique as their relationship develop with the client.