Introduction: The profession of Social Work or any other Psychological based profession is very difficult and very drowning emotionally, physically, and even spiritually. Being able to not put your own personal emotions or opinions your cases or towards your clients. In this case, you have a professional worker who is also a friend and mother. Though a loyal friend has to put everything personally and focus on her client who happens to be her son’s friend as well. Psychology Today claimed in 2002, that the biggest problem with today 's young males is that they often have mild to moderate alexithymia—they are unable to identify their own (and others ') feelings and thus unable to communicate about them. They never learned how from absent or …show more content…
Can Teresa remain objective in her work with Chris when she also sees him in nontherapeutic situations as well as through the eyes of a mother? Why or why not? I think Teresa will not remain objective in regards to her client even in a personal setting. Especially if she feels Chris is being a bad influence on her own son. Though friends with his mother, Teresa seems like an individual who is very analytical but at the same time try and please everyone. Psychology Today stated that process advice and substantive advice. Substantive advice is when therapists impose or give specific suggestions for specific solutions to problems. It’s essentially telling people the solutions to problems. Conclusion: Overall, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, there are two types of depression: major depression and dysthymia. Major depression lasts at least two weeks and may occur more than once throughout your child’s life. Your child may experience major depression after a traumatic event such as the death of a relative or friend. Dysthymia is a less severe but chronic form of depression that lasts for at least two years. a professional psychological worker, you should not but your own personal views or opinions headstrong when dealing with a
Angela should also seek out psychological services such as individual therapy, family therapy with Sarah, couples therapy with Wayne, and complete a psychological evaluation to determine further services that she should partake in. Angela should also find full time employment so that she can either contribute in Sarah’s home or move into a home of her own to help her relationship with her mother. Intervention in Sarah and Angela’s relationship is just as important as Angela and Adam’s relationship as Bornstein (2012) describes a mother and her baby as partners in the child’s socialization.
Subject N told me this story about how she was chosen for student of the month and couldn’t express how she was feeling because she was feeling more than one emotion. She realized that, she said she felt “excited and nervous” because they needed to interview her to display it in the hallway. She is showing an understanding that more than one emotion can be experienced. During my second time observing her she was also sad because her friends cat died a week ago, showing she is aware of events that lead to emotional reactions (Denhman, Bassett, & Wyatt, 2007; Denham & others, 2012; Kuebli, 1994; Thompson, 2013c, d).
Social workers in the healthcare field can be very beneficial to an interdisciplinary team. Throughout the semester we have looked at how social workers bring their professional and distinct skill set and beliefs to these teams. There are many stereotypes and biases surrounding social workers and other professionals on interdisciplinary teams. Social workers also have different views than other healthcare professionals and use their skills in communication to help the clients they serve, along with various other skills that are unique to social workers differing from other professional in the healthcare field. A social worker’s skill set can be extremely useful when working with specific populations at risk. The relationship between health and the role of the social worker can be different from other social worker roles in different fields. However, it is clear that social workers and interdisciplinary teams can be beneficial for everyone.
What does social work mean to you? Why do you want to be a social worker? When you think about yourself as a professional social worker, what do you see as your strengths and areas for development?
The path to becoming a clinical social worker has been as rewarding as it has been challenging. I have enjoyed every moment of learning as it has helped shape me into the person and professional I want to be. My original career path was not that of a Social Worker but once I had chosen the path of becoming a Social Worker everything started to make sense. I felt like I had found a place to belong and a feeling of “rightness”. I feel I still have a lot to learn when it comes to being a clinical Social Worker. I feel that I am able to perform many different theories or practices but I have a hard time putting a name to the theory that I am using. Honestly, a social workers job is never done so I expect to be learning for the rest of my life. I want to be able to help as many people as I can with the work that I am doing in the most ethical and professional way. I feel that my passion for helping others and drive to become a clinical social worker fit the mission of AU and NASW.
“The kind of adult into which we grow is not only a product of our biological nature, it is also the result of the myriad interactions we have with those around us through the formative years of our psychological development” (Howe, 1995, Pg.1). Therefore, it is critical that Social Workers are aware of and understand the impact that interactions have on individuals across the life course. This is understood through the knowledge of various theories, which are then used to evaluate the importance of social work practice in relation to attachment and loss. The theories used will be; attachment theory, Erikson’s psychosocial theory, Bronfenbrenner, brain development, vulnerability matrix and the resilience chart.
When the counselor explained that he would not counsel the couple but recommend them for couples counseling. I then understood the he did not want to have any biases toward the client’s wife. In the dialogue with the two counselors it went a little deeper. The client was also a little apprehensive about couples counseling with his wife. She did not even know he was there to see a therapist.
The key success to any business transaction is customer satisfaction. A customer always demands the best service and in return offers the company their loyalty. The key to this; great customer service. Smile at the customer, speak to them with a polite tone, and adjust your body language to make it friendly and approachable; all these are related to the concept of emotional labour. Emotional labour proposes that in order to ensure customer satisfaction is achieved, it is vital for “managers or employers to regulate or manage employee’s behaviour or emotional expressions to ensure service quality” (Chu 2002). The concept of emotional labour was first developed by Arlie Hochschild, who was an organizational sociologist. Hochschild stated that if an employee was employed in a service field, then it would be required from the employee to “to display specific sets of emotions (both verbal and non-verbal) with the aim of inducing particular feelings and responses among those for whom the service is being provided”(Hochschild 1983).
I have chosen social work as a profession because of my passion to help others. I want to make a difference in someone’s life and help them through the problems they are having. Whether the client needs counseling, guidance, or advocacy I want to be the person to help them. My drive for helping others and motivation to change social policies for the better is why I have chosen social work as my future profession.
Though there is an infinite amount of information that would be beneficial for social workers to know about the human brain, knowing these basics will make an enormous difference in the way that we serve our clients. Understanding the structure of the brain, brain development, neuroplasticity, attachment theory, affect regulation, and trauma is incredibly helpful for any person in a helping profession, and especially for social workers. As we work with our clients, we must remember that their emotions and reactions are almost always in some way related to what they experienced in early childhood and the effect that their childhood experiences had on their brains. Knowing this allows us to be more empathetic and effective when working with the clients that we serve.
I obtained my Masters in Social Work (MSW) degree from India in the year 2006. As with most countries around the world, the emergence of social work in India was from charity aiming to eliminate poverty. Gradually it shifted from philanthropy to rights based approach and then to organized social work. Community organization surfaced as the most central method of social work practice along with practice of casework. Although social work is much more structured in nature now, it still operates along the conventional perspective of social work. Social work is not even recognized as a profession in India. An indicator of an occupation being publicly recognized as a profession is exhibited by
This paper will explore what the primary mission of social work as a professional means to me. Through self-reflection of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics, I will delve into why I chose social work as a career, the type of social worker I want to become, and ponder what challenges and obstacles may impede my chosen path.
In the case study of Gwen, there is one major problem presented. That problem is whether it is ethical for a supervisor to counsel his supervisee. I think that Gwen is going through the grieving process after learning about her mother’s condition and is in a vulnerable spot. She feels like she cannot continue her work with hospice patients because of personal feelings. Ken thinks that Gwen is a great therapist and does not want to see her give up. He also feels like he would be the most effective person to give Gwen counseling, because of their trusting relationship. I think that this would be a bad idea and could cross professional boundaries. The Ethical Guidelines for Counseling Supervisors strongly suggest against a supervisor entering in a psychotherapeutic relationship with supervisees. It is important to limit the possibilities of a dual relationship. Dual relationships can easily become unethical and present problems or possible harm to the client, which in this case is the supervisee. They can also create dependency or have unfavorable symbolic meanings. I also do not think it was a good idea that the counseling happened in the supervision sessions. This time should be spent on improving knowledge and helping clients. Spending most of the supervisor sessions working on personal problems could potentially harm the progress and well-being of the supervisee’s clients. My reaction to Ken blending the roles of supervisor and counselor is that it was not a good, professional, decision. He has entered a dual relationship with Gwen that could potentially cause harm to her or create a conflict of interest. Since Ken is Gwen’s supervisor, he has more power over the relationship than Gwen does. This power can easily be abused by Ken...
There are two types of depression: major depression and dyshymia. Major depression, or clinical depression, lasts in shorter intervals; these episodes last minimuly two weeks and can occur multiple times throughout a human being's lifetime. This specific type of depression usually occurs after the child had been introduced to a traumatic event. The second type of depression, dysthymia, is less lethal than major depression. However, dysthymia is a chronic form of depres...
National Association of Social Workers. (2016). Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers Retrieved