...Through narrative therapy a counselor can help clients gain access to preferred story lines about their lives and identities taking the place of previous negative and self-defeating narratives that destroy the self. Presented in this paper, is an overview of the Narrative therapy and the Social Construction Model and several facets of this approach including poststrucuralism, deconstructionism, self-narratives, cultural narratives, therapeutic conversations, ceremonies, letters and leagues. A personal integration of faith in this family counseling approach is presented and discussed also in this paper. NARUMI AMADOR’S FAMILY CONSELING APPROACH Introduction Narrative therapy is found under the Social Construction Model. Using the Narrative approach, the therapist will not be the central figure in the therapeutic process, instead he will be influential to the client, helping him/her internalize and create new stories within themselves to draw new and healthier assumptions about who they are. This process enables clients to distract from focusing on the negative narratives which defined their past, redefining their lives into future positive stories. Narrative therapists define the problem as the problem instead of defining the client as the problem. The therapy process begins redefining the problem, externalizing it and getting it out in the open. The narrative therapist uses the questioning technique and creates alternative narratives to connect...
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...Family Counseling Approach: Narrative Lisa R. Murray Liberty University Online Abstract Narrative therapy is a therapeutic approach that is used alone or in conjunction with other methods of therapy. This particular method of therapy is used in family therapy to help clients focus on gaining access to preferred story lines in reference to their lives and identities the family dynamics that may affect them. The preferred story line will replace the place of the previous negative and self-defeating narratives about themselves. Helping clients within a family counseling to begin to become the author of their own story is important in many cases to overcoming multigenerational affects. Narrative therapy aids in this process. This comprehensive evaluation of narrative therapy within the structure of family therapy and the integration of faith will be constructed in the following pages. Keywords: self-defeating, Narrative therapy, multigenerational, therapeutic Introduction Narrative therapy is considered apart of the Social Construction Model. This particular type of therapy, the counselor or therapist is not a dominant entity or focal point of the process. Instead the therapist is seen as an influential individual to the client. The counselor will aid the client with the process of internalization and the creation of new stories or narratives within themselves that help them to draw new assumptions about themselves. This is done through the process of the client...
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...advanced rapidly. Amazingly, the human condition could be put to test, understood and categorized. Sadly, anything falling outside the “norm” became “abnormal.” Once a person was identified as “abnormal,” they were the lucky recipients of a label they carried with them for life, or until they “recovered.” Mental health labels carry with them a certain stigma that communicates to the person they are different, perhaps less of a person and that “normal” may never be a reality with their “illness.” Recovery would be based on becoming symptom-free, or at the very least, a significant reduction in symptoms (Gehart, 2012). The mental health field has experienced tremendous growth in terms of understanding the plethora of conditions people experience, as well as in treatment of those conditions. However, one thing remained unchanged until recently. The idea behind recovery shifted from coercive treatment to person-centered change (Onken, et al, 2007). Gehart states is this way, “instead of using the medical paradigm of disease, the recovery paradigm approached mental “illness” using a social model of disability that emphasizes psychosocial functioning over medical symptomatology” (2012). The focus of recovery shifted from the illness to the person. The recovery model gave way to the idea that change can happen and that the person should be at the center of the decision-making process to “reach their highest possible level of functioning, while developing new meanings for their lives”...
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...Brooks/Cole, a division of Cengage Learning Theory Students: The following is an outline form of powerpoints produced by Gerald Corey, the textbook author, designed to accompany the textbook. Please note that the author is Gerald Corey and this work is produced by Cengage Learning, a division of Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. This work is copyrighted and can be reproduced and used only with the permission of the textbook company. The Therapeutic Relationship • The therapeutic relationship is an important component of effective counseling • The therapist as a person is a key part of the effectiveness of therapeutic treatments • Research shows that both the therapy relationship and the therapy used contribute to treatment outcome Theories of Counseling • Gerald Corey’s Perspective of Theories of Counseling: • No single model can explain all the facets of human experience o Eleven approaches to counseling and psychotherapy are discussed • Your textbook book assumes: o Students can begin to acquire a counseling style tailored to their own personality ▪ The process will take years ▪ Different theories are not “right” or “wrong” ▪ The Effective Counselor from the perspective of Gerald Corey • The most important instrument you have is YOU ▪ Your living example of who you are and how you struggle to live up to your potential...
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...iNTEGRATIVE Perpetual evolution: A dynamic integrative approach to developing praxis in counselling psychology Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Theory Building in Counselling Psychology 2 The Impulse Toward Eclecticism 4 My Bohartian History 6 Adlerian Psychotherapy as Structured Eclecticism 10 My Adlerian Roots 11 Beyond Adler: Robertsonian Meme Therapy 13 The Nature of Self 13 The Potential for Using Memes in Counselling 15 A Use of Meme Theory in Counselling a Suicidal Youth 17 Holistic, Dynamic and Integrative: Looking Forward in Our Profession 21 Summarizing the Foundational Principles of My Practice 21 Revisiting Holism 23 Future directions 25 Footnotes 27 Theory Building in Counselling Psychology An early text lamented, “A good theory is clear, comprehensive, explicit, parsimonious, and useful. We appear to have a paucity of good theories in psychology” (Stefflre & Matheny, 1968). Lent attempted to reduce this paucity by formulating his own theory: Wellness is intended to capture the notion of health as a dynamic state or process rather than a static endpoint; psychosocial wellness acknowledges the importance of both intrapersonal and interpersonal functioning. The multiple aspects of wellness would include a) self-perceived (domain and/or global) satisfaction (hedonic well-being), b) domain/role satisfactoriness, c) presence of prosocial versus antisocial behavior, and d) low levels of psychologistical...
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...shoulders wearing glasses. He metacommunication Presenting Problem History of Problem- BRIEF Family History Assessment Summary: Another important quality of the co-research position is that of valuing emotional experiences and reflections. Our understanding of the preceding conversation is that in the state of being oppressed by violence, a person is defined by the violence. The concept of choice in that state is a mirage; a woman would not choose violence, but inside of a war zone there is no violence free territory. If the person and the context of violence are separated (deconstructed through externalization) the person's preferred story of their lives outside the "war zone" context can become visible. This distinction became available in the training conversation due to the process of allowing for correction and respecting the trainees feelings of being emotionally connected or disconnected to the unique accounts of those persons oppressed by the problem. Doherty (1991) has described negotiating meanings versus dictating a theme (p. 134). From our reflections about the interviewing process, we have been able to articulate four qualities of the relational co-researcher position: 1. Fostering a Collaborative Attitude; 2. Valuing Emotional Experiences and Reflections; 3. Engaging in Empowering Relationships, and; 4. Diminishing the Effects of Existing Hierarchies. We'll now present excerpts from our interviews that focused on these qualities. The collaborative...
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...Outline The Primary Skills Used In Counselling Relationships When planning this essay I assumed that I would just produce a narrative of the primary skills and how they can enhance any counselling relationship but after some thought I felt that for the sake of congruence, ‘a core condition’, along side that narrative I would relate it to my own learning experience. I came to the CPPD thinking that if I wanted to be a therapist, then trying to find a solution to my client’s problems was my only goal. I gave little thought of how I would achieve this and even less thought or credence to the relationship I would have with the client and what power that relationship holds. I have since discovered that we should try and treat the relationship that develops as a living breathing entity, which has the ability itself to shine a light on the client’s blockages. Rogers, in ‘On Becoming A Person’ says that: “ If I can create a relationship characterized on my part: by a genuineness and transparency, in which I am my real feelings; by a warm acceptance of and prizing of the other person as a separate individual; by a sensitive ability to see his world and himself as he sees them; Then the other individual in the relationship: Will experience and understand aspects of himself which previously he has repressed; Will find himself becoming better integrated, more able to function effectively; Will become more similar to the person he would like to be; Will be more self- directing...
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...cancer was a major event that affected my personality, and how I dealt with my relatives and therapist and the outcomes from its treatment. CANCER Many of those moments or psychological moments were significantly affecting: * Memory * Tension * Anxiety * Depression * Sleep disturbance * Emotional disturbance It did not affect my memory completely as I was able to retain all images of my cancer treatment, but not in detail as well as the way family and friends treated me, and retrieving all this information made me feel completely depressed, nervous and full of anxiety. Even though the representations of those moments are not accurate, they are veridical. These emotional memories were coming back to me repeatedly ( Janoff-Bulman 1992), constantly recurring, and psychologically disturbing, full of negative events like death association. These memories were constantly telling me what happened. These same memories represented visual forms of sensory images that were not accurate as I could not and still can’t remember fully in detail step by step each occurrence. They are only visual images that are fading away and are not so accurate anymore as those sensory images are not coming back as constantly as before. They are not as accurate as memory is an active, reconstructive process rather than a passive, reproductive process, and in the process of reconstructing a memory narrative, errors can occur, but for the most part...
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...This study explore the assessment of the Practice Session in the Solution Focused Therapy done with my supposed client regarding her problem in controlling her anger. According to Steve de Shazer, the essence of psychotherapy was that the client is guided to make a change in their situation (de Shazer, 1992). Following on his Mental Research Institute training, de Shazer believed that any change in a person will be beneficial (de Shazer, 1985). The Practice Session I had about Solution Focused Therapy deals with the actual process, this is when the majority of the work is done. The actual process evolves in the initial questions followed by the miracle question that will give the miracle goal to discuss the exceptions and ultimately will...
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...‘All these personal counselling/therapy requirements for counsellors in training encourage selfish introspection. Counsellors are there to help others, and if they need counselling themselves, they should not be in the job.’ I am a counsellor in training on an integrative diploma course, which has a mandatory sixty hours of personal therapy that students must undertake. Here I will explore what other institutions expect their students to undertake, if any, and their reasons for this. I will also explore what could the intended or unintended consequences of these be, what the positives and negatives of being in therapy are and what my own opinion to this statement is. I will also look at my own experience of counselling and whether or not counselling will be impactful to everyone during the course. The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), our professional body, removed the mandatory aspect a few years ago stating that the psycho-dynamic approach believed that forty hours isn’t long enough personal therapy whilst in training, the person-centred approach believed that personal therapy should be undertaken when the person is ready. They state that their criteria for accredited courses are, ‘Courses should ensure that trainees gain experience of being in the client role.’ I have found that there is a huge debate on this, some theorists believe it should be included within the training (Atkinson,2006) and some argue that it should not be mandatory (Wiseman...
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...The art therapy services conducted by Registered Art Therapists, or ATRs, are an establishment of professional competence, responsibility, and respect. Simultaneously, part of that mission is the recognition and compliance of the ethical codes and moral values. When confronted with an ethical dilemma, the ATR must evaluate the issue and identify the important general principle with a positive approach. Whether it is the clients’ safety, their right to make a choice, or having equal access to services (AATA, 2013), the art therapist must then utilize the ethical standards as a guideline into understanding factors that are right and wrong. One must demonstrate in achieving a good conclusion by following the five-step model: the first is to identify...
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...Introduction In this essay, I will discuss my experience of interviewing a family and constructing a genogram guided by their narrative. For this task, I purposely chose a family that is very different from my family of origin in terms of their cultural heritage. I will reflect on differences and similarities between our families as well as my prejudices and hypothesis that I inevitably constructed before and during the process. To identify this family, I had to approach some colleagues proposing to them to participate in the interview. Fortunately, one of them introduced me to her friend. Francesca had an interest in psychology, and since she was free and not much committed, I did welcome her with a cup of coffee to share more about the interview. After I formally introduced myself to her, I laid down to her the framework of the interview, and she agreed to participate with her husband, Matteo. Family context The family I interviewed comes from Italy, but they moved to the UK 3 years ago. I noticed that knowing these few details I was already constructing hypothesis based on stereotypes. I was dreading the interview because I was expecting to have difficulty in stopping them talking since I was concerned about getting enough information to construct the genogram. I also hypothesized whether being new to the UK makes them consider participating in projects like mine to increase a sense of belonging. Another hypothesis where I imagined them to have very firmly attachments to...
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...and become core beliefs about not only their self but others, the world and general experiences, as well as, influencing an individual’s future assumptions. This understanding of the cognitive process that is developed through experiences is known as “formulation.” (Fenn, Bryne, 2013). Principles. A collaborative working relationship between the therapist and client is a core principle for successful CBT (Fenn, 2013). CBT is meant to be a short-term intervention that focuses on the future to create hopeful changes that are constructed by the individual’s goals. Behavioral changes reflect the goals of the individual through problem focused sessions that work to help clients identify, understand and then react to dysfunctional thoughts and core beliefs that are negatively influencing behaviors and moods...
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...cover this topic in further detail, specifically with her traumatic event with her own personal experience with her car accident as well as losing her father to a car accident. I could always assume that she has chose to cope with the traumatic event of being in the car accident by isolative behavior as well as disengagement from social events with her friends and family; however, this would need to be clarified with her to see if she has any awareness of this unhealthy coping mechanism. I would also need to know more in regards to her head injury-concussion, she had following her car accident to see if her isolation could be due to another medical condition that should be considered. I would need to have a medical exam conducted on Karen before diagnosing her with something that could be explained by a medical condition. 2) Provide your narrative diagnosis of this client, including WHODAS score, with rational. I would diagnose Karen with (309.81) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder due to her meeting the criteria for this disorder. WHODAS score was 2/5 and her Cross Cutting Symptom measure being highest on depression, Anxiety, Repetitive thoughts or behaviors, and personality functioning. My rational for diagnosing Karen with (309.81) Post Traumatic Stress disorder is due to her directly experiencing the traumatic event of being in a car accident (APA, 2013). Karen also experiences recurrent and involuntary memories of the traumatic event when she passes the...
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...Personal Philosophy of Nursing Cindy Lucas Jacksonville University November 12, 2012 Personal Philosophy of Nursing The nursing profession is not just a job, it is a higher calling. The amount of work, time, and emotion that goes into nursing practice holds nurses to a much higher standard than the average nine to five office job. Nurses must be proficient in a background of anatomy, physiology, and the way drugs and diseases work. Nurses must also combine that knowledge with sharp critical thinking skills and an unconditional compassion for humankind. While every nurse is unique in their own way, I hope the values that I have in my daily living can affect the way I conduct myself while on duty as a practicing nurse. The same theme seems evident in most nursing philosophies; caring, health and wellbeing, environment, and clinical excellence through education. As I contemplate what my philosophy of nursing is I have discovered that I also incorporate these aspects of nursing into my own personal values of what I believe it is to be a nurse. My personal belief system has always been that a nurse should possess strong ethical and moral values, a passion for caring, and a commitment to lifelong education. Ethical and Moral values One of the greatest challenges in nursing is how to integrate appropriately one’s own values and beliefs into the professional practice. The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient and the patient’s family. Patient respect, advocacy...
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