Intolerance Of Ambiguity

Diverse populations are characterized by clients from different facets of life, this can include, gender, race, religion, age, and various other factors (Cormier, 2014). This trend of diverse populations is expected to grow into the 21st century (Cormier, 2014). Counselors must recognize these differences and built the competency to serve various populations (Cormier, 2014). When faced with adversity, most people go through stages of change to process deviations that come along with adversity. A person’s diversity may effect how they proceed through these changes.

The Two-Track Model of Bereavement is a model that states loss is conceptualized along two axes. Track I pertains to the biopsychosocial functioning in the event of a loss and Track II pertains to the bereaved’s continued emotional attachment and relationship to whoever is deceased. The effect of Track I is seen through the bereaved’s functioning, including their anxiety, their self-esteem and self-worth, and their depressive affect and cognitions. Noting the ability of one to invest in life tasks after experiencing a loss indicates how they are responding to the loss of the deceased. This Track is seen as an expression similar to one of trauma, or crisis. Track II holds that the bereaved has difficulty physically separating from the deceased. This can be seen in emotional, interpersonal, or cognitive ways. It is shown through imagery and memories that the bereaved experiences surrounding the deceased, whether positive or negative, as well as the emotional distance from them. These pictures in the bereaved’s head explain both the cognitive and emotional view of the person who has died (Rubin, 1999).

Ambiguity is a concept I came across while reading The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusak. The novel discussed numerous paradoxes of the human experience, and thus stimulated my mind into exploring branches of philosophy previously unknown to me. Though the concept is a simple one, the source of ambiguity is much more complicated. From my reading of this story and study in a psychology class, I learned that one’s natural instinct and nurturing environment is what affects one’s perspective. Equally important, no matter how similar common the human condition is, everyone is different. No person has the same life experiences, and thus has a different perspective. These conflicting perspectives are what lead to ambiguity, which leads me to quite a harsh

In the article, We stop the next Aurora not with gun control but with better mental health by David Dow a tense message is delivered. Dow argues that the two most common policy positions on mass shootings are lacking in thought. One policy is that there should be stricter gun laws and the other is that more people should be able to carry and conceal firearms. Dow states that both of these policies should be discarded. Dow believes that the guns are not the problem, but a person with severe mental illness is the problem .The core message behind the passage is that the mental illness inside of a person is to blame for these tragedies, not the guns in the hand

We must empower them as agents of their community to reduce violence by offering care in a manner that values participants’ dignity, eliminates shame, humiliation, and stigma. Our mantra is “Work on the Heart, Change the Mind & Skill the Hands” Heart- how they see life by building trust and strong relationships, , “Head” – Empower with knowledge, and Hand – self- sufficiency empowerment to give back while supporting and building upon their skills. ”. By empowering the highest risk individuals in reducing the number of shootings that occur in Roseland and the acceptability of violence among the highest risk community members, we can change the violent

As I frantically got my lunch, books, and backpack together for school, I heard the news in the living room ringing in my ears. Another shooting down in American history, this one at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The news reporter began to talk about Adam Lanza, the shooter, who was deeply troubled in his teenage years. As the reporter elaborated, he revealed details that Lanza had access to guns. I felt my chest begin to tighten as I thought about dangerous people having the ability to purchase guns with no struggle. With each word spilling out of the reporter’s mouth I suddenly felt like oxygen was escaping my body and a sense of fear came over me. Out of nowhere, like a train hitting a car, I heard my mom yell, “It’s time to go, it’s 7:35.” I say, “Okay I’m coming!” even though

Another social aspect surrounding mass shootings in America is the over-sensationalism of these large-scale murders. Within minutes of the gunshots, news outlets are pumping out articles and notifications on people’s laptops and cellular devices. Within hours, articles with victims and suspects names are published worldwide. However, researchers are beginning to see a trend. As the media pumps out more and more coverage of mass shooting events, unfortunately, we’ve begun to see viewers become desensitized to the information. This is a form of adaptation. Humans will naturally adapt to their certain aspects of their environment once it becomes regular, cyclical, or over-produced. Humans have a threshold of how much new information they can retain. As viewers watch the new headlines of mass shootings erupt more frequently and more regularly, instead of being continuously shocked and horrified, we become desensitized and the information gets stored into our brains automatically and often without much grief or sorrow for the new massacre perpetrated that

They witness things like heroin overdoses, women beaten by husbands who claimed to love them, cancer patients who are losing the battle, and blood-soaked children screaming after being ejected from a vehicle. Every detail is engraved in their minds, from sights to smells to sounds, and it is because of this that they face so many psychological struggles.

Psychoeducational groups emphasize, “using education methods to acquire information and develop related meaning and skills.” (Brown, 1997, p.1) This grief support group works as a psychoeducational group, through focusing on education and knowledge for healing and growth. In this group, members value knowledge as it further brings growth through their grief journey. The facilitator educates the group with thirty-minute videos made by grief experts to support the members in learning proper coping skills and processing certain aspects of their grief. The group also characterizes a psychoeducational group through providing emotional support with discussion before and after each video. During this short discussion time the group worked together, to help apply the skills to their lives and process topics discusses in the video.

In their day to day world, the impacts can be devastating as they are unable to regulate their emotions and cannot face everyday situations. There are opportunities to fail in deals with all interactions from a child not coping in the classroom when told to explain his work to not being able to cope with waiting in line at the supermarket, to an angry outburst over a work-related issue not going your way. The impact of emotional functioning on those who have experienced trauma is a day to day struggle to function within society (Doyle, 2012).

When my iPad started buzzing with all of these notifications, I knew that either it was a fascinating rumor about a celebrity or a sign that tragedy had struck once again. Reading the CNN headline, my body shook, I couldn’t believe what I have just read. There just had been a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert, injuring more than 500 people with the police still looking for the killer. Waking up the next morning, the death toll had already climbed up to 40 people, including the gunman who the police had killed. Sitting down in seventh period, my teacher put up the headline of the attacks on the board, the death toll was up to 58 people making it one of the most deadly mass shootings in our history.

One way is to network and connect with professionals like Morgan, and educating yourselves on issues that affect the people we serve. In life trauma, tragedy, and changes can affect us, but we must not allow it to destroy us. Yes, we can grieve, be mad or sad. However, need to to learn to seek help if it becomes more that. This means that we need to educate the people we serve, when to recognize signs that we need help. We as human beings do not have control over everything, as mention in the video. We like to plan for everything and have control over every detail of our lives. Like the example she gave of the father in the camp working out. I am sure he had a plan to take shower after work and have thing to do, he never images his world would change forever that

I believe my comfort dealing with a wider range of emotions is a strength of mine, something that I can use to better understand and help a client/clients who present an array of different emotions and depths. Personally, I’m quite familiar with that of sadness and grief; having come from an unhappy home, having lost loved ones, and having my brother be in a critical accident when I was in high school have all helped me to understand the depths and severity, as well as the different ways in which they present themselves, in relation to love, sadness, depression, grief, and family.

The headlines are dramatic and communities are stunned as it reads “Shooter kills 23 children at a school near you.” The first thought that rushes to the head is “this is crazy.” Or, that individual must be out of his or her mind. Upon further investigation, it is determined that the shooter has had a long record of mental illness. This situation could have been avoided, if that individual had the covered healthcare. As a result, random shootings would be curtailed. In retrospect, this care could have been provided for by families and caregivers, if

In the aftermath of mass shootings, the United States’ democratic and political discourse oftentimes concentrates on the impact of mental illness. For instance, the media did not hesitate to diagnose Dylann Roof,