Potty Training Narrative

This paper will recount the development and history of narrative therapy and provide a brief background assessment on the founders and significant contributors to the postmodern approach of Narrative Therapy. The role of the therapist, the theory of change, the target of intervention, the assessment from this approach, and what the approach says about normalcy, health, and pathology will be presented. It will also discuss how narrative therapy might work with and be sensitive to the cultural and diversity factors and give some examples of intervention from this approach. It will then discus the case using concepts and ideas from narrative therapy and the application of the essential ideas of the narrative therapy in the case and, where appropriate,

When I became a mommy at the age of 23, I became aware of how much there was to learn. As a new parent I became overwhelmed by all the duties I had in order to take care of my daughter. She had to be fed, change, bathe, put to sleep, etc. It seemed unconceivable to me that I could cope with any other additional activity, such as going to college or working at the same time. There was a point in my life that I felt discouraged and felt I needed guidance and support to keep on going. I wanted her to experience what I experience during my childhood. However, by the time my 3rd daughter was born, I was aware of everything I had learned and I was actually an excellent mommy. I was able to analyze in detail what every parent must do raise their family in becoming productive citizens of our society and the reason why it was so important to become an excellent caregiver.

Story Theory is a middle-range theory put forward by Mary Jane Smith and Patricia Liehr in 1999. They believe that stories are an essential part of nursing practice. They believe that stories are just as important to diagnose and treat as the physiologic bodily responses of the patient. In fact, often it is the stories that clarify and give meaning to the measurements of physiologic response. Smith and Liehr posit that all nursing encounters take place within the framework of a story.

My client is a 27-year-old biracial mother to two girls. I've been working with a client for almost 6 months doing Parent child psychotherapy therapy with her two-year-old daughter. During one of our regular sessions client shared with me she walked into a room and noticed her 7 years old daughter and seven-year-old niece were engage in what appeared to be a sexual play. Client continued to share how uncomfortable she felt and stated she had no idea how to handle the situation. She had conflicting thoughts because she knew her daughter had no idea what was happening but realize that her niece has been sexually molested in the past and might've been acting out what she learned.

By having the potty training workshop it has impacted my educational content by making me focus on my children needs and how to make them be successful. I never thought much about potty training but when I decide to be a preschool teacher I knew that there would be challenges. I feel that this activity has taught me that no matter what age that I teach my student learning, successes and be independent thinking young ones. I feel that everyone should teach preschool in their life if they choose to be an educator I feel that in preschool you really teach the fundamentals, life skills, and structure.

I have three children, Danielle, Greg and Dean; I was lucky enough to be a stay at home mom till Dean went to Kindergarten. These years were the best time of my life, being home fulltime with my children. After helping Danielle, Greg and Dean; graduate from college, it is now my time. College takes a lot of time and

Narrative therapy was developed by Michael White and Davis Epston in during the 1980 's. Narrative therapy is described as a “ collaboration and non-pathologizing approach to counseling and community work which centres people as the experts on their own lives” (Narrative Therapy Centre, 2014). The basis of this theory is to separate the person from the problem so they rely on their own skill sets to eliminate their problems. Narrative therapy allows people to transform their personal experiences into stories and discover their life 's purpose (GoodTherapy.org, 2015).

When my daughter was eight months old she had a high fever. I was working nights and had my older sister watching my daughter. On this particular night I got off early and when I walked in the house I heard my daughter crying in her crib. My sister informed me that I was babying my daughter too much and she had to learn how to go to sleep by herself and self soothe. That is how she raised her kids and

In the study conducted by Koegel, Stiebel, and Koegel (1998) they took on the approach of parent-implemented interventions in the home setting to reduce physical aggression of children with autism towards their younger siblings. More specifically they wanted to observe whether or not if changes in the antecedent stimuli were associated with aggressive behaviors through functional assessments as well as parent-implemented interventions. This included a training of functional communication and the relevance of ecological manipulations in reducing the likelihood of aggression in children with autism directed at their younger siblings whom were either infants or toddles (Koegel, Stiebel, & Koegel, 1998). For this study they observed 3 dyads of families that had multiple children of which the older sibling was diagnosed with autism and the younger siblings did not have a diagnosis or disability (Koegel, Stiebel, & Koegel).

Moreover, to date, there have been little, if any, formal exploration of African American informal elder caregivers’ advocate/leader self-identification. Moreover, Montgomery (2009) argues that research support for informal caregivers have not been successful due to the inconsistencies in the caregivers’ experiences. To understand the complexities of African American eldercare, it is important that this qualitative narrative study is conducted to capture lived experiences of former and extant African American informal elder caregivers to offer a platform where their stories and voices may be heard.

According to Winek (2010) narrative family therapy has several interventions that are used. Listening to the family and showing interested in getting to know the members of the family as people and in making sure that the problem does not trick us into mistaking them for it (Metcalf, 2011). Questions are used as a way generate experience rather than to gather information. Asking questions can lead to separating “person” from “problem”, identifying preferred directions, and creating alternative stories to support these directions. Externalization is a process of separating the person from identifying with the problem. “The person is not the problem; the problem is the problem.” Externalizing conversations can lead clients in recognizing times

Counselor contacted Mr. McLaurin today for a counseling session. Mr. McLaurin states that he has been doing well. He informed me that he was having difficulty with the new sounds that he is hearing while wearing his hearing aids. We discussed that re-training the brain when it comes to new sounds is a mind condition. Counselor discussed some things that could help ease the process such as making a visual contact with the new sound so the brain has both the sound and visual cue as to what it is. We discussed speech signals and the need to identify what the sound is. I reminded Mr. McLaurin that while hearing is occurring whether he pay attention or not, listening takes effort. I informed him that it will take time and to continue to be patient.

The individual presents orientated in all spheres and is able to recognize personal danger. While the individual is able to recognize personal danger and does not present as harm to self or others, during this month of July he struggled with feelings of agitation, irritability and anger (2-3x weekly); was isolative and withdrawn (daily); displayed feelings of hopelessness and helpless (3-4x weekly); and often has a difficult time concentrating. In order to assist the individual with those symptoms he is provided individual therapy once a week, where cognitive behavior therapy was being utilized to teach him how to fight off negative thoughts and how to become more aware of his symptoms and how to spot things that make his depression worse.

Everyone have “Problem” which are invisible. Therefore, the narrative practice is using narrative skills on stories and storytelling to look for their “Problem”. Everyone may have different stories about themselves, struggles, competencies, actions, desires, relationships, work, interests, conquests, achievements, and failures which affect their life. (Morgan. A., 2000.) In the narrative therapy, it would like to use the respectful focus on people to externalize the problems. As we know, the therapists using the story to understand or interpreting what their “problem” through their daily experiences, which is meaningful in the conservations by using in the narrative therapy. Narrative Therapy is skillful for the therapists in interpreting

Children encounter narratives in virtually every facet of their lives, as narrative discourse is a way to communicate observations, feelings, ideals, and attitudes within cultural settings. The ability to produce cohesive and coherent narratives has been linked to competence in socialization, working memory, and academics, and children are proficient at understanding and creating stories as early as first grade. Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), however, often have difficulty producing and comprehending narratives, which extend into their adolescent and adult years. Narrative intervention may be implemented to address academic performance and social competency. Narratives are the retelling of past experiences and are a means for communicating perceptions, feelings, values, and attitudes within cultural contexts ().