Angel reported during therapy that through her self-injury she found feelings of relief from stress surrounding conflict at home. She found that her conflict and arguing with her brother was really impacting her happiness. She also identified guilt over feeling as though she was disappointing her parents as she was pulling away from them to figure out her own way and to learn more about herself. She expressed that these situations made were too much for her to cope with. She also shared that she was feeling overwhelming responsibility for her grandmother not taking her medication, drinking too much, and feeling depressed. The therapist worked with Angel using DBT techniques and exercises to address her self-injury and binging behavior. …show more content…
These techniques include using cold water to bring ones’ temperature down, engaging in intense exercise to bring up heart rate through running, walking fast, lifting weights or something similar, paced breathing, and pairing the above with muscle relaxation work. To address Angel’s struggles with self-esteem surrounding her body image and general esteem issues related to her depression the therapist used CBT techniques with Angel. The therapist used different exercises to help Angel move from her distorted maladaptive thoughts to healthier and more positive ones. The therapist did this by utilizing an exercise out of David Burns’ book “Ten Days To Self-Esteem”, “Fifteen Ways to Untwist Your Thinking.” The therapist additionally worked with Angel to help her develop a list of her own strengths, behaviors and people in her life that made her feel good about herself. When she was feeling emotionally deregulated she could then refer to list of things to do to occupy her time or she had a list of positive, healthy people, she could reach out to for support, encouragement, and to enjoy time with. To help Angel in making decisions in her life that worked for her she and the therapist worked on identify her personal values. They did this through using Miller, Matthew, and Wilbourne’s values assessment. Angel was reluctant to give this a try. She reported she
I still remember my young mind being undoubtedly misled by narcissistic societal standards that left me feeling hatred for my physical appearance. It was not until my second year of high school when I realized that self-love should not be shallow, but rather focused on one’s own well-being and happiness. It was through this discovery which I felt a passionate urge to aid others who have, like me, combated years of insecurities conceived by offering
This gives the implication that values can differ from person to person, so it is therefore important to identify and understand one’s own values in order to work effectively in the field.
Values, Morals, and Beliefs are components that play a role in an individual’s self-identity. The establishment of these components shape human nature, behavior, and the development of an individual’s purpose. The basis of these fundamentals has contributed to my desire to become a counselor. This paper will discuss my views of human nature, factors of behavior changes, goals of therapy, the roles of a therapist, and the counseling approaches that I chose to incorporate in a practice.
My journey to and through CBT training has given me the opportunity to the use self-reflective practice in addressing certain issues within my own life.
Implement measures to improve cardiac output: perform actions to reduce cardiac workload: place client in a semi- to high Fowler's position, instruct client to avoid activities that create a Valsalva response, implement measures to promote emotional and physical rest, implement measures to improve respiratory status, discourage smoking, provide small meals rather than large ones,
Our personal values are the core of who we are and guide us in the decisions that we choose. This reflection paper is based off of the “Forced Choice Values Inventory” test that myself and a partner completed. My partner and I had to independently rank 21 different values in a variety of 5 grouping options. Then each value is ranked in using total points, which allows the 21 individual values to be listed from #1 (the most important) to #21 (the least important). After this was completed, we sat down, compared each other’s values and discussed what values were similar and different.
Low self-esteem has been an issues with many people since before the 1970’s. This issue has gradually picked up since the 70’s and has progressed 37% in the last 200
PCF 3: I understood how distinct individuals’ personal values are and the need to acknowledge these personal differences.
-A.4.b. – Personal values (counselors are aware of own values and do not impose their values onto a client)
In the late 1970’s a man named Curtis Sliwa formed a group called the “Rock Brigade” (How We Got Our Start - Guardian Angels). “The goal of the group was to literally clean up a neglected New York City (How We Got Our Start - Guardian Angels).” Curtis Sliwa worked as Night manager at A McDonalds on “Fordham Road in The Bronx, where he recruited his co-workers to the Rock Brigade (How We Got Our Start - Guardian Angels)”. He told his Co-workers, “You’re going to volunteer, you’re going to give me one night a week, with a broom, and we’re all going to clean up Fordham Road (How We Got Our Start - Guardian Angels).” One of many ways that The Rock Brigade cleaned up the streets are that they “Ride the subways between the toughest stops, without
Stressful situations can increase the amount of automatic thoughts and at the same time cause a sense of hopelessness and bring down self-esteem (Cakar, 2014). It can be difficult to cope with these automatic thoughts but thankfully there are diverse ways of treating symptoms. There are many similarities between the two sessions but there are also a few differences. Both Karen and Ann were told by their therapists that they were catastrophizing and
Values play an integral role when it comes to matters concerning therapy. Corey, Corey, Corey, and Callanan (2015) noted that values permeates every facet of therapy since therapists’ values can affect the clients, clients’ values can impact the therapist, and a conflict of values may arise between the two parties. Values are simply items of worth. Individuals define themselves by the values that they attach to different things such as family, relationships, love, and so forth. Since values help individuals to find worth in their pursuits, they play a central role in marriage and family therapy as they can help the therapist to chart
Another beneficial theme of the book is values and the helping profession. A therapists’ values are part of who they are and it is difficult to ignore them. A complicated issue counselors have is keeping their values from influencing the client and realizing that their task is to help clients identify their beliefs and apply their values to solving problems (Corey et al., 2010). A good point made in this book was for a therapist and client to clarify their values. This way they both have an understanding of each other’s values and could be able to recognize when value imposition is occurring. If value conflicts are occurring during therapy it would be a good idea to refer the client to someone who can better understand where the client is coming from. If referral is the only way, then perhaps the counselor should explore their values and involvement in therapy.
“Out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues. They were dressed in clean, shining linen and wore golden sashes around their chests,” Revelation 15:6 (Buursma, Manikas-Foster). In Paradise Lost, a notorious angel, Lucifer, is said to transform into a toad and whisper into Eve`s ear (Jance). The world and the Bible have contrasting perspectives on what angels look like or what is an angel`s purpose. Angels are seen as mystical creatures with halos and beautiful wings, yet, also seen as beings that glorify God endlessly. So, what does an angel really look like? Do angels even exist? Are they made up creatures in movies? The world`s perspective and the Bible`s perspective on angels do not wholly match;
An angel. That's what I can describe about her appearance. "Angel" is the most suitable word for her that I can think of, maybe there is other words, but for me that is the most suitable word for her. Her skin is so white that onlookers might think that she is made up of porcelain, adding up with her black hair which is floating around creating a refraction of light, she gave out an aura of pureness. If I don't know her identity I might think that she is an angel who fall here to give me hope. Her face seems to be carved by a genius sculptor, and her ruby-like eyes is shining with crimson glow. But the expression that she wore is emotionless. With a perfect bone structure which made that flawless face, I, can see it, the emptiness that shown through her face. With her large greatsword that adorn by seemingly arranged silver ornament, she swings by all her might cutting all the enemies surrounding her. Blood spurting around like a carnival, but there's not even one speck of it that dropped to her shining armor. She swing and stab with vigor without any hint of tiredness, like a machine that is told to kill. There's nothing that can stop her, not even the (-- removed HTML --) which is blessed by the ultimate defense. With only one swing she cut-half the (-- removed HTML --) , Zog.