Creative Hopelessness Metaphors

He learned the hard way about dealing with stress when he decided not to go on a trip with his friend, which he wanted to go to but ended up making excuses not to go, such as, “I had promised to teach my younger brother to sail that summer. ”(“Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name” 12). As a result of not going he becomes “depressed” and learns he should have handled his stress better so he could’ve had a good time, He says, “I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was scared, and ended up feeling depressed.” His negative reaction to this led him to learn that he should assess his emotions and calm down.

Throughout this fifth semester of college, I have attempted to analyze more the inner me, the habits I have in my spirit and mind. What are the things that I would like to improve about myself in order to one day be “fully empowered”? I add quotation marks because I really do not know if one ever reaches such limit of whole, complete empowerment. However, I approached “The Sociology of Empowerment” class with the mindset that I should be paying more attention to the things I should change, I remember reading from Jobin-Leeds, “How do I identify what I don’t want to do?” And it is a quote that applies to my activist work, but also I link it to the inner me. I believe one is never empowered if one does not work on oneself. If I do not work on myself, grow, and feel confident then how can I empower others? Because for me, being empowered, signifies that I can empower others as well through how I live my life. I decided to stop and survey my negative thoughts and words. There are times wherein I cannot see the silver lining of things, it is just plainly difficult for me to do so. Jobin-Leeds also says that thoughts, feelings, and actions

Some people come into therapy with the misconception that the therapist is overly responsible for figuring out what is wrong with them and then can change it. The problem with this misconception is that it makes the therapist the impetus for change; clients take on the role of passive recipient, waiting to be cured. It puts unrealistic expectations on the therapist. As a new therapist, this is something I will have to watch out for myself. I will need to watch for the client having unrealistic expectations that I will be able to fix them all by myself. I will also have to watch that I don’t put unrealistic expectations on myself; needing to be the expert that has all the answers and amazing insights and solutions for the client’s problems.

were necessary but not aggressive, remain polite to clients and remember that the client for all

Constant assessment of the clients’ problems and cognitions is very important in evaluating if techniques are being effective. Often in the beginning there is an extensive interview process that can last several hours. This interview gives the therapist insight into the client’s past, what the current problems are, and client goals. The interview will allow the therapist to set up a structured plan for how the therapy will proceed.

To strengthen /integrate his Adult ego state and developed his Free Child. In this case I used TA theory (Berne, E. 1961) in order to analyse and understand the client’s needs and to help understand his depression anxiety and low mood through creativity methods (Gestalt theory; creativity, see Zinker. J.1977). The objective of session 16 and 17 is to gain a better understanding of the clients situation, to raise his self awareness and also to get a better understanding of his internal/external worlds.

I have recently undertaken client work as part of the academic requirement of this course and have experienced first-hand the important role which self-reflection plays when a client’s description of their problems, struck a similar chord within my own life. The identification of this set of maladaptive behaviours and rules of thought have only been identified and addressed due to participation of this Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Postgraduate Diploma and my initial work as a Trainee Therapist.

3.6 When responding to an individual’s needs, I would take a moment to make sure I have understood what is required of me and then take the relevant action, always communicating back to my client so that she is aware of how I am dealing with her request.

effective of them all and it has a limit effectiveness with client that has limited access to

A therapist also treats the clients by asking socratic questioning. For example, Will you feel different if you are active? Consequently, the therapist will have the client to complete an easy task that is on the same schedule; therefore, the client can cooperate constantly with their therapist versus doing nothing. Some therapist used therapeutic strategies to treat the client regarding their negative thinking along with asking the client to provide reasoning such as why he/she is bashing themselves. At times, the therapist will ask questions that will make the client think am I over criticizing myself for this event unlikely, if it was my friend would I think of the event being so critical. It is possible for a client to feel heavy emotions that can be very painful in a therapy session that the therapist asks him/her to talk more about the situation to help ease the pain this technique will lift a bit of pressure from the client until the symptoms are taking care of eventually. It has been told that behavior therapy has been effective in the population of color people.

If the client has had negative previous experiences then these issues need to be approached carefully. If the client shows signs of not trusting the therapy or believing that it will not work for them the efficacy of the treatment may be

“The goal of CBT is to teach clients how to separate the evaluation of their behaviour from the evaluation of themselves and how to accept themselves in spite of imperfections” (Corey, 2009, p. 279). In CBT the clients are expected to change their current behaviour (normally full of automatic thoughts) to a more rational way of thinking. The clinician will challenge the client’s behaviour in order for the client to understand his or her behaviour and get alternatives to change his/her behaviour. When using CBT, the client’s behaviour changes when they are aware of the abnormal behaviour. This approach allows the client to focus on improving his/her wellbeing. This enhances the client’s awareness of an existing issue and that changes are necessary. The client will develop new coping skills to deal with the situation and develop a new way of thinking from negative (automatic thoughts) to positive (more realistic thoughts). Initially the client may not recognise that a problem exists, but through this process will get

‘Clients often are able to provide a theory or an idea of cause, blaming past experiences for behaviors of which they are ashamed. The therapist listens to their explanations however are concerned more with their willingness to accept responsibility for their future behavior and the achievement for their attainable goals’ (Milner & O Byrne, P162). Furthermore, by ‘Acknowledging the clients paradoxical strategies have the effect of empowering clients of their perfectly valid cautious, more fearful concerns about change and leaving them to operate out of their arguments as to why change should be attempted’ (Cade, B. p156).

Rich successfully uses strong images and an extended metaphor to establish a theme that shows that by re-examining a hurtful experience one can experience a rebirth of their

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