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Sensory Assignment Analysis

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Wow this weeks assignment on using props is fascinating. It would have been nice to have had a shield as a child and into my teenage years. ALthough i grew up with loving parents. There were issues. My parents were extremely critical, and out of all my siblings I am the most sensitive. Over the years I have toughened up, but it has not been easy. I know they meant well for the most part, but it was their words, tone and delivery. What I could've done with a shield back then. Oh well.
The Styrofoam Cup Prop

For this week's multisensory assignment I used the styrofoam cup, for holes in self-esteem. My client is a friend that i know is experiencing low-self esteem, and feeling frustrated. Recently she became the caretaker of her …show more content…

Once my client Sonya finished poking numerous holes of various size in the cup her first words were that felt good, like a release. I ask her if the size of the holes resonated with her in any way? SHe said perhaps, but mainly she felt that she was venting her frustrations with herself and her mother-in-law. I ask her, what felt good about this experiment? SOnya stated that punching holes in the cup, is a way for her to get out of her system what she wants to say to her mother-in-law but cannot express. Sonya also indicated that although she does not care much for her mother-in-law she recognizes that her husband is all she has left. The mother-in-law’s husband passed away a couple of years ago, along with her only grandson, three years ago. My client’s husband, and his sister is all her mother-in-law has …show more content…

She said yes, but would want to work on building her self-esteem. I explained to her, that in a client-therapist relationship i would help empower her to realize her strengths, talents, and other areas in her life as well as her role as a care-taker. Sonya, my client indicated that as she continues to reflect on the styrofoam cup experiment it is making her think about how she feels about herself, mother-in-law and husband. She went on to say that she is feeling a little angry over the situation, in that she has no life of her own. Very interesting. I wonder if I would have been able to pull that thought out of her without the use of a prop. Overall, it was an interesting

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