Assisted Suicide Reflection

The Chapter Helping Clients Who Have Health Issues talked about people with long- term health conditions that are typically aligned to psychological symptoms, distress, and that’s why they form a special client group. The chapter introduced us to some of the practical issues associated with location and duration of therapy, who provides therapy and who is involved in it. Wheelchair accessible rooms, cancelled sessions because of not feeling well, the presence of a carer in the therapy… for example. The chapter continued with typical therapeutic tasks (telling a story of what happened, talking about emotions) that help people with health condition reach their well-being. Other therapeutic methods and interventions were presented as well as the continuous learning role of a counsellor. …show more content…
My father has a long term health condition and he visits his psychotherapist every week. In the chapter, I learned more about what he is doing there and how they are trying to help him. Another thing that struck me the most was the exercise on a man who wants to do an assisted suicide. My initial thought on that was that if I was a counsellor I would try to convince him not to choose the assisted suicide because life has so much to offer. Thinking further I realized that this is just my view on life and I can’t force people to think the same as me. As a counsellor, you have to let your clients decide freely. I came to a conclusion that as a counsellor you are there to support someone, and give him or her every information they need, even if it means to give out information on assisted