Tonight I get a new DVO group, and the group is smaller. I do not feel so bad this time, but I do not like something about group therapy. I did my notes, but needed some help from a night supervisor because I missed a step in the process. She snatched my notebook and said let’s start from the beginning. Okay I will not ask you for help, but who was I suppose to ask? I left feeling like I not so smart right now.
Later, I process my feeling with my boyfriend who is a minister, and he counsels people all the time. He stated you feel a certain way, because you know the offense of the men. The men feel they must go through the group in order not to go to jail, so there is a power differential. If you block out the offense, and do the same professional steps you will feel less intimidated and more of your professional self. Now finally somebody is making sense in the subject. He also stated that you are a very structured person, and the agency seems less formal and high energy, which you see …show more content…
The supervisor apologized about doing things backwards this year. She stated the interns had made a mess out of the files and paperwork. NOT ME, cause I was doing the group stuff I was trained on. I know my individual clients will be coming up, but I kept saying to myself hell I only been here for three weeks. Now that I understand the majority of stuff I’m doing in group, now I can learn to do the assessments. Once I learn that I will move onto individual work. I guess at my age that my style. I’m a multi-tasker but in order to a good, professional “anything” you need to know what you doing. I was kind of proud of myself for moving at my own pace. I did speak about the “ah moment” with Erica, and she was like good. The expression on her face was like smart ass or really. She may have not comprehended what I was saying all along anyway. I know people do that to me, instead of asking for clarification of what I’m
Later, I process my feeling with my boyfriend who is a minister, and he counsels people all the time. He stated you feel a certain way, because you know the offense of the men. The men feel they must go through the group in order not to go to jail, so there is a power differential. If you block out the offense, and do the same professional steps you will feel less intimidated and more of your professional self. Now finally somebody is making sense in the subject. He also stated that you are a very structured person, and the agency seems less formal and high energy, which you see …show more content…
The supervisor apologized about doing things backwards this year. She stated the interns had made a mess out of the files and paperwork. NOT ME, cause I was doing the group stuff I was trained on. I know my individual clients will be coming up, but I kept saying to myself hell I only been here for three weeks. Now that I understand the majority of stuff I’m doing in group, now I can learn to do the assessments. Once I learn that I will move onto individual work. I guess at my age that my style. I’m a multi-tasker but in order to a good, professional “anything” you need to know what you doing. I was kind of proud of myself for moving at my own pace. I did speak about the “ah moment” with Erica, and she was like good. The expression on her face was like smart ass or really. She may have not comprehended what I was saying all along anyway. I know people do that to me, instead of asking for clarification of what I’m