Examples Of Long-Term Satisfaction

a. As you read the devotional about consuming the things that fill us but do not nourish our bodies, souls, and lives, what memories came to mind? How did these instances demonstrate immediate rather than long-term satisfaction?
As I read the devotional about consuming the things that fill us but do not nourish our bodies, souls, and lives the memories that come to mind includes shopping, tanning, and purchasing scratch off lottery tickets. Each one of these memories commonly take place when I am feeling overwhelmed and want to let things go for a moment. I often times go shopping when I should be doing other things, but feel like I need a break from the tasks that I need to complete. I often times purchase things just because it makes me …show more content…
The agency I work at requires staff to make phone contact or least attempt phone contact with all of our clients prior to meeting with them in their home and when the client responds extremely negative to the phone call it has made me feel nervous about meeting with the client. These are typically mandated services that people do not want to participate in and they are very unpleasant at first because of the experience up to the point of us making contact. In the beginning of my career I had to work very hard to not allow my clients to see that I was nervous and appear confident in my ability to help the client and family. One time that I recall being extremely nervous was the first time that DCS called on me to assist with a detainment of a child. I had been working with a teenager for several month on an informal adjustment referral and was the only one that had been able to build rapport with the teenager so DCS asked me to assist with removing the child. I pulled up to the home after getting the phone call and there was six county police officers and three DCS workers. I was nervous that I would not be able to get the teenager to leave the home without her attempting to harm someone. I was unsure that I would be able to accomplish what DCS expected me to do. …show more content…
It is easy for me to go into a home and identify what I believe needs to be changed, but that is not beneficial for the client. It is extremely important that the client identifies the needs of the family and the change that they believe will assist their family the most. The client also needs to be the one to determine what the plan of action will be. I can hand out solutions to problems and assist the client with completing the action, but when the next problem arises if they haven’t problem solved the issue and brainstormed solutions for the current problem they will not have gained the skills to do so in the future. Once the client identifies their needs and brainstorms solutions then I can provide guidance and support in creating a plan and provide tools, but the approach must allow the client to take action and complete small tasks to accomplish meeting their needs and creating