Case Study Four Throughout the case study, we have learned that family is a major aspect for the Sharpe family. The Sharpe family’s family of origin is made up of grandparents, parents, godparents, aunts, uncles, sibling, partners, children, and loved ones. While being a social worker many individuals would provide their awareness of how family experiences, throughout their life, has influenced their practices. So, throughout the following paragraphs you will have a better understanding on how my experiences within my family of origin could provide helpful aspects with a similar family as the Sharpe family.
Connectedness and Differentiated Self During my childhood, the value of connectedness was very important to my family because having …show more content…
However, this is not true, My family had to cope with the transitions of my sister and I moving two hours away for college. This transition was very difficult for my mother and relative’s because the presence of each other was something we valued dearly. Also, one of the biggest transitions was living our day-to-day life without my grandmother. Our family would be what you called the extended family, where many of us live together. Hutchison (2015) stated, “extended families is one in which the parent- child nuclear family lives along with other relatives” (p.357). My mother, sister, and I lived with my grandmother for over seventeen years, so when she passed it was very hard to cope. From there on, the stress was overwhelming for my family that it seemed to keep piling up. “Stress pile up is a series of crisis that has deplete the family’s resources and exposed the family to the increasing risk of very negative outcomes” (Hutchison, 2015, p. 353). We were able to cope through talking amongst each other over time about the guilt and pain. This is very similar to when Bobby was grieving, which took some time for him to open up. Also, speaking to our loved ones and God helped ease a lot of the pain. By using our beliefs and family support we where able to be resilient in the face of adversity. We were able to use the family resilience perspective, “extend the family stress and coping …show more content…
However, some individuals are unable to experience this privilege, due to their circumstances: foster care, abusive families, and much more. I can use my family experience to help individuals who are struggling to cope with life situation, by providing information on how whenever the client is ready talking to a trusted family member, could ease his or her grieving process. Although, I can relate to the Sharpe’s family, does not always mean I will be able to provide helpful and relatable information to other clients. As, that being said, I could research ways different cultures cope with situations. Also, their family role could be very different then mine. For example, Indians superior family member is their grandmother. Gender roles may play a huge role in their family, they may think males should be the workers and the women should be the homemakers. However, in my family we are all seen as equals, which means no one has a label. So, therefore, my experiences in my family of origin could or could not serve as a support when working with a family similar to the Sharpe family because every family is
Connectedness and Differentiated Self During my childhood, the value of connectedness was very important to my family because having …show more content…
However, this is not true, My family had to cope with the transitions of my sister and I moving two hours away for college. This transition was very difficult for my mother and relative’s because the presence of each other was something we valued dearly. Also, one of the biggest transitions was living our day-to-day life without my grandmother. Our family would be what you called the extended family, where many of us live together. Hutchison (2015) stated, “extended families is one in which the parent- child nuclear family lives along with other relatives” (p.357). My mother, sister, and I lived with my grandmother for over seventeen years, so when she passed it was very hard to cope. From there on, the stress was overwhelming for my family that it seemed to keep piling up. “Stress pile up is a series of crisis that has deplete the family’s resources and exposed the family to the increasing risk of very negative outcomes” (Hutchison, 2015, p. 353). We were able to cope through talking amongst each other over time about the guilt and pain. This is very similar to when Bobby was grieving, which took some time for him to open up. Also, speaking to our loved ones and God helped ease a lot of the pain. By using our beliefs and family support we where able to be resilient in the face of adversity. We were able to use the family resilience perspective, “extend the family stress and coping …show more content…
However, some individuals are unable to experience this privilege, due to their circumstances: foster care, abusive families, and much more. I can use my family experience to help individuals who are struggling to cope with life situation, by providing information on how whenever the client is ready talking to a trusted family member, could ease his or her grieving process. Although, I can relate to the Sharpe’s family, does not always mean I will be able to provide helpful and relatable information to other clients. As, that being said, I could research ways different cultures cope with situations. Also, their family role could be very different then mine. For example, Indians superior family member is their grandmother. Gender roles may play a huge role in their family, they may think males should be the workers and the women should be the homemakers. However, in my family we are all seen as equals, which means no one has a label. So, therefore, my experiences in my family of origin could or could not serve as a support when working with a family similar to the Sharpe family because every family is