Marika's Dysfunction In A Family

Nevertheless, I realised that blindly persisting my family value could put me in the opposite position against Marika’s needs. Precisely, it is obvious that Marika assumed overloaded responsibility without enough and necessary supports, which resulted from other deeper factors and caused the dysfunction in her family. So as Marika suffered a lot from her personal life, she might choose to end this marriage and leave her family while I would be more concern about the family situation that there were two dependent children were in need for supports from their mother and a husband who just lost his father and needed to care his alone-living mother. But the judgement of whether the divorce would bring more cons than pros should be done by Marika and I should respect Marika’s decision and evaluate the interrelation of each parts within this family rather than assessing the condition as an isolated aspect. …show more content…
It is also important to reconcile to the profession integrity regarding the social work knowledge construction by constantly reflecting and broadening my professional learning (AASW 2010, pp. 13). For example, when there is dysfunction in a family, we are supposed to recognise that the culprit cannot be only attributed to one individual, event or dimension (Miller, I W, Epstein, N B, Bishop, D S & Keitner, G I 1985). Thereby holding on a self-awareness of how my personal experience and values influence professional performance, reflective practice is critical to adhere to AASW code and ethics, otherwise, it could be adverse to maintaining an adequate and appropriate level of empathy with clients (AASW 2010, pp.