symptoms soon deepen to inability to focus and concentrate, a reluctance to discuss their loss, ominous vulnerability. Mildred was going through cumulative grief or ‘grief overload’- This is the experience of suffering a recurring loss before one has grieved the initial loss (Haley, 2017)
In broad terms Person-centered Care Therapy is focusing care on the needs of the ‘person’ rather than the needs of the service (Royal College of Nursing, 2015). In modern times, it has been the established paradigm that people who need health care are not just content to sit back and let health care specialists do what they think is best. They want their own views on what’s best, their values and priorities to be duly accommodated. This would require extensive …show more content…
The client in this case showing an initial numbness and a reluctance to discuss the issue at hand would need to be approached with care. Her numbness implies her unwillingness to accept her current situation. She had to be brought to the pace where she would face her grief and express herself. Person Centered care Therapy recommends employing the skill of empathy and active listening. Empathy is the ability to understand and accept another person’s reality, to accurately perceive feelings, and to communicate understanding (StudentNurseJourney.com., 2016). Under the burden of cumulative grief, numbness prompts an avoidance in the mind as an incredibly powerful defense mechanism. This is especially amplified when the loss is compiled on one another (Haley, 2017). To adequately empathize with Mildred, care will be taken not to force her out of her numbness. This is done in the hopes that she would get acquainted with her grief on her …show more content…
This skill in Person Centered Therapy is moderated by the SOLER theory proposed by (Egan, 2013). SOLER is an acronym for ‘Squarely’, ‘Open’, ‘Lean’, ‘Eye’, and ‘Relaxed’. This acronym describes a convincing conduct for the helper that communicates trust and reliability to the client albeit in a nonverbal way. To get the client interested and willing to express themselves in Person Centered Care Therapy, it is important that they are engaged actively during counselling sessions. The skilled helper will watch his posture during sessions ensuring that he faces the client ‘Squarely’ while maintaining an ‘Open’ posture. When appropriate, he would also ‘Lean’ toward the client while maintaining an appropriate ‘Eye’ contact in a ‘Relaxed’ demeanor in line with the SOLER theory (Egan, 2013). This will provide an atmosphere of convenience for the client where they could feel understood and relay their feelings thus going out of their initial numbness to experiencing their own
In broad terms Person-centered Care Therapy is focusing care on the needs of the ‘person’ rather than the needs of the service (Royal College of Nursing, 2015). In modern times, it has been the established paradigm that people who need health care are not just content to sit back and let health care specialists do what they think is best. They want their own views on what’s best, their values and priorities to be duly accommodated. This would require extensive …show more content…
The client in this case showing an initial numbness and a reluctance to discuss the issue at hand would need to be approached with care. Her numbness implies her unwillingness to accept her current situation. She had to be brought to the pace where she would face her grief and express herself. Person Centered care Therapy recommends employing the skill of empathy and active listening. Empathy is the ability to understand and accept another person’s reality, to accurately perceive feelings, and to communicate understanding (StudentNurseJourney.com., 2016). Under the burden of cumulative grief, numbness prompts an avoidance in the mind as an incredibly powerful defense mechanism. This is especially amplified when the loss is compiled on one another (Haley, 2017). To adequately empathize with Mildred, care will be taken not to force her out of her numbness. This is done in the hopes that she would get acquainted with her grief on her …show more content…
This skill in Person Centered Therapy is moderated by the SOLER theory proposed by (Egan, 2013). SOLER is an acronym for ‘Squarely’, ‘Open’, ‘Lean’, ‘Eye’, and ‘Relaxed’. This acronym describes a convincing conduct for the helper that communicates trust and reliability to the client albeit in a nonverbal way. To get the client interested and willing to express themselves in Person Centered Care Therapy, it is important that they are engaged actively during counselling sessions. The skilled helper will watch his posture during sessions ensuring that he faces the client ‘Squarely’ while maintaining an ‘Open’ posture. When appropriate, he would also ‘Lean’ toward the client while maintaining an appropriate ‘Eye’ contact in a ‘Relaxed’ demeanor in line with the SOLER theory (Egan, 2013). This will provide an atmosphere of convenience for the client where they could feel understood and relay their feelings thus going out of their initial numbness to experiencing their own