Source Of Nagging Satisfaction

The session begins with Helen sharing her situation and her feelings. About seven minutes in the counselor inquires about rather or not she can give her feeling a name, and suggests Nagging Dissatisfaction because that was a phrase she had used (Kreider, n.d.). Helen accepts this label, and going forth the counselor personalities Nagging Dissatisfaction. The counselor ask many questions about how Nagging Dissatisfaction treats her and interacts with her. Nagging Dissatisfaction is called a liar that is a bully who threatens Hellen (Kreider, n.d.). Externalizing was also clearly seen in the letter that Jim wrote to Helen. I found it particularly interesting that he capitalized Nagging Dissatisfaction to further express the idea that it is a separate being with a name and characteristics. …show more content…
It was effective in it’s goal to move the responsibility from Helen unto Nagging Dissatisfaction (Murdock, 2013). It is also common for the counselor to use the externalization a relate it to political/societal issues (Murdock, 2013) . The counselor does this by inquiring about her mother and expunging how the movement of feminism is also part of the source of Nagging Dissatisfaction (Kreider, n.d.). This seemed to cause Helen to be really reflective and relieve some of the responsibility from Helen. Towards the end Helen smiled at the idea of being able to rewrite her own story the way she wanted, yet was at a point where she did not know what would be next (Kreider, n.d.). Helen ends the session with hope, which is a big step in any counseling