In this section I will address question #8, expressing competency 6: Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research. For this section, I will select a problem, which is affecting the clients seen at Daybreak. The clients who are being seen at this agency are suffering lack of social support from friends and family members. In this case, I will select Rosalie as the client with of lack of social support, more importantly losing the support of her husband. Others that are affected by this issue are her husband, and her friends. Typically the initial visit with clients will be a biopsychosocial assessment which will be followed by perhaps a few visits where I would establish a relationship with the client and get to know
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I invite Rosie into this process and include her thoughts about how this may look in their lives. I would need to ask Rosalie how she may feel about this intervention and how it aligns with her values. I would offer the Rosie materials that she could review and discuss in future sessions. I would be careful to consider other factors such as medications that the intervention may require and be prepared to consider side effects of new medications and potential dangers of combinations of medications that she may already being taking. If I have not been trained in the intervention that I felt would provide the best outcome, I would make referrals to other professionals to ensure that the client received the best possible services. I would also be very careful to make it clear that this process is a team-oriented approach and little authority within the dynamics. This would ensure that the client was offered the best updated information available and the client could then examine the information I would provide. I would also need to mindful of any stakeholders that the intervention has which may create a bias. I would need to evaluate the outcomes of this intervention and apply …show more content…
Content is the exactly that the content of what was said. The process statement is the process of how the therapist can include this statement in the context of group work. Content statements that Rosalie may have stated are “Why is everything so hard.” A process statement that I could respond with might be “That’s a great statement to express your anger that you feel about your diagnosis and the problems that involves. Could you elaborate more to the group? I am sure others here in this group are feeling that same way, with having limited social support in the community and feeling alone in this diagnosis. I am sure many of the other members can relate to your feelings of helplessness and frustration. Who would also like to share their feelings of frustration? How is everything so hard for everyone else?” This process statement may spur on more communication resulting in curative factors that support the group
I invite Rosie into this process and include her thoughts about how this may look in their lives. I would need to ask Rosalie how she may feel about this intervention and how it aligns with her values. I would offer the Rosie materials that she could review and discuss in future sessions. I would be careful to consider other factors such as medications that the intervention may require and be prepared to consider side effects of new medications and potential dangers of combinations of medications that she may already being taking. If I have not been trained in the intervention that I felt would provide the best outcome, I would make referrals to other professionals to ensure that the client received the best possible services. I would also be very careful to make it clear that this process is a team-oriented approach and little authority within the dynamics. This would ensure that the client was offered the best updated information available and the client could then examine the information I would provide. I would also need to mindful of any stakeholders that the intervention has which may create a bias. I would need to evaluate the outcomes of this intervention and apply …show more content…
Content is the exactly that the content of what was said. The process statement is the process of how the therapist can include this statement in the context of group work. Content statements that Rosalie may have stated are “Why is everything so hard.” A process statement that I could respond with might be “That’s a great statement to express your anger that you feel about your diagnosis and the problems that involves. Could you elaborate more to the group? I am sure others here in this group are feeling that same way, with having limited social support in the community and feeling alone in this diagnosis. I am sure many of the other members can relate to your feelings of helplessness and frustration. Who would also like to share their feelings of frustration? How is everything so hard for everyone else?” This process statement may spur on more communication resulting in curative factors that support the group