While working with my group, I tried to be as helpful as I could. I assumed that working as a chemical dependency counselor would give me some benefit with the stages of intake through termination. During the stressful time of the assessment process, I decided that we were not going to be able to complete that packet on google docs. I took the initiative and completed about half of the packet and shared what I documented with the group. This made it easier because no one wanted to take initiative. Reflecting back I was the one to take initiative with discussion or ideas to help form our group.
When we started discussing our family issues being primarily bereavement services I knew I did not have much experience in that area of work. I contributed …show more content…
The biggest role shift is with Okkar. At the age of twenty one he is now looked to for providing a dominant role in his family. His sister Mya is very resistant with the shift because it forces a shift with her, and she is not buying the idea to submit to her brother. She does not think she should have to view Okkar in this way, especially since they both were born and raised in America. Susu and Kay both are shifting into the older wiser elder roles with responsibilities of the home and providing care for Sweetie. Sweetie, although she is an elder in the home she is the biggest influence of the Burmese cultural traditions. This role of keeping the traditions in the home is more important for her now more than …show more content…
These underlying problems with Okkar and Mya have essentially infiltrated the entire family dynamic. Two american children living in a strong cultural home have conflicting roles they have to play in their lives. By reuniting the family, and gaining a common ground with what each member wants to improve starts the rebuilding process. A central aim in narrative therapy is to assist the family to reauthor an alternative, more helpful, open-ended story. Ultimately, reauthoring amounts to a form of reframing. Reframing, which is derived from system theory, involves the notion that if an event is situated in a new context, the meaning of this event simultaneously changes (Phipps, 2015).
By the last session the family is fully aware of each other 's expectations and common goals for the family unit. Sharing with each other and hearing a proposed ideal for the family they are able to move forward through their grief and focus on their relationships with each other. The problem was not solved magically, but the family has tools and actions to help improve themselves and the family
When we started discussing our family issues being primarily bereavement services I knew I did not have much experience in that area of work. I contributed …show more content…
The biggest role shift is with Okkar. At the age of twenty one he is now looked to for providing a dominant role in his family. His sister Mya is very resistant with the shift because it forces a shift with her, and she is not buying the idea to submit to her brother. She does not think she should have to view Okkar in this way, especially since they both were born and raised in America. Susu and Kay both are shifting into the older wiser elder roles with responsibilities of the home and providing care for Sweetie. Sweetie, although she is an elder in the home she is the biggest influence of the Burmese cultural traditions. This role of keeping the traditions in the home is more important for her now more than …show more content…
These underlying problems with Okkar and Mya have essentially infiltrated the entire family dynamic. Two american children living in a strong cultural home have conflicting roles they have to play in their lives. By reuniting the family, and gaining a common ground with what each member wants to improve starts the rebuilding process. A central aim in narrative therapy is to assist the family to reauthor an alternative, more helpful, open-ended story. Ultimately, reauthoring amounts to a form of reframing. Reframing, which is derived from system theory, involves the notion that if an event is situated in a new context, the meaning of this event simultaneously changes (Phipps, 2015).
By the last session the family is fully aware of each other 's expectations and common goals for the family unit. Sharing with each other and hearing a proposed ideal for the family they are able to move forward through their grief and focus on their relationships with each other. The problem was not solved magically, but the family has tools and actions to help improve themselves and the family