Catharsis

you have to be honest when you are confused and not be too prideful to ask the client for clarification. The chapter talked about the nine strategies used in crisis intervention created by Myer and James. They are creating awareness, allowing catharsis, providing support, promoting expansion, promoting mobilization, emphasizing focus, providing guidance, implementing order, providing protection. When these nine strategies are used with the basic verbal skills, they form the backbone of…

“The Dacca Gauzes” by Agha Shahid Ali, is another more traditionally formatted piece (with easy to follow, short stanzas, that still pack a punch.) Ali’s piece is also personal, but at the same time takes on a view of society in that Ali writes of a community (that of the world outside of the United States and United Kingdom) that is not always heavily addressed in more contemporary English-language poetry. In the piece, readers are exposed to this via Ali’s grandmother, who comments to him on…

gave something to the characters. The voice, how they projected their voice, grabbed the attention of the audience. The sarcasm was easily noticed and able to pick up on which made the audience more engaged into the play. The audience all had that catharsis moment. I was able to look next to me and across the seating and see everyone laughing at the same jokes, and following the characters. Each action or stage direction was placed so particularly and made a difference and had an affect in the…

Similar to Trethewey, Kazuo Ishiguro uses the symbol of visual art to represent a method of comprehending and coping with one’s situation; however, while Trethewey uses the symbol to understand history and take control of the past, in Never Let Me Go, the students of Hailsham use art to deal with their current situation. At the beginning of the book, Kathy H. introduces the idea of “how you were regarded at Hailsham, how much you were liked and respected, had to do with how good you were at…

Journeys are a catalyst for individual transfiguration and offer experiences that can lead to new perceptions. The emotional consequence of one’s actions is heightened in Shakespeare’s tragedy, King Lear and American History X written by David McKenna and directed by Tony Kaye, both exploring the corruption of political power, who become a victim of their external influences. Both illustrate how Journeys extend and help shape ones understanding of the world, enable individuals to alter their…

Game of Thrones is the primetime fantasy series produced by HBO, based on the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. Game of Thrones has earned its fame not only as the most pirated TV show in the world (Sweney, 2014), but also won 38 Emmy awards setting a new Emmy primetime record in the history of television (Ledbetter, 2016). The record-setting viewer ratings of the TV show estimate around 23 million per episode (as of season 6), which solidifies Game of Thrones as the…

Reaction: Section One We stand beyond the half way point of group sessions and I do not feel that the group is developing well into the transition stage. Because there was only one group leader today, I felt awkward to speak my peace about the state of the group progress. However, I did muster-up the courage and told the leader how I felt about the handling of the last group. The leader’s perception of what happened stood different than mine. Consequently, the rest of the group spoke up and…

There is a strong Judeo-Christian principle of ‘love your enemy’. Not sure why God wanted to teach “His people” to do such a thing, but that question is redundant to the faithful. He is God and I am not. American values have often imitated the Judeo-Christian heritage that formed most, the majority, of the founding fathers and mother’s beliefs in the 18th century. As the civilization worked through this process it had to sometimes kill the enemy before they could historically love them…

Faustus in Christopher Marlowe’s play is a conflicting character, his capability of words is tremendous and he is very ambitious, yet doesn’t take a minute to think which makes him a little strange, he is willing to do anything and lose everything in order to get what he wants from Lucifer even if that means he will waste powers that he has gained at great cost. When Faustus is introduced to the reader, he is just preparing to board on his career as a magician, and while we anticipate that…

Argo is a thriller film based on a true-story that has you sitting at the edge of your seat with fingers crossed. The film was released in October 2012 and brought a tremendous amount of light to a tragedy that several people never knew about thirty four years prior1. This film is a masterpiece at using techniques such as Mise- En- Scene, sound, and cinematography in a way that draws people in, making the audience feel anxious and heart racing. From the very first scene of the film, the…