there potential is one of the main goals throughout the book. According to Rogers a person feels good when in the process of developing themselves, at an early stage in the therapist-client relationship a good feeling of congruence should be established. Rogers defined congruence as ‘’an accurate matching of experience and awareness’’. A therapist practicing person centered therapy must feel accepting, honest and open with there client, so that there reactions fully show an accurate awareness of…
I would often watch as my mother’s hands worried at her sweater. Every hospital visit I would sit by Johnny Joe’s bed, eager to be of assistance. I realize now that my aid was largely undesired, and the only true contribution I made was distracting our mother. Yet the question I persistently asked then is the same question I wish to answer now - what can I do to help? My brother was born with a unique physiological disorder called bladder exstrophy. New promising surgeries and newly developed…
Humans are social beings and their survival is contingent on the fulfilment of their needs. When these needs are not satiated there is a conflict which hampers stability. Mental or physical incapacity, unfavourable environment can induce threat and vulnerability in people resulting in losing hope for a normal living. It takes astuteness, tenacity, perseverance, self- efficacy, awareness and a presence of a strong support system to overcome any threat in life causing instability. In this instance…
Procedure At the beginning of each focus group, I introduced myself; provided name badges for the group members; and explained the study’s purpose. After, I described my role as the moderator and how the session would progress. I reminded the participants about the digital audio recorders and that their responses would be assigned pseudonyms to ensure confidentiality. Then, I distributed consent forms and participant questionnaires (see Appendix A) along with pencils to the group. After…
The illustrations provide the reader with the surrealists, creative imagery, forging a whimsically delightful picturebook. The text format is simple rhyming words, which offers congruence between the theme and illustration format. The way Carle uses human and animal relationships as a parallel concept of nonsense is creative genius. One scene features a kangaroo with a boy hanging out of the pouch, another shows a man looking in…
In Intensely pleasurable responses to music correlate with activity in brain regions implicated in reward and emotion, Blood and Zatorre used positron emission tomography to study the neural mechanisms. Results involved changes in heart rate, electromyogram, and respiration. Increase and decrease were detected in the brain regions involving in reward, motivation, emotion, and arousal. Similarly Alluri and colleagues in From Vivaldi to Beatles and back, predicts the brain activity in music…
In this role play, the counselor did a great job probing the client for more information and details in order to develop a deeper understanding of what the client was saying and meant. Anytime the client was vague or even unclear,it allowed the counselor to seek a better understanding by simply asking questions such as “what exactly did you mean by your boss is only harshly demanding of you at work” or “could you tell me more about the situation”, in order for the counselor to gain…
One of the most common chief complaints that pediatric patients report in the emergency department is pain. The overall purpose of this systematic review, was to not only examine what type of nonpharmacological methods Emergency Departments’ (ED) are using to manage pain in pediatric patients, but also to examine the benefits of using these methods. After reviewing studies in the CINAHL, PubMed, and Cochrane databases, only fourteen articles met the criteria for this review. Records were…
include: collaboration, common purpose, congruence, controversy with civility, citizenship, consciousness of self, and commitment. In order to change something so huge, there has to be collaboration. In order to really make an impact on the environment, there has to be people working together and to get people to work together, they have to have a common purpose; which would be do cut carbon emissions and slow down global warming. The group must have congruence. Without a main focus and common…
to better our way of living. The Millennial generation is slowly becoming aware of how toxic processed foods truly are, therefore advancement in technology and medicine might make society healthier. As we are applying research to understand the congruence between animals and humans, the future might provide a collaborative environment where humans and animals will learn how to positively live…