to the need to understand the ethnic experience of their client’s family, so incorrect suppositions are not formulated just because the clients are from a diverse culture. Structural Family therapy provides a comprehensive framework that brings contextual aspects of the family unit into the therapy session by identifying consistent patterns of family behavior no matter the family traditions. By identifying the hierarchical structure, family accommodations inside and outside the home,…
Despite being considered one of the most prosperous countries in the world, the United States are not exempted from the common social issue: poverty. According to the Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013, a report made by the U.S. Census Bureau, the official poverty rate was 14.5 percent, down from 15.0 percent in 2012 (12). However, the poverty rate declining this little is no success since a large amount of people still has to live under the poverty line nevertheless the United…
The aforementioned sentence essentially describes what personality is in a nutshell. Throughout the lifespan, those human aspects can either be obtained biologically or environmentally, of course, if one believes in the nature-nurture issue. Additionally, contextual situations can impact the development of a person. Such circumstantial changes include “normative age-grade influences, normative history-graded influences, and nonnormative life events” (Santrock, 2013, p. 6). However, there are…
family was referred to the community-based agency to improve their mezzo family structure in order to avoid the removal of their children. Individual members of this unit utilize their personal form of maladaptive coping to respond to situational and contextual barriers based on their predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating factors. While the parents, Antonio and Terri, were never categorized as ideal parents, the death of their infant son has been the catalyst for an increase in…
is unable to speak her mother 's language or maintain a connection to her kin and land. This cohesion between the text and illustrations is not found within Look See, Look at Me and The Quinkins as the authors do not understand the complex social issues presented by their illustrators. Thus, it can be seen that creating a picture book that preserves aspects of Indigenous culture must come from authors, illustrators and publishers with the same ethnicity and ideals. The alignment of their Fanonic…
defined or made unique by an amalgamation of characteristics and qualities. This describes what personality is in a nutshell. Throughout the lifespan, human traits can be expressed either biologically or environmentally (nature vs. nurture). Thus, contextual situations can influence human development. Such circumstantial changes include "normative age-grade influences, normative history-graded influences, and nonnormative life events" (Santrock, 2013, p. 6). There are theories of human…
feminising it, yet there are distinct differences. To emasculate means to remove masculinity to something, this term has very negative connotations. It refers to the removal of an identity in a sense. To feminise something on the other hand is very contextual and holds less negative connotations. On the other hand, to defeminise something, which entails removing femininity, can be deemed as a positive transition in some regard, when in its essence, it is the same as emasculating something. This…
fear of death or harm may impact the client’s decision (post-modern view) and re-define the treatment plan. Frequently, there are multiple approaches to care, thus prompting further exploration with open-ended questions to ascertain quality of life issues in clients’ with vascular disease (critical theory), allowing the client to reflect on their disease and treatment options and return at a later date to discuss a mutually agreed treatment plan (constructivism) (Thomas,…
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road presents the author’s depiction of what he deems a potential picture of post apocalyptic America, a society unregulated by governmental laws. The hypothetical situation presented, one dominated by murder and cannibalism, indicates McCarthy’s potential view that, without the constraints of society, we would descend into egocentric savagery, suggesting that we need guidance and government in order to maintain peace. For me, this idea that without regulation we would all…
No matter what part of the world we belong to, a man is seen desirable and attractive if he is masculine. Masculinity can be contextual as different parts of the world have different meaning of masculinity. In Egypt “raguula” is considered masculinity. They standards Egyptian men are held to for masculinity may vary immensely when compared to the Western world. Farah Ghannam uses her work to materialize the male body in an Egyptian context. She introduces stories of people such as, Ahmed, Samer,…