Dissociative disorders

As a practicum student at YMCA Finch Scarborough center, I have learned many different techniques when it comes to group facilitations. I shadowed three different employment resource specialists and observed the techniques they used when interacting with clients. I especially enjoyed learning their styles of how they taught clients during workshops. Furthermore, I have practiced and tried their styles of coaching into my own workshop facilitation. For example, before I used to present by reading…

“The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency.” Just like other immigrants, I am struggling to learn English, and I sometimes doubt whether my struggle will ever end. Despite the many circumstances that I have already overcome, my ability to understand and to write well in English remain my hardest challenge. I am proud of what I already learned and will keep it up as my personal goals. However, English has never been easy for me to improve my skills.…

many characters in the film Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it is most true about Norman himself. The surprising information we learn about Norman throughout the movie proves this point more and more. Norman suffers from a multiple personality disorder brought on by his desires. Norman lives as both himself and his deceased mother. By taking on his mother’s personality, he hopes to bring her back in some way. This shows two things. One is Norman’s melancholy after his mother’s death, and…

2. Is Tom most responsible for Gatsby’s death? Daisy? Myrtle? Gatsby himself? Give reasons why or why not each character is implicated in the murder. In my opinion, multiple characters share the blame for Gatsby’s murder. However, I personally feel that Tom was the most responsible for Gatsby’s death. Tom once stated to Nick, “What if I did tell him? The fellow had it coming to him. He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy’s, but he was a tough one. He ran over Myrtle just like…

In all the screenings that we have studied in class, there is no doubt that they all have a connection. With seeing all of these works we truly got to grasp a better understanding of popular culture and how we view things in the world. But when we take a deeper look into what we watched we can say that we learned about popular text and how something that is used for entertainment and pleasure can truly show us a better understanding of the work of specific theories. When we are looking at…

Change Is Not Always Bad As I sat in my room and reminisced over the change that happened in my life, a smile crossed my face. My smile was not because I like change, but it represented me overcoming the fear that gripped me every time change occurred. Many times in life I began to love or hate certain factors that life handed me depending on how I went through my first experience of that situations. Change is one of those factors I hated because when I first encountered it, I was young and…

My life as a teenager is filled with daily obstacles that everyone faces nothing very different or special, but there is one experience or obstacle that I faced that changed the way I think, react, and behave and i am very proud of myself that I was able to beat it and pass all the obstacles that faced me to reach my goal. January 9th 2012 me and my family landed in John F. Kennedy airport after a 13 hours air plane ride, my mother’s family were waiting for us at the airport it was my…

In his 1977 essay, “In Defense of Masks”, Kenneth Gergen introduces the concept of multiple personas and personalities as being ‘masks’. In his psychological and sociological research, Gergen concludes that people do not have a coherent sense of identity and need masks to be happy, healthy, and successful in society. I agree with Gergen because different situations call for different personalities; such as acting professional for a job interview, being lively with friends, or maintaining a…

Jack and Liam have been my childhood friends for elementary, middle and high school. I met jack in the second grade. I was a shy, foreign kid from Florida trying to make some new friends in a school that had preschool through 12th grade. I knew I was going to stay at the school until a graduated so I tried my best to fit in. Jack was the first one to introduce himself to me. We bonded like we’ve known each other for years. As we grew up into the 5th grade, many new classmates joined the class,…

I am always impressed by a woman who can assert herself and not shy away from adversity regardless of the outcome. I am equally impressed by a woman who can use those attributes to champion for the safety and welfare of others who do not. Heather is such a person . . . I first met Heather when I was invited to volunteer for the South End Neighborhood Association. She had been there since its inception and I recall sitting and watching several other members as I am prone to do . . . watch…