thankyou very very much for your response much apprieciated! finally i
can include some feedback into my essay!! what you say is very
interesting and useful.
i have applied theory such as seperation anxiety and have considered
other theories re behavioural problems and what contributes to
increasing a childs self worth/esteem. to answer a few of your
questions,
originally i had in mind that fundamentally the client was the child,
although the case itself perhaps suggests that it needs to be the
family who are the clients. The problem is the changing circumstances
in which this child is in and how to intervene to help the mother/child
overcome potential difficulties. Yes mark- i definately agree that in
any kind of therapy intervention it would be about empathy and the
empowerment of the mother and child, and for them to express and to be
heard.
once again thankyou!
claire.
G.M.Dean wrote:
>Clare
>
>To answer your final point, professionals will all have developed their
own
>way of working, this will be based on a mix of their own personal
history
>and therapy, their training and theoretical orientation and their own
>professional experience and supervision. To a certain extent there is
also a
>point where we throw all we've ever been taught in classes out the
window
>and take a risk with a client which comes from some awareness of the
process
>of therapy that just happens from experience, I'd use the words deep
>empathy, maybe also something happening at the transpersonal level.
>
>I'd be very surprised if we didn't, in general, have agreement with the
>principles you set out, some of us may also have disagreements with
some of
>your ideas. We would all approach the child differently and put greater
>stress on some aspects more than others. I doubt that any two of us
would
>have a session with the client which would look substantively the same
on
>video, part of the process of a session is a dance between the two
people in
>the room and also all the people/experiences they bring with them. I
>generally find the best work happens when I get as much of myself out
of the
>session as possible, particularly the ideas I bring with me about how I
>"ought" to be managing the case from supervision or from theory. The
map is
>not the picture. So in a sense your request is a bit of a nonsense
because
>the way that you propose to work with the client is the "right" way for
you,
>it wouldn't be the "right" way for me, the dynamic between therapist and
>client is always about those two people, doing what I do would be
unhelpful
>for you and vice versa, you could learn the techniques I would use but
they
>might well not be right for you in your work. Hope that makes sense for
you.
>I think it's vitally important that I work within the basis of a
theoretical
>perspective and a set of skills but that I am also free of them and
able to
>fully enter the clients world and stand beside them in it and hear their
>story.
>
>I haven't read your case study, I share concerns about confidentiality,
but
>would like to comment on the basis of your email.
>
>1 Who is your client? the child, the mother, the child-mother dyad or
the
>family? Or indeed the social norms that suggest the child will be more
>stable for seeing the father more regularly or that a child shouldn't
have
>tantrums? Maybe the answer to that would be clearer to me if I read the
case
>study but from the words you write I feel unsure.
>
>2 From the answer to that what exactly is the problem? Is it tantrums
or the
>reaction of the adults? If tantrums then the child centred work you
suggest
>could be focussed at helping the child learn different ways of
expressing
>the feelings that the tantrum expresses. However that behaviour change
may
>happen anyway if the adults deal with it in a different way. It may not
be
>about Mum intervening once it starts, it may be about Mum learning what
the
>pattern that leads to the tantrum is and changing something she does
along
>the way. It may be about empowering Mum, not disempowering the child,
see
>below.
>
>3 Is the tantrum something to do with being the only control the child
has
>over their world? Is the child really anxious or just very angry? Is the
>problem behaviour an expression of the child's feelings or are they
acting
>out the mothers feelings?. Is there an issue about dealing with
separation
>and change, if so is it with the child, the mother or both? Are the
adults
>attributing anxiety to the child because they are anxious about the
>tantrums?
>
>As I said those questions come to me from your email rather than from
the
>case study. How would I work with the case? I'd hope to have a first
session
>where I encouraged the child to draw a picture with a path, a house, a
tree
>and themselves in it (ref Barbara R. Findeisens Windows to our
children),
>I'd hope that Mum would draw a similar picture, I'd hope that both would
>talk about the pictures, note I'm making several assumptions to get to
this
>point and I'm planning to work with the child-mother dyad. That of
course
>might not happen. I'd hope that it would and that I'd be able to hear
two
>voices and that they would be able to hear each other. I'd hope I could
>maybe introduce the other tools from the book I've mentioned and that we
>could work toward a place where mother and child were feeling empowered
and
>heard and could express difficult feelings. That's about as far as I
can go
>in answering the question "what would a professional do?" hope it's a
help.
>
>Regards
>Mark
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Discussion on theoretical and research issues in counselling
>psychology [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Claire
Frances
>Harper
>Sent: 04 June 2004 17:04
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: case study
>
>i would suggest that the child needs to see the father on more of a
regular
>basis for stability and that the mother is given support in helping to
>understand and to know how to intervene and cope when the child is
having a
>tantrum.
>perhaps the child would benefit from some kind of therapy, art, play,
>child-centred to enable her to work through anxieties surrounding her
father
>and seperation anxiety, new sibling, new house and change of schools.
>it has also been suggested that there is a fund called the childrens
fund
>which helps children during transistional periods-this could perhaps
fund
>the therapy?
>i would also suggest that she needs alot of reasurance from her mother
>during this uncertain time for her and that if communication is
constantly
>happening it will help to reduce the childs insecurity. but i need a
>professional to say well yes that is perhaps what we might suggest
aswell.
>we have written theory on the case study and now need to bring it up to
date
>by including what a professional would do -which noone seems to want to
tell
>us!!!
>
>1 to 1 Counselling Service wrote:
>
>
>>Claire
>>
>>One day you hope to be a professional. What intervention procedures
>would
>>you use if you were?
>>
>>Sue
>>
>>
>>
>>From: "Claire Frances Harper" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 4:19 PM
>>Subject: Re: case study
>>
>>
>>> I wonder if some one could possibly just give me an incling as to
>>> what the intevention procedure a professional would take please!
>>>
>>>
>>> G.F. Phillips wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> >Hello Sue et al
>>> >
>>> >I wonder if having a seperate closed list would help. The students
>>> >obviously are under great pressure and come to us who have knowledge
>and
>>> >experience. I'n sure we could deal with confidentiality matters in
>>> this
>>> >way.
>>> >Kindest
>>> >Gerald
>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >From: 1 to 1 Counselling Service <[log in to unmask]>
>>> >To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>> >Date: 04 June 2004 12:12
>>> >Subject: Re: case study
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >>Dear Claire
>>> >>
>>> >>Again, I find myself in a similar position to that I held in
>>> >>relation to the content of Rosie's recent message.
>>> >>
>>> >>You have not said what steps you have taken to anonymise this
>>> >>client. I feel uncomfortable that so much is known about her by
>>> >>so many people who have no right to know it.
>>> >>
>>> >>I hope that you get the help you need with your case study, but I
>>> >>really do feel that you should seek it from your fellow students or
>>> >>your tutors rather than have to go into such great detail on this
>>> >>list.
>>> >>
>>> >>Good luck,
>>> >>
>>> >>Sue
>>> >>
>>> >>Sue Vogel, BA., MSc., C.Couns.Psychol., C.Health Psychol.,
>>> >>Chartered Psychologist
>>> >>1 to 1 Counselling Service
>>> >>BEDFORD
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>>> >>----- Original Message -----
>>> >>From: "Claire Frances Harper" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> >>Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:47 AM
>>> >>Subject: case study
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>> attached is a case study could you please suggest some
>interventions
>>> >>> for this child?
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
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