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CHAPTER 2 SELF-AWARENESS SKILLS

CHAPTER 2 SELF-AWARENESS SKILLS. CHAPTER 2 SELF-AWARENESS SKILLS. Self-awareness are clinical and personal aspects of psychotherapy which need to be sought in 5 areas: 1. Physical 2. Professional 3. Individual 4. Interpersonal 5. Cultural

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CHAPTER 2 SELF-AWARENESS SKILLS

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  1. CHAPTER 2SELF-AWARENESS SKILLS

  2. CHAPTER 2SELF-AWARENESS SKILLS • Self-awareness are clinical and personal aspects of psychotherapy which need to be sought in 5 areas: • 1. Physical • 2. Professional • 3. Individual • 4. Interpersonal • 5. Cultural • The first 2 deal with communication, verbal and nonverbal. • The remaining 3 are involved with preexisting clinician’s traits to deal with “values clarification”

  3. “Values Clarification” • Definitions: • Values: • Are individually formed and based. They are the beliefs and attitudes that provide direction in every day living. • Values reflect priority systems that we use to guide our personal decision making and the choices we make.

  4. “Values Clarification” • Definitions: • Morals: Refer to an individual’sbeliefs about what is good or is bad behavior. They are standards used as guides for conduct, specially in “social contents.” Therapists need to know their own values and morals along with the APA Ethical Rules and Legal Issues to make professional decisions

  5. *The Decision Making Process is Based on 6 Moral Principals • 1. Autonomy • 2. Beneficence • 3. Nonmaleficence • 4. Justice • 5. Fidelity • 6. Veracity

  6. *The Decision Making Process is Based on 6 Moral Principals • 1. Autonomy • Refers to the clinician’s willingness to honor the right of clients and their decisions. • 2. Beneficence • Refers to the commitment to do good to clients. It deals with the promotion of clients welfare, dignity, and respect. It concerning that treatment goals and strategies for intervention and outcomes are for the good of the client.

  7. The Decision Making Process is Based on 6 Moral Principals • 3. Nonmaleficence • Refers to the understanding that the utmost concern of the mental-heath care provider has to “no harm” to client, and “harm” refers to intentional and unintentional harm from therapist. • 4. Justice • Refers to the fair and equal treatments. Also called “distribution justice.” This principal requires nondiscrimination in service delivery, fairness, eligibility criterion and equal distribution of resources.

  8. The Decision Making Process is Based on 6 Moral Principals • 5. Fidelity • Refers to honesty, loyalty, and commitment to keep promises. According to this principle the work of clinician and client is a social contract that must be honored by the clinician.

  9. The Decision Making Process is Based on 6 Moral Principals • 6. Veracity is a legal contract. • Sometimes refers to as fidelity. However, veracity refers to the “legal” aspects of mental-health care and to the honoring of all contracts made with clients. It addresses issues of confidentiality, limits to confidentiality, release of information, legal aspects of record keeping, payment arrangement and third party reimbursement issues.

  10. Individual Self Awareness • Individual self awareness are rights and responsibilities of clients: • 1. Right to personal freedom • 2. Responsibility towards others • 3. Responsibility for personal decision making

  11. Individual Self Awareness • 4. The right to respect for their individuality • 5. The right not to be dominated, manipulated, or indoctrinated • 6. The right to make and learn from their own mistakes.

  12. CHAPTER II • Common Therapy and Counseling Topics that Involve Values (see skill 2.1in clinical interview folder) • 1. Instrumental Values • Are about the frequency or intensity of a conduct • 2. Terminal values • Are end-state of existence • Interpersonal Patterns to explore to , Gain Interpersonal Self-Awareness table 2.1 (see handout) • Rokeach’s Central Life Values for Self Exploration table 2.1 (see handout)

  13. CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND SENSITIVITY • Definitions: • Culture: Sets of values beliefs, or learned behavior of a group of people i.e., mid-east culture, Chinese culture • Cultural Awareness: Refers to recognizing your own personal biases, prejudices, beliefs, stereotypic attitudes, and remarks. • Ethnicity: Refers to shared social and cultural heritage. i.e., Asian Americans, Alaska Natives, Spanish Americans.

  14. CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND SENSITIVITY • Definitions: • Race: Refers strictly to a biological classification that is based on physical and genetic characteristic. • There are 3 primary race: • 1. Caucasoid • 2. Mongoloid • 3. Negroid

  15. CHAPTER II • Traits of Culturally Sensitive Mental-Health -Care Provider table 2.3 (see handout)

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