Clinical Gestalt Research Paper

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My Beliefs, Values, and Clinical Gestalt My Beliefs, Values, and Clinical Gestalt Rhonda M. Silvan BSHS/322 Vickey Petty February 8, 2010 My Beliefs, Values, and Clinical Gestalt My personal beliefs, values and clinical gestalt should not affect my professionalism and the way I do my job, if I am going to be a successful human service worker this things cannot affect how I interact and perceive things, though my cultural beliefs, values and clinical gestalt combined create my personal and professional outlooks it is important to remember to separate them so that the service given to clients will maintain a high level of professionalism. There should be no exclusion of person based on one’s sex, age gender, and…show more content…
Someone’s immediate context always stems from a larger system context. Many people cannot understand why he or she became homeless, or why his or her child ran away from home. Looking at the larger context systems will develop an understanding of how circumstances came to be. A number of years ago, I was working with a family in which the parents reported that their daughter was having nightmares about nuclear war. Although my first instinct was to wonder about what “wars” were happening in her “nuclear” family, I also had to consider the fact that she had just seen the movie The Day After, a dramatic representation of the consequence of nuclear war. (APA) All communication should be open minded and create a warm and responsive line of communication whether it is verbal and non-verbal communication this is a major aspect of the human service profession. Verbal communication should be compassionate while conversing with the client the tone should be calm, so that the client feels comfortable sharing his or her feelings. When he or she is sharing about an experience, the clinician should be attentive and let them speak and wait for an opportunity to speak show compassion and empathy for the…show more content…
Listening with an empathic ear and utilizing some intervention or other techniques to help people change their views about their circumstances is challenging but can be achieved through a lot of hard work and good communication. Verbal and non-verbal communication sends messages to both interviewer and interviewee. This is important because messages can be misinterpreted. It is so important to keep an open mind when interpreting the different aspects of communication. The human service staff must work together, and if there are any differences with the different styles of human service work, and staff then it should be resolved in calm and appropriate way. I believe that people helping people is one of the greatest strengths people have if they are willing to risk. Everyone is different and this is the case with human service workers. It is important to remember that the clinician and the client must work together and the goals should belong to the client. It is important to assess and evaluate the case on an ongoing basis keeping in mind that the goals should be obtainable and
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