SOWK 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: River Rase, Externalization
24 Nov 2015
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Stories of the self simultaneously describe & constitute us. We consciously & unconsciously change ourselves to fit or fight the description. In <> the instrument is the psychoscope. Able to see & hear the thoughts of clients. Self as instrument of relating & assessing & helping. Predominant in: rule-bound settings, brief & problem-oriented counselling approaches, behavioural change. In the diary of the rose the roles are reversed. It is rosa not her client who is changed. What changes her: her encounter w/ his authentic self, her growing political awareness. Sense of self arising from matrix of society, culture, politics. Supposedly individual choices influenced by others & social structure. Psychology suggests that much of our thinking is outside our conscious awareness. That we may act out scripts from childhood. When issues in relationships in client"s life are played out in the clinical relationship. Issues in worker"s life can also create a parallel process.
