Practice Theories and Intervention

Abstract:

            When working with clients tend to use popular intervention theories to help clients based on how well the intervention goes with their client’s tribulations. We will be looking at ways to work with clients when trying to use theories and interventions on clients. What one must understand before trying to use certain theories and what all should be taken into consideration before using certain theories.

Introduction:

There are four cognitive learning mechanisms they are intentional, performance, reinforcement that is external and reinforcement that is not essentially learning to increase probabilities that a learning behavior will execute. In order for a worker to be of some help to their client one must understand behavior as a whole and how people respond to certain situations and interventions in order to help them in their time of need.

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Play therapy is a one way of helping children with their feelings although the therapist never directly ask questions about their feeling they simply play games and reenact things in a way that is comfortable for the child, which as a result will make the child feel comfortable enough to speak about their feelings. This also allows the therapist or counselor find out what’s truly going on with a child. This is a prime example of why it is so important to start where the client is.

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There are three main parts when it comes to the psychosexual stage. The first stage is physical focus this is where the child’s energy is determined and their fulfillment is obtained. The second stage is, a psychological theme, this is associated to both the physical and mental burden being made on the child by the exterior world as the child lives around.  During each stage, there can be two extremes in psychological reaction, they are either doing too much or not doing enough of what’s best. In the last stage the third stage, an adult character type in the first three stages this adult character type is one that is related to being engrossed or stuck at that stage. If a client never resolves an issue that appears in that stage they may always have issues with relating issues as the one they never got over.

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The psychosocial model is related to both social causes and psychological of dysfunction. When one reaches the professional phase of a social work it is more probable for a social worker to use the psychosocial principles in their practice if it happens to fit their client’s issues. As a social worker you will take different approaches along the way, when dealing with your client everyone reacts differently no matter how similar their problem may be. Three elements are thought to underlie the client’s improvement to therapy, his or her development of insight and   changes in his effective and changes made to his environment.

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Behavioral therapies are said to be prior behaviors that can be untaught or changed. Behavior assessments hold opposing views from customary assessments. When it comes to traditional assessment the worker tends to focus on global traits while behavioral assessments, tend to focus on generational specific responses. The main intention for developing a child’s liveliness is to define five main stages of psychological development. There is the oral stage, anal, phallic, latency and genital stage. Within the oral stage the child’s age ranges from zero to 2 years old, the mouth is the principal erogenous zone. In the anal stage, the child’s age ranges from 2 years old to three and year’s anal region provide the major source of pleasurable stimulation. Toilet-training is a major issue in this time frame of a child's life. In the phallic stage the child’s age ranges from three to six years old, it focuses on self-manipulation of the genitals as providing the major source of pleasurable stimulation. In the latency stage the child age ranges from six years to 12 sexual motivations recede in importance, the child has reached puberty. Finally, in the genital the age ranges from puberty to adulthood, the deepest feelings of pleasure come from sexual relationships with other adults.

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Defense mechanisms are unconscious psychological strategies which are brought on by various things when dealing with actuality and self-image. Healthy people normally use different defenses throughout life. An ego defense mechanism becomes pathological only when its persistence bring into play maladaptive behavior such that the physical or mental health of the individual is adversely affected. The point of ego defense mechanisms is to defend the mind-self-ego from anxiety, social sanctions or to provide a refuge from a situation with which one cannot currently cope. Ego defense mechanisms, take place when the id impulses are in conflict with each other, as soon as the id impulses conflict with super-ego values and beliefs, and when an outside threat presents itself.

What is most interesting about this podcast?

The most interesting portion of this podcast was the discussion psychological development stages. As different as we all are it amazes me that we all generally go through the same stages in life however each one of us go through them a little differently. We all have our own way of putting a twist on things.

What can you share with other students about this podcast?

The one thing I believe I would share with a peer of mine is how important it is to make sure that you don’t try and use the same theory on every client just because their situations may be similar you have to look at the clients situation environment and ability to handle things. Generalizing them will only make things worse or have no effect at all.

Reference
Practice Theories & Therapeutic Intervention. Association of Social Work Boards, Audio.