Strategizing Re-emergence
Mary Hodgson led a workshop on 'strategizing re-emergence.' The goal was to improve the effectiveness of our Co-Counseling and to encourage us to think about each other. The following example was presented as one way to start organizing our thinking about a client.
- What are the person's key strengths?
- What is the key chronic distress recording, and what are all the contradictions to it?
- How much time are you going to spend with this person, and why?
- What are you going to do with him or her, and why? (If you are committed to this person's re-emergence, there may be times when you might want to do other things besides counseling him or her, for example, paying attention to him or her while she or he does something that has been difficult for him or her to do.)
- When you counsel this person, what do you want to counsel him or her on, and why? (Think about where your assistance can be most crucial.)
- What attitude will you take towards him or her, and why? (Loving your client is the place to start, but that doesn't always mean being 'nice.' Sometimes it's more helpful to refuse to compromise with any patterned objections.)
- What challenge will you offer this client, and why? (It's always helpful to aim your sights on the furthest horizon rather than concentrate on the mud beneath his or her feet.)
- Will you ask this person for help? If so, on what, and why? (It may be helpful to him or her to realize that she or he can offer you assistance, perhaps in an area that will stretch his or her boundaries.)
- What is the key contradiction?
Philip Morton
Berkeley, California,
USA
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