Will share some slides

Next week we will talk about assessments

SLIDES

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We all make mistakes
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Unit Descriptor

Assess the person's needs

Discuss and determine issues of concern and the person's stage in the decision to change
Identify resources required to support the brief intervention
Identify and plan appropriate brief intervention strategies to match the person's needs

Assessing readiness to change

Assessing someone's readiness to change is one of the first and most critical things you will do in any assessment.
When people try to change any part of their behaviour they go through a process of change that can be separated to into various stages.

eg.

Some clients know smoking ot good for them, but not ready to give up!
Others So desperate to make a change, do whatever it takes! Maybe they don't know what to do.
Not everyone is in the same readiness with change.
How we work weith poeple we assess where they are in their readiness to change.

Break up into group.

DISCUSSION: Why some people are not ready to change and others are? Factors?

Ashleigh - people may be struggling to let go of something like belief, value or routine, not able to see what change may look like

Ant

They may not have done it before.

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eg. Use of alcohol, maybe they have anxiety and no one has helped them around the problem. Drugs, could be a way to manage problem, until shown otherwise because not being best way with consequences

Way to help is Help them manage their anxiety first
If they are offered something

10 minute chat into random rooms

16:00 group

*Asheligh Knoll
Ashley Murray
Natalie Juresic

I shared my hesitancy to chnge because of lack of resources, legal blocks etc...

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AK:

Group therapy in DBT - helps with personality disorders, which AK Has
Difficulty accessing resources even as a female

Religion journesy -

JAG: – I overshared - re family court

AK has BPD and shares some similarities with what I shared re M! - namely her lying, low self worth etc

Have been asked to return to class

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Why? Answers:

Mohammmad: Some people need change parts of their identity
Clayton Mc: Lot of issues, needing time to investigate, family and community and barrieers
Ant: Some people may have barriers. They may want to change, but have barriers - alcohol eg - they may want to change but have not addressed barriers, may be worried about anxiety kicking in and what to do! We need to help to manage their barriers. Give clients time to think about it.
Nicole: Some people know they need to change but dont understand how to.
Ant: Bit of BG noise. please mute if possible.
Nic: Have not faced consequences of their actions.
Ant: some may need to hit top bottom.
AshleyK: Sharing my situation - assistance is beyond our control, like legal system, religion - good summary – thinking of same experience.
JAG: I gave deeper insight of what I said. Injustice in family court etc not allowing one to be honsest about mental health or depression or anxiety because they may try and get children off you as being seen not suitable. Also that religions upbringing of taboo of psychological counselling help.
Ant: Sometimes other things structiures get in the way.
Clay: Stigma towards therapy. Rock bottom may never happens - following their narrative.
Ant: What do we do with clients who are not sure or in denial?
Isabel: Rock bottom may look different to a lot of people. Like I have not qualification.. all rock bottoms are way different.

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Ant: Some people have resiliance that is higher

Masih: Essentially there is a metric that if the pain of change is greater than where you are, then you would stay where you are. The emphais

Ant: A client may say famly wants him to stop alcohol, but they dont see a problem with their drinking. There are howver indirect consequences to not changing.

AshK: People around them may be intentionally or unintentionally enabling them!

Alex: Some people feel defeated after trying other options.

Ant: Some slides for reasons:

Could have been too hard
Change when I want
Wont have people tell what to do
Wont make a diff

Heard the saying

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"Forced resistence"

AshK: "You cant lead a donkey to the water"

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Forced ???

We need to things for ourselves
Cannot be forced to do things
Client need to get there at their own pace

As counsellors we need to be patient.

TO help client to change

Help them with things they can change

Change vs Acceptance

What are the things you can change and cannot change

Because there are things we cannot change we may need to learn to accept

Clayton B: Taking acceptance of something as the truth

Ant: Agreeing something as the reality - it doesnt mean you have to like it

eg. Lockdowns
Restricion were lifted, need to see friends, excited to see people, on a saturday, then its raining!Reality is that you cant have that picnic. So what can you do? Do a different activity? What if some people dont accept that change? But some may be dissapointed, but know it wont be on, accept it, then navigate what can they still do! Maybe an alternative to meet. Acceptance does not mean you have to like it.

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Ant: Like Jonathan said before that there are institutions or government things you cannot chanhge. But in light of not able to change, what can i do? Focus on things that can change.

Ant: Could be in a nasty relationship who is horrible. We cannot change that other person. Beter off say, what can I actually change.... we can more peace.

Ant: Gaming, in past, times you could not beat computer and had to stop wasting energy and see what can you change. Learn to accept what you can change and concentrate what you have thr power to change.

Ant: Work place bullying. You cant stop them, make them nice. You can have a conversation. Talk to boss or manager and this may help cause change. Maybe boss is part of problem. Then what? Change the way you respond. Maybe change workplace. Doesnt mean we are powerless. The sooner we change what we can and see what we cannot, the better.

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See you at 1:30pm [He actually said 5 past one, in half an hour!!!]