Client Recommendation Exercise Paper: Retain, Refer, or Release
Paper: ‘My Values, Beliefs, Clinical Gestalt with Individuals and Systems’
Cedric Grady
University Of Phoenix
Paper: ‘My Values, Beliefs, Clinical Gestalt with Individuals and Systems’ 2
I will address what I have learned about my personal and professional assumptions about clinical helping and their relationship to my own beliefs, values, past experiences, familiar and cultural background, the larger societal and systems contexts of my life, and the types of clients I may have to work with. Also, I will give insights I have gained about the strengths I have and any areas that I have determined are in need of work in the future which will aid me to becoming a better clinician. I will also discuss the exercises and journal entries completed these last few weeks.
Clinical social work education emphasizes learning and application of sociocultural theories in arriving at a culturally competent understanding the clients’ subjective experience
(Nye, 2005; Tosone, 2005). I discovered that people have their own belief systems and values, and when I think of my own values and beliefs, I realize that as a professional, I cannot allow those things that I believe to interfere with clinical treatment of any client. I am reminded of my own beliefs, values, past experiences, familiar and cultural background, and the larger societal and system context of my life in regards . It is my duty to be always be reminded of those I will serve, who’s struggle are very real to them, and on-going. There are even greater issues such as rape, murder, suicide, abuse etc., but for me, being was the greatest challenge for me. It is the true professional that can maintain high ethics and morals, be un- biased, keeping what has been entrusted to them.
Although difficult, the professional cannot allow personal beliefs and values to come between the clinical treatment that the client needs. I have also learned that this field challenges you to maintain;
Cedric Grady
University Of Phoenix
Paper: ‘My Values, Beliefs, Clinical Gestalt with Individuals and Systems’ 2
I will address what I have learned about my personal and professional assumptions about clinical helping and their relationship to my own beliefs, values, past experiences, familiar and cultural background, the larger societal and systems contexts of my life, and the types of clients I may have to work with. Also, I will give insights I have gained about the strengths I have and any areas that I have determined are in need of work in the future which will aid me to becoming a better clinician. I will also discuss the exercises and journal entries completed these last few weeks.
Clinical social work education emphasizes learning and application of sociocultural theories in arriving at a culturally competent understanding the clients’ subjective experience
(Nye, 2005; Tosone, 2005). I discovered that people have their own belief systems and values, and when I think of my own values and beliefs, I realize that as a professional, I cannot allow those things that I believe to interfere with clinical treatment of any client. I am reminded of my own beliefs, values, past experiences, familiar and cultural background, and the larger societal and system context of my life in regards . It is my duty to be always be reminded of those I will serve, who’s struggle are very real to them, and on-going. There are even greater issues such as rape, murder, suicide, abuse etc., but for me, being was the greatest challenge for me. It is the true professional that can maintain high ethics and morals, be un- biased, keeping what has been entrusted to them.
Although difficult, the professional cannot allow personal beliefs and values to come between the clinical treatment that the client needs. I have also learned that this field challenges you to maintain;
References: Simpson, G., Williams, J., & Segall, A. (2007). Social Work Education and Clinical Learning. Clinical Social Work Journal, 35(1), 3-14. doi:10.1007/s10615-006-0046-4 (http://www.hscareers.com/careercenter/articles.asp?id=4)It