¶ … Affective and Alderian Systems
Imagine studying affective and Alderian systems of therapy. What will one discover? Is there anything different a person will learn from this experience? Therapy is a growing trend, and people are taking part in it on a regular basis. A number of areas are worth mentioning in regards to the case provided and to handle it from a therapeutic perspective.
When looking at this particular scenario, one needs to view it from that of the affective therapy domain. With the client, Darnell, the therapist begins by asking him to find out his day is going. The next question follows by means of eliciting emotion on how the counselor was struck by what he said. As a result, Darnell opened up on his emotions because he knew that his responses were safe knowing that his therapist is trustworthy (Corsini, J., & Wedding, 2008). Furthermore, the counselor is using active listening to get him to discuss his issues, which as one can tell from the scenario, that it is actually working (Harvard Medical School, 2006).
As one can tell, the therapist is by no means doing any kind of diagnosing. He or she is becoming active in the coversation as a means in which to make sure that all the stories are told from the client perspective in hopes to help Darnell through this entire process. The atmosphere is gentle and non-judgemental toward the client in order for this to happen. This means that everything is centered around the client in hopes to get Darnell better, and with the goal of having the person at the center of it all. (Harvard Medical School, 2006).
As the therapy session continues, the therapist asks him to open up further by discussing social situations. Darnell opens up by how he used to feel confident in these particular scenarios. He then describes whatis going on in his life as his therapist probes him further by asking about his dating life, family history and relationship with parents. What is interesting is that Darnell discusses his relationship with his father, and this gets him to discuss how tough it was with him. His emotions are exposed on the difficulty it was back then in regards to...
Additionally, the therapist inquires about the good and bad in his life and gets him to discuss more detail about it. Darnell responds by saying that there is no point in walking around all sad and disgusted all the time. The session ends with a client-centered approach by asking him what he thought about their meeting for that day, and Darnell provides feedback (Corsini, J., & Wedding, 2008).
One needs to discuss the Alderian approach to this particular scenario. One has to note that the counselor and client were respecting it each other all the way throughout the entire session. Through the entire time Darnell and the therapist met, he became self-aware through all of it. He understood that he needed to deal with the positive and negative aspects that are occuring in his life. As they talked, Darnell continued to open up more because of how much he trusted his therapist because of the therapeutic relationship that was present throughout all of it (Grunwald, 1999).
Darnell's life goals were discussed because of how he wanted to overcome the difficulties that have bothered him from his past. After all, Adler believed that a person could deal with challenges that occur in one's life into shaping them into who they are today. This is exactly what the counselor was attempting to do through the probing of questions and getting Darnell to discuss each one of them. Also, the counselor wanted to know his lifestyle, since this is one of the themes of what Alder coined many years ago. In fact, the therpist did exactly that by asking him how his day was going, and then later on inquiring about issues in his past. Regardless, he was able to become re-educated through the session because the counselor inquired in such a way that he understood what it was that he needed to do in order to handle his problems. The therapist wanted him to feel significant and that his father does care for him, despite the fact he did not go professional in his sports endeavors. All of these are significant aspects to the therapy session. Through this, the person does not feel inferior but has a sense of self-worth. In the end, the confidence and self-esteem rises as…
