Models Of Helping Paper

Models of Helping Paper

Denise Brownlee

Models of Effective Helping

Dee Strbiak

September, 24, 2012

Abstract

The prototype for a model helper does not have to fall under the confines, shaking hands in public view televised awards receiving, or public speeches. Some are just ordinary citizens in your town or maybe even a perfect stranger. I will explain why I formed my viewpoint from each person I selected.

The first model helper could be just your regular neighborhood pastor. He does not do it for fame or money but he loves God and he enjoys helping people. I remember when the tornadoes hit back in 2011 and it destroyed every house in the community except the church. My father is the pastor of the church left standing with no damage. We began to set up a shelter at the church for the people that were affected by the tornado. We made a trip around to see how all the families that were affected by the tornado. We provided some of the families in other areas in that did not have anywhere to go with hotels until FEMA provided them with houses. We came out every day and cooked breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the victims. We opened a pantry that everyone in the church brought old and new clothes, shoes, food, baby clothes, and non- perished items to hand out to everyone. They wanted pastor to do interviews on the news for doing so much, but he turned them down. He said it was not for fame, but he did it because the community needed help. Like Carl Roger, I feel the more responsibility a client takes for his or her therapy; the more effective they will feel when they leave therapy (Parrott, 2003).I believe that once a client can caress life with a cheerful outlook the further what he or she feels part of a community. One's experiences help him or her to understand life and begin to grow in wisdom (Parrott, 2003). One important thing to do is read lots of different books gain the knowledge, but until one puts his or her hands into tasks, makes mistakes, succeeds, and practices, he or she will not have experience. Experiences and how we react to those experiences will help model who we are and who we become. My personal model of helping further includes ideas from behaviorism. I am a firm believer that an old dog can learn new tricks. The excuse that one continues a behavior based on the behavior being an old, bad habit that cannot be wretched is no excuse. Through a sponsor, my role would be to help the client "in clarifying goals" and changing behaviors (Parrott, 2003). An aspect of behavior therapy I think it is great to be helpful to a client assertiveness training. One contract keeps him or she to a healthier self-faith when he or she is taken for what he or she feel what is right. One who conforms to others beliefs all the pats when he or she does not really believe forces something make one feel unaccounted for and weak. This model helper is someone that I know that does it because they love helping and are devoted to what they love to do; the perfect stranger. This person blesses and is happy just to know they could help someone. I do not know my kidney donor, but I thank God every day for that person. If it was not for him or her I do not know if I would still be here. This is the type of model I would look up to and want to be like. To know that I helped saved a life would be a marvelous feeling to have every day. My model of helping consists of normal people in your life, neighborhood, or stranger. Picking and choosing techniques to use will vary from client to client based on personal obligation and cultural awareness. Practiced are multicultural factors to reckon with when helping.

We base the helping profession on values, ethnic, and the knowledge of helping people in difficult times. The helping profession helps deal with individuals, families, and groups to deal with their problems to prevent from functioning in everyday life. Murphy and Dillon stated in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, new groups of helpers developed to assist people in distress. These included human service workers, counselors, social workers, psychologists, milieu therapists, psychiatric nurses, and psychiatrists (Murphy and Dillon, 2011, ch.1). Some of the problems that the helping professional deals with are poverty, abuse and neglect, emotional and mental issues, domestic violence, and family issues. The helping profession helps clients find strengths and valuable resources that will help them. They also assist them in positive changes to help them solve their problem or prevention. The relationship to my belief of the helping profession is that it motivates me to help clients and give me faith and values that I have for the profession.

My values of the models of helping are to be open and honest. I am committed to value all human being no matter what age, color, gender, or race. My job would be to value all human life and lookout for the best interest of their life. When you have people with problems, you need the helping profession to assist them to the resources in the society. I find my values to be sensitive to others feelings. I do not judge people because of their problems or weakness. I value client's privacy and respect as they are. As we work with clients and are exposed to diverse situations and beliefs, we often find our values challenged and changed (Murphy and Dillon, 2011, ch.5). I would also like to give and receive affection to the client but not be able to show my feelings. I want to respect that they may have different values from mines. My values are a reflection of any client relationship.

My past experience of dealing with the helping profession was being on dialysis. I experienced being in someone else's situation. I had to have help from a social worker at dialysis. She gave me the inspiration I need to go on with life. She helped me with the information I needed to get evaluation for my kidney. She also counsel me in know how I should feel and what to expect from being on dialysis.