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Adam SchwartzCPS-510Dr. O’Brien

Sweeney/Myers Indivisible Self ModelBronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Model

ALL CLIENTS EXIST AS…

• People in relation (to others)• People within a Community• Individuals in a Social Context

Not Primarily As An Individual Afflicted with A Pathology

WHY WELLNESS SHOULD MATTER TO COUNSELORS

A M E R I C A N C O U N S E L I N G A S S O C . ‘ 0 3

“What makes professional counselors unique from their peers in other mental health disciplines is their , ‘wellness,’ orientation. While trained to understand pathology and mental illness, professional counselors take a preventative approach to helping people and are trained to use counseling treatment interventions, which include principles of development, wellness, and pathology that reflect a pluralistic society.”

C O U N S E L I N G C O N C E R N S A N D I S S U E S

• Mental disorders

• Addiction

• Lifestyle Concerns

• Family Issues

• Career Issues

• Crises Intervention

• Grief and Loss

• Personal Growth

Gladding & Newsome.(2010). Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Community and Agency Settings. Pearson Ed., PressPgs. (25-29)

WELLNESS IS AN ACTIVE PROCESS OF BECOMING AWARE OF AND MAKING CHOICES TOWARD A MORE SUCCESSFUL EXISTENCE.

http://definitionofwellness.com/

REFRAMING THE LANGUAGE OF HELPING

Use of The Strength and Resource Oriented Model

Story - Positive Asset - Restory – Action

• Exploration of Concerns

• Recognition of client resources and strengths

• Reframing a strategy for change

• Putting this strategy into action

Represents a shift away from the

Pathology model of Counseling

SOCIAL CONTEXTS (EXTERNAL MODEL)

Individual

Local – Family, Neighborhood, & Community

Institutional – Education, Religion Government, Business

Global – Politics, Culture, Global Events, Media, EnvironmentChronometrical – Perpetual, Positive, Purposeful

Illustrates the ways in which the individual relates proximally within the confines and contexts of his/her environment and culture in order to either develop increased or diminished wellness.

Sweeney and Myers. (2004). Developing Strategies for Helpers (2nd Ed., pp. 39-68). Amherst, MA; Mircotraining.

BIOECOLOGICAL MODELCOMBINING INTERNAL LIFESTYLE COMPONENTS WITH EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCES

Individual

Microsystem

Mesosystem

Most Immediate influences upon Individual

Microsystems effect each Other within the Mesosystem

Exosystem

Indirect Influence (i.e. Spouses discontentment at work)

Macrosystem

Influence of cultural mores and norms

Chronosystem- The interplay and Change of the other four systems within a lifespan.

Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Model

SWEENEY AND MYERS (2004) INDIVISIBLE SELF MODEL

The Indivisibl

e Self

The Creative Self (Cognition, Emotion, Vocation)

The Coping Self

(Leisure, Self-Worth,

Beliefs)

The Social Self

(Friendship, Love)

The Essential

Self (Spiritual, Gender, Cultural, Self Care)

The Physical

Self (Exercise, Nutrition)

Illustrates the ways in which the intra-personal self, the self in relation to others, the self within the community, and the self within a social context indivisibly unite in order to establish a sense of wellness along a continuum.

Sweeney and Myers. (2004). Developing Strategies for Helpers (2nd Ed., pp. 39-68). Amherst, MA; Mircotraining

Poor Physical Health

Poor Emotional Health

Poor Social Health

Poor Intellectual

Health

Poor Vocational

Health

Poor Spiritual Health

Individual With Low Degree of Wellness

A Hypothetical Wellness InterventionChanging One Facet of Wellness to Facilitate Change in The Indivisible Self

StoryStrength & Resource Model

WELLNESS INTERVENTION- PHYSICAL

Strategy• Referral to a nutritionist• Implementation of 20 minutes moderate walking on five or more days/week• Decrease in stimulant use and improved sleep hygiene

Improved Nutrition

Increased

Exercise

Better Quality of

Sleep

Physical Wellness

Improvement

Positive Asset

CHANGING THE ROLE OF EXERCISE, NUTRITION, AND SLEEP IN WELLNESS

H I G H D I E TA R Y FAT A N D C A L O R I E C O N S U M P T I O N A N D I N C O N S I S T E N T E X E R C I S E W I T H P O O R S L E E P H A B I T S

1. Raised blood Pressure and Heart Disease.

2. Links to Cancers such as Breast and Colon

3. Obesity and Type II Diabetes

4. Liver and Gallbladder disease

5. Sleep and Digestive Disorders

M O D E R AT E D I E TA R Y FAT C O N S U M P T I O N A N D R E G U L A R

( 5 X ’ S / W E E K LY ) E X E R C I S E W I T H I M P R O V E D S L E E P H Y G I E N E

1. Limitation of Respiratory Illness

2. Improved Immunology

3. Reduced risks for certain Cancers , Heart Disease, and Diabetes

4. Reduced stress, anxiety, and depression through release of Endorphins (Dopamine, Norepinephrine, Serotonin)

Berk. (2008). Exploring Lifespan Development. Pearson Ed., PressPgs. (345-348)

PAYOFFS WITHIN THE INDIVISIBLE SELF

Improved Physical

Health Habits

Improved Emotional

Health

Improved Intellectual

health

Through regular release of endorphinsand improved self-image.

Through empowerment, Improved cognition, andIncreased focus.

Through cognition not dictated by emotion andThrough emotions based on more reasoned and constructive thought.

CASCADING EFFECT WITHIN THE WELLNESS WHEEL

Improved Physical Health

Poor Spiritual Health

Improved Intellectual

Health

Poor Social Health

Improved Emotional

Health

Poor Vocational

Health

Restory

EFFECTS ON VOCATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND ESSENTIAL SELVES WHICH ARE INDIVISIBLE PARTS OF THE WHOLE

Improved Physical Health

Improving Vocational

Health

Improved Intellectual

Health

Improving Social Health

Improved Emotional

health

Improving Essential Health

Through better ability to relate to others interpersonally.

Through better decision making & increased productivity.

Through increased optimism and increasing comfort with emotions.

Action

RESTORATION TO PERSONAL WELLNESS

HYPOTHETICAL CASE SUMMARY

• Able to improve all areas contributing to wellness by intervening in a single area. Intervening In more than one area would most likely yield even faster tangible results.

• Area we chose to intervene in was arbitrary. Could have intervened intellectually using REBT, or emotionally using stress reduction and coping techniques.

• We worked from the individual outward, could have looked at outside sources contributing to limited wellness such as career dissatisfaction, marital issues, or existential angst and made an appropriate intervention using the corresponding counseling or therapy.

• Once one or more areas improves the cascading effect should have been similar, regardless of the starting point.

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Sweeney and Myers. (2004). Developing Strategies for Helpers (2nd Ed., pp. 39-68). Amherst, MA; Mircotraining

Berk. (2008). Exploring Lifespan Development. Pearson Ed., PressPgs. (345-348)

Gladding & Newsome.(2010). Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Community and Agency Settings. Pearson Ed., PressPgs. (25-29)

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