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This article is one of a series on how concerned lay people and
human-service professionals can help to
prevent common
symptoms of the toxic [wounds + unawareness]
You'll get the most from reading
this if you review this four-page introduction
first.
Premise - once
like you are aware of the causes and effects of the [wounds +
unawareness] cycle, they have a
moral obligation to alert other people to them, and work to prevent
family stress, wounding, and divorce. Do you agree with this?
This article offers perspective on...
-
how the cycle may affect you and the
people you work with and for, and it...
-
summarizes cycle-prevention options in
your profession.
Pause, breathe, and say out loud why
you're reading this article.
What do you
Get to Know Yourself
To judge whether this article is worth reading, assess three things
about yourself:
Rank yourself on a scale from one (I spend little or no time
working to prevent individual, marital, or family dysfunction and
stress now) to 5 (my overarching professional goal is to
help persons, couples, and families
avoid significant
dysfunction and distress): ___. If you work in a group setting, rank the
central purpose of your group or organization on the same 1 to 5 scale:
___.
If you rank yourself under 4, you may be unaware of some practical ways
you can significantly expand your professional effectiveness. If you're
a 4 or 5, you may expand your clinical satisfaction by weaving any or
all of the five prevention topics below into your work. If you train,
supervise, or consult with other clinicians and human-service
professionals, your opportunity is even greater.
Next, rank your level of current clinical knowledge in these
topics from one (I'm a novice) to five (I'm a seasoned expert). Beware:
even well-educated people don't know what they don't know about
how to...
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(a) interest clients in learning about
normal
and
from
false-self
and (b)
facilitate such recovery (1 2 3 4 5)
-
(a) motivate clients to improve their
and (b)
teach clients to use the seven effective-communication
(1 2
3 4 5)
-
(a) motivate clients to learn healthy-grieving
basics, and (b) teach them to apply these basics to their lives
(1 2 3 4 5)
-
(a) motivate clients to learn how to
primary
needs and solve
relationship-problems effectively, and (b) coach them to apply this
knowledge in their key relationships (1 2 3
4 5)
-
(a) motivating divorced-family or
stepfamily clients to learn stepfamily basics, and (b) facilitating
clients' applying such basics to their current and long-term lives
(1 2 3 4 5)
Finally - if you aren't at least a 4 in all five topics, assess your
motivation to learn more about one or more topics now. One = "I'm
not at all motivated," and five = "I'm extremely motivated." My
motivation to learn more is now a ___
As a student of human nature, relations, and health, you are in a unique
position to help others learn to apply these vital topics to their lives
before they become clients! If you're not at least moderately
interested in learning more about these topics and how to use them to prevent
personal and family stress, I suspect this article will be
of little value to you.
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