The adopting reflective practice

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Adopting Reflective Practice
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Hansen, J. T. (2006). Humanism as ideological rebellion: Deconstructing the dualisms of
contemporary mental health culture. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and
Development, 45(1), 3-16.
The given article talks about the different dualisms that have developed in the field of
mental health treatment and counseling.In the earlier century, there were different definitions of
this aspect. This is because there was this common belief that psychologists are always trying to
maintain a proper distance between themselves and their clients. They are allowing their clients
to use the given space and also communicate as per their own will. However the client was given
the full freedom to speak as per their own will and they were not under the influence of any other
persons and most preferable their doctors or the psychologists (Hansen, 2006). However, now it
has been seen that this theory has changed. As far as the question of neutrality versus bias is
concerned, it is being said that humanism has seen self as a single and independently existing
entity that has no dependence on anyone. In other words, it emphasized the empathetic efforts or
attempts being made by the counselor as totally non-influencing on the patient or the client. In
post-Enlightenment philosophy changed the aside by providing some counter-arguments like
two-person psychology.
There has been a shift from the one to –a two-person –psychology which says that even if
the counseling expert is not trying to influence the patient or the client, his or her mere presence
in the room will have some kinds of impacts or manipulations on the client (Hansen, 2006). Self
singularity was a concept that has been developed and also followed since the start of the early
20 the century that is in the post-enlightenment era (Lee & Huang, 2019). However, in most
enlightenment era, it is counter-argued that self is not singular rather it is multiple and is also

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conflicted. This newfound theory has also been successful in giving rise to many blind spots in
the field of practice because counselors now know that there must be considering their
psychology as well during the time of the counseling process.
I have been able to learn a lot from this given article. I want to work as a psychologist
shortly, I have gained this knowledge that my presence inside a closed room will naturally have a
direct impact on the psyche of my client. This will also be of great help shortly because I will be
able to know that the counseling sessions must be carried on over multiple times. After all, one
single session is not sufficient. Therefore I will always suggest more number of sessions before I
can reach the actual conclusion in the analysis and also would make sure that I am considering
my psychology as well. This will help me to understand about the blind spots that might arise
and then be able to get the treatment done correctly (Miclette Lamarche & DeWolf, 2019). This
will be done by making sure that the client is being given all the comforts and also some alone
free time where there will be no one including the counselor in the room so that the patient can
think on his own and can also confidently cooperate in the process.
Richardson, C., & Reynolds, V. (2012). " Here we Are, Amazingly Alive": Holding
Ourselves Together with an Ethic of Social Justice in Community Work.
This article deals with the view of social workers and the way they deal with social
justice and community welfare. Community welfare work is one of the visit important works that
people are undertaking nowadays. Authors in this article have tried their level best to talks about
the different conceptions that an ideal community work must know in today’s world so that they
can carry on with this work in a proper manner. As per the opinion of Richardson and
Reynolds (2012), burnouts are one of the most important obstructions that the social workers
might face and also have to overcome. Emotional burnout happens when the social workers often
feel that they are suffering from the recollection of their past happenings and how they will be