I will focus on dementia and the humanistic approach. It is about how you view demented patients and all human beings. It determines the meaning and objective of your contact. Motivational Work is based on a humanistic or positive view of humanity. Such a view is not unique to this method – a whole discipline … [Read more…]
There is another aspect of the difference between Motivational Work and psychotherapy. It concerns the view on what kind of help an unmotivated client needs. Correspondingly, the issue is connected to my blogs 79 – 84. They are dealing with the aspects of motivational work in contrast to other motivational methods built on the psychotherapeutic … [Read more…]
This is a clinical example of how the humanistic approach can give hope to staff, even if the patient appears to give back only negative confirmations. The case is from “Motivational Work Part 1: Values and Theory” page 23. The Case Study The staff at a psychiatric unit have undergone several years of supervisory support … [Read more…]
Here is an example of how the humanistic approach can help a social worker, Bonita. It keeps her commitment to her client. At the same time, it stops her from being burnt out as a part of her protective suit (see Motivational Work Part 1: Values and Theory, pages 44 -45). Case Study Carmen, 35, … [Read more…]
The essence of the positive core is that a hopeless case is never hopeless. Everyone has a positive energy that can be strengthened. The tricky thing with believing in the positive core is that you don’t get any clear, positive confirmations from the start. You have to rely on yourself totally. It becomes much easier … [Read more…]
