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Social Constructionist Perception And Research

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When we started our adventure into the studies of Human Services we learn about “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs” (Burger, W. 2014 pg. 3). this is our basis to start our learning and the direction we decide to follow. We start off learning about physiological, safety, belonging, love, and esteem and the need for self-actualization. We understand that people need the basic food, water, air, and shelter to create a healthy homeostasis. Next, we look at that people are in need to feel secure being stable, having structure lack of anxiety and live in an orderly fashion. We as humans require to feel love, belonging to a group or family and affection. People need to learn to recognize their achievements and be recognized for them. When this happens, …show more content…

Social problems may include, but not limited to, political, cultural or gender where they are influenced by the state of mind of an individual or family. The world is based upon a pre-existing belief with various ways of interacting with others. A social constructionist perspective speaks to a hypothetical approach that empowers the combination of various strands of clinical perception and research into the production of empathic comprehension in advising. Spirituality comes into play in human services if my personal perspective on religion is different than that of a client expressing a difference of spiritual ideas or beliefs other than my own beliefs is something I know will happen, not “if” it will occur. The ability to respect and understand others spiritual values and beliefs even if I don’t agree, is part of the framework of building a trust with your client. In my opinion, keeping the client safe and free from harm no matter what opposing views are shared is a …show more content…

The communication between therapist and client and how the client would like their life to be, more focus on the future. Staying in the future, is the ability to look at what is ahead, instead of on the past. The therapist should be asking question such as, who, what, why, where when and of course how towards the client’s future as it changes. Lastly, focusing on perceptions. Perception is the thoughts and feelings that are behaviors that have built up over time. When a therapist asks about a client’s problems, it provides the client a sense that they and their needs are important. A therapist may not understand the problem to solve it. Therefore, if a family can describe that activity, the activity would be an indicator that they are nearing success, and that the therapy should come to an end. (Kilpatrick & Holland,

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