Week 4 Discussion Response To Classmates

Week 4 Discussion Response To Classmates

Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all resource on your own before you bid. One of the references must come from Flamez, B. & Sheperis, C. J. (2015) and/or Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2007). I have also attached my discussion rubric so you can see how to make full points. Please respond to all 3 of my classmates separately with references for each response. I need this completed by 12/22/18 at 10am.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings. Respond to your colleagues’ postings.

Respond in one or more of the following ways:

· Ask a probing question.

· Share an insight gained from having read your colleague’s posting.

· Offer and support an opinion.

· Validate an idea with your own experience.

· Make a suggestion.

· Expand on your colleague’s posting.

1. Classmate (A.Mor)

Angry Adolescent

In the psychology world being aggressive can be a range of behaviors that can result in both physical and psychological harm to yourself, others, or objects in the environment (D’Acremont & Linden, 2007). The way that you respond to someone who is angry can either make the individual even madder or may be able to calm them down. The video that I decided to watch for this discussion was the Angry Adolescent. In the video instantly the client, Melissa, is showing aggression towards the counselor because she does not want to be there (Laureate Education, 2011). She states that counseling is dumb, it’s worthless, and that there is nothing that the counselor can do to get her to tell her anything (Laureate Education, 2011). I would like to discuss my reactions to this video and also explain one way to transform a negative reaction into an appropriate therapeutic response.

Initial Reaction

While watching this video, I first thought about what I would do with my son if he were showing aggression as such and what I would do. When I thought about what I do, it made me think about different cultures, and how most cultures have a different way of disciplining their child. I know that in counseling I have to be aware of different cultures when responding to certain behaviors (Sommers-Flanagan & Sommers-Flanagan, 2007). My positive reaction would have been to of course take a deep breath and realize that Melissa is hurt and her anger is really not towards me. So, I would listen and respond with acknowledging her feelings. By acknowledging her feelings, it will make her feel as if she is heard because it seems like she doesn’t feel like it since she has been forced to come to counseling. My negative reaction would have been to respond by telling her that her she is being disrespectful and that coming to counseling would help her. This response is totally ignoring how she feels about counseling and would only make her angrier. She already does not feel that a counselor is for her so I would need to show her instead of just telling her.