Dialogue in collaborative approach offering me a new insight that was a way to promoting dialogue, how the therapist became skilled in promoting dialogues; participating in the dialogue, and making the dialogues being continued but not just giving advice or psychoeducation. The relationship between clients and the therapist is highly collaborative rather than authoritative. Collaborative …show more content…
During my work, I met client every day and I have dialogue with them every time, collaborative approach emphasized the client and therapist became conversational partners which was a relational system and process; through the interaction with client, the content, process, and outcome are mutually decided. I aware that most of the clients were quite resistive towards psychiatric services, it may due to the unpleasant experiences from the consultation process; their diagnoses which may eclipsing personal identity; stigma from the society; the side-effects from the drug treatment and the uncertainties about their prognosis and future. Schizophrenia, depression or other mental problem that needed to be treated both psychological and physical aspect. Upon completion of the lecture, I reflected each time after an interview with clients; I met client at least 45 mins in a home visit; how many episode within the interview, I talked with client could be achieved to a collaborative approach and collaborative dialogue? Most of time, my response were incorporating my knowledge; experiences …show more content…
I am not keen to give suggestion at this interview or forcing this client to express deeply just on her own pace and way. After all, I realized questions could be aimed expanding and uncovering the meanings for the individual, that hand tremor was a common side effects in most of the clients, however, the implication; the interpretation, their story behind in unique and needed to be addressed properly. According to the concept “not-knowing” introduced by Anderson, & Goolishian, (1992), it referred to a therapist’s general attitude and a genuine curiosity. A respectful listening to client’s story and real understanding of what it means to the client, as the therapist, needed to be not-knowing in a sense that be open to what the client want to say and the therapist has to temporarily not using their own knowledge, information, assumptions or preconceptions. It was a quite vague idea for me and difficult to demonstrate it, I wonder can it be taught? Or does it have to be taught? My understanding was it’s about humanity, how the therapist act, response and a strong awareness to avoid to take on