Topic 1:

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Topic 1:

1. Describe how you will use your personal qualities to contribute to your coaching or mentoring abilities.

Im honest and direct and I try to empathize

2. How do these qualities serve as a value to your mentee?

It helps the mentee understand they are not alone in their struggles

3. How do you establish trust with your family? With your friends? With your coworkers? Is this an important factor to establish in the mentor/mentee relationship?

My familes knows one thing I wont do is alter who I am, how I speak and how I address issues

Topic 2:

1. What personal qualities do you prefer in those individuals you seek to coach or mentor? Are there different qualities more suitable for coaching than mentoring or the vice-versa?

I want someone to have the motivation to see change- I can help but I cannot force you to do anything you need to want change for yourself

2. How difficult is it to select a person to coach or mentor who possesses the qualities for which you are looking? What could you do in your workplace to identify potential mentee opportunities?

Its difficult to find that person because most people don’t really want to put in the work that is required for change

3. How do you decipher goals that are short-term verses long-term? As you are working with your mentee, how do you guide the mentee through developing short-term and long-term goals that would meet the mentee’s vision?

Topic 3:

1. Reflect on two coaching techniques selected to support the short-term and long-term goals of your mentee. Why were these techniques selected and how can they help your mentee achieve success?

For the first week _ I focused on two goals for my mentee – Addressing their weaknesses so they can see what could possible hold them back

And

How would their life change by meeting their goal and overcoming their weakness or fear

2. Reflect on two mentoring techniques selected to support the short-term and long-term goals of your mentee. Why were these techniques selected and how can they help your mentee achieve success?

Explain how the two above techniques are beneficial

3. How did you decide which technique(s) to use with your mentee? How do these techniques account for both your and your mentee’s values and beliefs? What ethical considerations did you have to account for in developing your Individual Development Plan?

Explain

Topic 4:

1. How important is the Individual Development Plan in meeting the goals of your mentee?

2. List a minimum of three activities you could present to your mentee. Reflect on your decision to use these activities to meet the vision for your mentoring experience.

Use the same activities

3. How could you incorporate leadership skills into your mentoring experience that demonstrate kindness, compassion, and the good of the organization and the community?

Showing relation with my own experiences and moments of struggle at certain points and how I was able to overcome them

4. How do you distinguish between coaching activities and mentoring activities? Label your activities as either coaching or mentoring opportunities.

Choose some coaching opportunities and explain how they help

I prefer to coach someone –

Topic 5:

1. How can coaching activities benefit the culture in your work environment? Is it beneficial to develop activities individually or as a group activity? How can you leverage on an individual’s knowledge, strength, and skills to create a positive outcome for the individual and work environment?

2. Describe the follow-up schedule you will use with your mentee. Does it support the activities listed in the Individual Development Plan? Does it require modifications or adjustments? Explain.

There is no timeline with this particular mentee as what I am mentoring her on is struggles she is currently having in her marriage and the long term goal getting to common ground with her husband

3. Are there ethical considerations (e.g., culture, religion, personal beliefs, etc.) that must be considered when preparing activities for an Individual Development Plan? Discuss potential considerations and how to ensure you have developed an experience that meets the needs of your particular mentee.

Ethical Considerations would be – Her Beliefs of Open Communication in a Marriage, Husbands should not abuse the roles society expects women to play of simply supporting the man and children but tasks in the household should be split between the spouses

Topic 6:

1. Discuss possible strategies to hold your mentees accountable for the activities and to reach both short-term and long-term goals. How can these strategies support the growth process?

Checking to see if they are sticking to their own timeline weekly of communicating with spouse and notating what actions were done to see change that week

2. Reflect on the evaluation and observation process of the mentoring experience. Discuss the importance of evaluating your mentees prior to setting goals. What advantages and disadvantages come with the evaluation and observation process?

Its important to evaluate the mentee to understand how tolerant she has become with failure, what changes she has attempted on her own for change

Topic 7:

1. As a mentor, how do you feel about the progress your mentee made toward the achievement of the goals?

She made a lot of progress this week. She has already made up her mind to divorce her husband but when it comes to the children she did listen to me and attempt to start a discussion with him using the techniques I provided to allow both parties to speak- voice eachothers issues with out the other interrupting so both parties could feel like they were heard as far as discussing the well being of the children during this change

2. How does your mentee feel about the progress made toward the achievement of the goals?

She was very open to my suggestions

Topic 8:

1. In a brief reflection (250-500 words), discuss the feedback you received on your Mentor Evaluation. Reflect on the development of your Individual Development Plan, its success, and the results for your mentee. Was this process rewarding? What were your strengths and weaknesses as a mentor? If you had it to do over again, what specific elements would you change? If you would not change anything, explain why?

Self-Reflection Log- Week 2

During your coaching and mentoring experience, you are required to complete a self-reflection log of your experiences and obstacles. This log will be a helpful component to evaluating and modifying the overall coaching/mentoring experience. Please respond to each response with a minimum of 100 words.

Topic 1:

4. Describe how you will use your personal qualities to contribute to your coaching or mentoring abilities.

5. How do these qualities serve as a value to your mentee?

6. How do you establish trust with your family? With your friends? With your coworkers? Is this an important factor to establish in the mentor/mentee relationship?

Topic 2:

4. What personal qualities do you prefer in those individuals you seek to coach or mentor? Are there different qualities more suitable for coaching than mentoring or the vice-versa?

5. How difficult is it to select a person to coach or mentor who possesses the qualities for which you are looking? What could you do in your workplace to identify potential mentee opportunities?

6. How do you decipher goals that are short-term verses long-term? As you are working with your mentee, how do you guide the mentee through developing short-term and long-term goals that would meet the mentee’s vision?

Topic 3:

4. Reflect on two coaching techniques selected to support the short-term and long-term goals of your mentee. Why were these techniques selected and how can they help your mentee achieve success?

5. Reflect on two mentoring techniques selected to support the short-term and long-term goals of your mentee. Why were these techniques selected and how can they help your mentee achieve success?

6. How did you decide which technique(s) to use with your mentee? How do these techniques account for both your and your mentee’s values and beliefs? What ethical considerations did you have to account for in developing your Individual Development Plan?

Topic 4:

5. How important is the Individual Development Plan in meeting the goals of your mentee?

6. List a minimum of three activities you could present to your mentee. Reflect on your decision to use these activities to meet the vision for your mentoring experience.

7. How could you incorporate leadership skills into your mentoring experience that demonstrate kindness, compassion, and the good of the organization and the community?

8. How do you distinguish between coaching activities and mentoring activities? Label your activities as either coaching or mentoring opportunities.

Topic 5:

4. How can coaching activities benefit the culture in your work environment? Is it beneficial to develop activities individually or as a group activity? How can you leverage on an individual’s knowledge, strength, and skills to create a positive outcome for the individual and work environment?

5. Describe the follow-up schedule you will use with your mentee. Does it support the activities listed in the Individual Development Plan? Does it require modifications or adjustments? Explain.

6. Are there ethical considerations (e.g., culture, religion, personal beliefs, etc.) that must be considered when preparing activities for an Individual Development Plan? Discuss potential considerations and how to ensure you have developed an experience that meets the needs of your particular mentee.

Topic 6:

3. Discuss possible strategies to hold your mentees accountable for the activities and to reach both short-term and long-term goals. How can these strategies support the growth process?

4. Reflect on the evaluation and observation process of the mentoring experience. Discuss the importance of evaluating your mentees prior to setting goals. What advantages and disadvantages come with the evaluation and observation process?

Topic 7:

3. As a mentor, how do you feel about the progress your mentee made toward the achievement of the goals?

4. How does your mentee feel about the progress made toward the achievement of the goals?

Topic 8:

2. In a brief reflection (250-500 words), discuss the feedback you received on your Mentor Evaluation. Reflect on the development of your Individual Development Plan, its success, and the results for your mentee. Was this process rewarding? What were your strengths and weaknesses as a mentor? If you had it to do over again, what specific elements would you change? If you would not change anything, explain why?

Self-Reflection Log Week 3

During your coaching and mentoring experience, you are required to complete a self-reflection log of your experiences and obstacles. This log will be a helpful component to evaluating and modifying the overall coaching/mentoring experience. Please respond to each response with a minimum of 100 words.

Topic 1:

7. Describe how you will use your personal qualities to contribute to your coaching or mentoring abilities.

8. How do these qualities serve as a value to your mentee?

9. How do you establish trust with your family? With your friends? With your coworkers? Is this an important factor to establish in the mentor/mentee relationship?

Topic 2:

7. What personal qualities do you prefer in those individuals you seek to coach or mentor? Are there different qualities more suitable for coaching than mentoring or the vice-versa?

8. How difficult is it to select a person to coach or mentor who possesses the qualities for which you are looking? What could you do in your workplace to identify potential mentee opportunities?

9. How do you decipher goals that are short-term verses long-term? As you are working with your mentee, how do you guide the mentee through developing short-term and long-term goals that would meet the mentee’s vision?

Topic 3:

7. Reflect on two coaching techniques selected to support the short-term and long-term goals of your mentee. Why were these techniques selected and how can they help your mentee achieve success?

8. Reflect on two mentoring techniques selected to support the short-term and long-term goals of your mentee. Why were these techniques selected and how can they help your mentee achieve success?

9. How did you decide which technique(s) to use with your mentee? How do these techniques account for both your and your mentee’s values and beliefs? What ethical considerations did you have to account for in developing your Individual Development Plan?

Topic 4:

9. How important is the Individual Development Plan in meeting the goals of your mentee?

10. List a minimum of three activities you could present to your mentee. Reflect on your decision to use these activities to meet the vision for your mentoring experience.

11. How could you incorporate leadership skills into your mentoring experience that demonstrate kindness, compassion, and the good of the organization and the community?

12. How do you distinguish between coaching activities and mentoring activities? Label your activities as either coaching or mentoring opportunities.

Topic 5:

7. How can coaching activities benefit the culture in your work environment? Is it beneficial to develop activities individually or as a group activity? How can you leverage on an individual’s knowledge, strength, and skills to create a positive outcome for the individual and work environment?

8. Describe the follow-up schedule you will use with your mentee. Does it support the activities listed in the Individual Development Plan? Does it require modifications or adjustments? Explain.

9. Are there ethical considerations (e.g., culture, religion, personal beliefs, etc.) that must be considered when preparing activities for an Individual Development Plan? Discuss potential considerations and how to ensure you have developed an experience that meets the needs of your particular mentee.

Topic 6:

5. Discuss possible strategies to hold your mentees accountable for the activities and to reach both short-term and long-term goals. How can these strategies support the growth process?

6. Reflect on the evaluation and observation process of the mentoring experience. Discuss the importance of evaluating your mentees prior to setting goals. What advantages and disadvantages come with the evaluation and observation process?

Topic 7:

5. As a mentor, how do you feel about the progress your mentee made toward the achievement of the goals?

6. How does your mentee feel about the progress made toward the achievement of the goals?

Topic 8:

3. In a brief reflection (250-500 words), discuss the feedback you received on your Mentor Evaluation. Reflect on the development of your Individual Development Plan, its success, and the results for your mentee. Was this process rewarding? What were your strengths and weaknesses as a mentor? If you had it to do over again, what specific elements would you change? If you would not change anything, explain why?

Self-Reflection Log- Week 4

During your coaching and mentoring experience, you are required to complete a self-reflection log of your experiences and obstacles. This log will be a helpful component to evaluating and modifying the overall coaching/mentoring experience. Please respond to each response with a minimum of 100 words.

Topic 1:

10. Describe how you will use your personal qualities to contribute to your coaching or mentoring abilities.

I am very direct and honest- I focus on where I am needed and where my honesty could be used.

11. How do these qualities serve as a value to your mentee?

Being honest and direct helps me help this individual by getting to the point of where I can influence them

12. How do you establish trust with your family? With your friends? With your coworkers? Is this an important factor to establish in the mentor/mentee relationship?

I establish trust by never changing to please everyone else. They trust me because I am consistent. This is an important factor because my mentee can trust that things will be consistent with me so we can focus on the task at hand

Topic 2:

10. What personal qualities do you prefer in those individuals you seek to coach or mentor? Are there different qualities more suitable for coaching than mentoring or the vice-versa?

I prefer someone who has the motivation for change. I easily get irritated with the “poor me complex”

11. How difficult is it to select a person to coach or mentor who possesses the qualities for which you are looking? What could you do in your workplace to identify potential mentee opportunities? It isn’t difficult at all- I pay attention to the mannerism’s, how fast they get things done and how open they are to change.

12. How do you decipher goals that are short-term verses long-term? As you are working with your mentee, how do you guide the mentee through developing short-term and long-term goals that would meet the mentee’s vision?

Everything to me revolves around a timeline. When I look at goals – I write timelines to assist me in looking at what is needed to accomplish that goal- this is what determines if it will take me 2 months or 5 years to accomplish this goal as some tasks are easier to accomplish than others

Topic 3:

10. Reflect on two coaching techniques selected to support the short-term and long-term goals of your mentee. Why were these techniques selected and how can they help your mentee achieve success?

Technique one- I use my personal experiences to show relation to the mentee so they can understand they are not the only ones struggling

Technique two- I show the Pros of accomplishing their goals and the Cons of not doing so. I push more positives as motivation showing the Cons can be overcomed

11. Reflect on two mentoring techniques selected to support the short-term and long-term goals of your mentee. Why were these techniques selected and how can they help your mentee achieve success?

12. How did you decide which technique(s) to use with your mentee? How do these techniques account for both your and your mentee’s values and beliefs? What ethical considerations did you have to account for in developing your Individual Development Plan?

Topic 4:

13. How important is the Individual Development Plan in meeting the goals of your mentee?

14. List a minimum of three activities you could present to your mentee. Reflect on your decision to use these activities to meet the vision for your mentoring experience.

Activity One- Doing their own research (need reasons why doing your own research is good)

Activity Two- Writing their own timeline so they can see for themselves how long they want to take to accomplish their goal (need reasons why writing a timeline is good)

Activity Three- Having open communication with me so I am aware if they are having problems with certain tasks (need reasons why having good communication and trust between mentor and mentee is good)

15. How could you incorporate leadership skills into your mentoring experience that demonstrate kindness, compassion, and the good of the organization and the community?

16. How do you distinguish between coaching activities and mentoring activities? Label your activities as either coaching or mentoring opportunities.

Topic 5:

10. How can coaching activities benefit the culture in your work environment? Is it beneficial to develop activities individually or as a group activity? How can you leverage on an individual’s knowledge, strength, and skills to create a positive outcome for the individual and work environment?

11. Describe the follow-up schedule you will use with your mentee. Does it support the activities listed in the Individual Development Plan? Does it require modifications or adjustments? Explain.

12. Are there ethical considerations (e.g., culture, religion, personal beliefs, etc.) that must be considered when preparing activities for an Individual Development Plan? Discuss potential considerations and how to ensure you have developed an experience that meets the needs of your particular mentee.

Topic 6:

7. Discuss possible strategies to hold your mentees accountable for the activities and to reach both short-term and long-term goals. How can these strategies support the growth process?

8. Reflect on the evaluation and observation process of the mentoring experience. Discuss the importance of evaluating your mentees prior to setting goals. What advantages and disadvantages come with the evaluation and observation process?

Topic 7:

7. As a mentor, how do you feel about the progress your mentee made toward the achievement of the goals?

8. How does your mentee feel about the progress made toward the achievement of the goals?

Topic 8:

4. In a brief reflection (250-500 words), discuss the feedback you received on your Mentor Evaluation. Reflect on the development of your Individual Development Plan, its success, and the results for your mentee. Was this process rewarding? What were your strengths and weaknesses as a mentor? If you had it to do over again, what specific elements would you change? If you would not change anything, explain why?

Reasons for Selecting the Article for the Study

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Reasons for Selecting the Article for the Study

The study is selected because of its clarity in seeking to identify various issues affecting health systems in developing nations. The United States has an extensive and flexible health framework that initiates development from a local to an international status. The article comprehends the fact that the aspect of solving international health problems is not a perfect approach. This is because most countries have problems in terms of building capacity among staff members and ensuring integration of resources for positive outcome.

New countries are new systems that require support for them to coordinate health structures, and limit the implementation of existing leadership to motivate development. Stakeholders should be engaged from a personal level and motivate cultural values that create trust and continous communication in the developing nations’ health systems.

Reasons for the Method of Data Collection

The data collection method is qualitative in nature. This is because it uses descriptive design as a way to assess the data in regard to the contribution of U.S volunteers to influence development in the developing nations. The article focuses on 80 individuals working in Ethiopian healthcare institutions (Busse, Aboneh, & Tefera, 2014). The individuals are medical professionals from South Africa, Canada, and the United States. The paper uses web-based techniques with open-ended questions in evaluating competencies in the international community. The method is flexible in such a way that it influences the development of a clear analysis of the topic of study.

How would you characterize Gabriel’s natural therapy style? 

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  1. How would you characterize Gabriel’s natural therapy style?
  2. What strategies does he use to facilitate the therapeutic process
  3. Pick a 2 theorists discussed thus far, and compare and contrast Gabriel’s style to the theorist.  Please make sure you are showing a clear understanding of the theorist you are  comparing him too, and being clear in your understanding of the theory in practice
  4. Could Gabriel benefit from using any additional theories you have learned about thus far? If so, what and how?
  5. What did you think of Gabriel’s style? Did you like it? Why or why not?
  6. Based on the supplemental learning this week, any cultural issues you noticed?

By Day 3

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By Day 3

Post:

  • Describe how a social worker would conceptualize a presenting problem of poverty from the two theories you selected.
  • Explain how this conceptualization differs from an individual-related versus a structural/cultural-related theoretical lens.
  • Compare how the two theoretical lenses differ in terms of how the social worker would approach the client and the problem and how the social worker would intervene.

Identify which four diagnoses you initially considered in the case of Bogdan, using the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria to explain why you selected these four items.

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Post a 300- to 500-word response in which you address the following:

  • Provide a full DSM-5 diagnosis of Bogdan. Remember, a full diagnosis should include the name of the disorder, ICD-10-CM code, specifiers, severity, and the Z codes (other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention). Keep in mind a diagnosis covers the most recent 12 months.
  • Identify which four diagnoses you initially considered in the case of Bogdan, using the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria to explain why you selected these four items. In one or two sentences each, explain why three of these diagnoses were excluded.
  • Explain any obvious eliminations that could be made from within the neurodevelopmental spectrum.
  • Describe in detail how Bogdan’s symptoms match up with the specific diagnostic criteria for the primary disorder that you finally selected for him. Note two other relevant DSM-5 criteria for that illness from the sections on “diagnostic features” and “development and course” that fit his case.

Running head: FREUD’S CONCEPTUALIZATION OF NARCISSISM 1

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Running head: FREUD’S CONCEPTUALIZATION OF NARCISSISM 1

FREUD’S CONCEPTUALIZATION OF NARCISSISM 3

Freud’s Conceptualization of Narcissism

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Introduction

The philosophical conceptualization of narcissism revolves around admiration of oneself from different perspectives such as egotistic and excessive pride. On the understanding of narcissism, Freud contributed significantly to the explanation and understanding of narcissism from his perspective. Freud’s understanding of narcissism involves an introduction to ego formation, then proceeding to understand narcissism from the point of self-love, sexual relationships, and self-concepts. In this regard, Freud conceptualizes narcissism as one’s admiration and adoration of self in the context of being love and sexual desire. On this note, he conceptualizes narcissism on the ground of mild mental illness. In exploring the book, Freud by Sigmund Freud and edited by Peter Gay, this paper describes the conceptualization and understanding of narcissism from Freud’s perspective.

Freud starts conceptualization of narcissism by understanding the formation of ego. According to Freud, at birth people have no such thing as ego. As one evolves from infancy stage to early childhood, one begins to have a sense of ego. Parental and societal expectations, as well as proscriptions characterized as externally related, tend to bring the formation of ego in an individual. Freud’s theory thus describes the formation of the ego as trying to fulfill parental and societal expectation. The societal and parental expectations termed ideal ego pushes one to satisfy the ego in a libido related satisfaction. Here, Freud’s theory formalizes as one tries to fulfill the ideal ego expectations, a libidinal satisfaction arises.

In proceeding with the understanding of narcissism from Freud’s perspective, one needs to consider narcissism in self-love, self-concept, and sexual relationships. The formation of ego proceeds from its childhood development. As it develops, one starts to direct the libidinal satisfaction to external factors like family and society members. Here, the self-love and adoration tend to go. Later on, it restores through love where libidinal satisfaction tends to follow objects of love. According to Freud’s theory on narcissism, self-concept refers to the adoration and admiration of sense of oneself entailing pride, confidence, as well as attractiveness to self and others. As one grows, this self-concept vanishes as one tries to satisfy parental and societal expectations in an attempt to be morally virtuous.

Human society is a characteristic of moral virtuous defined as the center of understanding happiness and harmonious living. Here, every individual tends to live within societal standards thereby satisfying other people’s idealized expectations. As one grows, the return of self-love begins, and at this stage, one considers personal happiness as the most important concept of living. In this regard, one’s speculations of things changes and therefore starts self-love and self-concept in relation to objects of one’s love. From the foundation of Freud’s theory, the concept of narcissism entails one’s accordance of adoration in the context of sexual desire which is neurosis.

By considering the concept of ego, self-love, and self-concept, Freud’s theory opens the chapter of narcissism. The theory conceptualizes narcissism as involving primary and secondary categorization. Primary narcissism exists prior to birth and exist in an all-inclusive manner in all individuals. This kind of narcissism is evident at a young age and as one grows the narcissism starts to direct towards objects. On this note, the directions towards external object conflicts with individual concerns. When it comes to secondary narcissism, the adoration towards object turns back to the individual. In this context, one detaches from society and society members and this social detachment result in lowering an individual’s self-esteem. Since narcissism is neurosis causing one’s self-preservation taking precedence over societal things, it results in one’s inability to express love since love is expressed to oneself.

Freud’s theory describes narcissism to result from two sources namely one’s urge to self-preservation as well as a sex drive that is procreation. The direction of libido is what determines the outcome narcissism as too much direction of libido one thing; for example, objects result in a deficiency for another like ego libido. For human being survival, the object libido and ego libido need to be in balance. In this line of thought, it is evident that narcissism and concept of self-love result from an imbalance in the libido. Here, one directs too much libido on ego and oneself and this result in the destruction of a person’s personality and thus the inability to function in the society as required. For example, beautiful females have one narcissist characteristics involving self-adoration. Following this example, Freud’s theory postulates that these beautiful females always look for someone that would have the same adoration and directs it to them and thus resulting in homosexuality.

In conclusion, Freud understands narcissism from the point of self-adoration and direction of libido to ego and objects. To him, some levels of narcissism are absolutely in all human beings. The direction of libido is what results in narcissism being a mental disorder characterized by an imbalance in libido. Too much direction libido to oneself results in self-love which causes social detachment thereby disadvantageous to individual’s societal living. The self-control of the mind is the cause of narcissism as it main thing directing libido.