How I Develop Healthy Attitudes And Behaviors Of Her Life

In efforts to get Cecilia to think about how she can apply healthy attitudes and behaviors to her life, I utilize solution-focused approaches to my work with her as I have read about in the De Jong Miller (1995) article How to Interview for Client Strengths. I have tried to help Cecilia think about her long-term goals in life. Cecilia has expressed that she is interested in finishing her GED program, attending college, and wants to become an x-ray technician. When I asked what her end-goal was, she stated, â€Å"To have a happy normal life†. I asked her what that means to her and what that looks like. Cecilia stated that she doesn’t want to have to worry about bills, she wants to live in a nice house, and she also wants to have a â€Å"drama-free†¦show more content†¦Humor has been a way to help disarm an anxious and guarded client and a fun way to build rapport. Cecilia is extremely difficult to engage. However, when we talk about her interests, music tastes , and movies she likes, I often joke about how a lot of the people or shows she mentions are foreign to â€Å"an old geezer like me†. I try to incorporate humor into the modules we are covering. When we discussed objectification of women, I showed her a YouTube clip of Paris Hilton in a cheeseburger commercial. Paris Hilton was portrayed washing a car in a bikini while spraying water all over herself in a very provocative way. At the end of the commercial, she eats a cheeseburger. It’s a very provocative, inappropriate commercial, but we show it to our clients to discuss how and why people get objectified. During the commercial, I kept asking Cecilia, â€Å"Is this commercial for a car? A car washing fluid? A really good hose? A new bikini? What are they advertising?! I don’t understand!† Cecilia was laughing. Afterwards, she admitted that these commercials were absurd. Then we discussed how like her, when teens receive naked photos of a peer, they forget that peer has feelings, skills, emotions, etc. They turn the victim into a photo that they pass around and fail to think about how that person’s reputation will be ruined, and how they will