HSM 400 SUNY at Albany Crisis Intervention Paper

 

 

PSYC 315 – Crisis Intervention

PERSONAL ASSESSMENT PAPER

– Use the feedback from the rough draft to improve your final paper.All issues identified are to be addressed, not simply deleted.Sample errors may be marked – you are responsible for identifying and correcting repeated such errors.If you simply resubmit the rough draft unchanged or only minimally changed (e.g. a few punctuation corrections), you will receive a lower grade for the final paper at a minimum and risk having the final paper rejected altogether.A rough draft is a rough draft and a final paper is a final paper, so what might have been acceptable for a rough draft may not be for the final paper.

OBJECTIVE:To self-assess your own potential to effectively perform crisis intervention counseling.

STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES (SLOs) ADDRESSED:A, C, and D.

INSTRUCTIONS:  In this 3-5 page paper, you will identify and discuss personal attitudes, values, behaviors, and experiences that may impede or enhance your ability to do crisis work.Your paper must reflect accurate and supported knowledge of effective crisis worker characteristics and the dynamics of counselor burnout, vicarious traumatization, and compassion fatigue.You will use the course readings, the assigned chapter below, and at least 2 professional journal articles dealing with counselor burnout, vicarious traumatization, or compassion fatigue.Cite all references in the Outline and References Assignment in APA and use the alphanumeric outline format posted in the Paper Information folder in Blackboard under Course Information.Cite all references and format the rough draft and final paper using APA style.NOTE:The page length above does not include the title page, reference page, or any appendices you may use.

TO PREPARE TO WRITE THIS PAPER:

1.Read the following chapter posted in the Paper Information folder in Blackboard under Course Information:

James, R. K. (2008).Human service workers in crisis:Burnout, vicarious traumatization, and compassion fatigue.In Crisis intervention strategies (pp.530-558).Belmont, CA:Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.

2.Think about the topics we have read about so far and look ahead at the topics that will also be addressed through the rest of this semester.

TO WRITE YOUR PAPER, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:

What personal qualities or characteristics might enhance your ability to be an effective crisis worker?

What personal qualities or characteristics might impede your ability to be an effective crisis worker?

How might crisis experiences in your own life increase the likelihood for countertransference in similar situations experienced by clients?

What feelings, attitudes, motives, and/or expectations might increase your risk for burnout?

What attitudes, values, behaviors, and experiences might contribute to your risk for vicarious traumatization or compassion fatigue?

What are some preventative and restorative measures you can take to address burnout, vicarious traumatization, and compassion fatigue that are most likely to work specifically for you?