COMMUNAL WORK IDEA AND PRACTICE

Social Work Theory and Practice

Social Work Theory and Practice

Introduction

This paper is based on a case study that revolves around Graeme, who is 25 years old. He has been feeling isolated and lonesome for some time and his sexual desires and needs are culminated due to his unwillingness. As the case reveals, now he is missing his colleagues dearly. This paper will address Graeme's situation with regards to William Bridges theory.

Part A: William Bridges analysis

Transition Framework is built on the theory that change is situational and transitions are psychological. Changes are outside events that happen to a person (the loss of a job, getting arrested, or marrying). Transitions, on the other hand, are internal to the person (how one feels when one loses a job, is arrested, or married).

B- Transitions are composed of a three-staged process through which one comes to terms with the changes in one's life (Bridges 2003). William Bridges, who developed the theory, calls these three stages “endings,” the “neutral zone,” and “new beginnings” (Bridges 2003). “Endings” describes the letting go process, how individuals relinquish old ways of approaching situations as well as old identities that inform those ways of being in the world. Bridges asserts that identifying and acknowledging what is involved in an ending—whether positive or negative—and grieving for what is lost, is crucial for working through those feelings and arriving in a position to accept the change (Bridges 2003).

2B Once people become ready to let go of old patterns, they enter “the neutral zone.” In this phase, they are not yet comfortable with a new way of doing things, and find themselves suspended in an “in-between place.” The “neutral zone,” therefore, often feels chaotic to those experiencing it. A person in the neutral zone asks, “What's next?” or, “What should I do now?” It is a place where psychological “realignment and repatterning” take place, and therefore, while it is unsettling, it is also the place where a lot of creativity occurs. The Person-Centred Approach has at heart the belief that we are motivated by an innate tendency to grow to our full physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual potential. We have resources to heal and to change, and the capacity to direct and determine how we are in our lives and our relationship.

The final stage of one's transition through a change is “new beginnings.” People experiencing this phase develop a new identity and begin to incorporate their behavior or identity changes into a new way of seeing the world. They are no longer held back by the pent up and unaddressed feelings that so often prevent the change process from occurring.

Person Centred Planning In Question 3b For The Assessment Of Graeme And Reference This Intervention To One Piece Of Published Reseach

Graeme's Case in relation with Person Centered Analysis

As Graeme enters into the moving through stage. Once people become ready to let go playlist of Star patterns, they enter "The neutral ...