Theory and practice of Therapeutic Companion

Faculty of psychology and educational psychology

Subject: Theory and practice of Therapeutic Companion. 

Taking the tale, the Knight in Rusty Armor, I could somehow serve metaphorically, to exemplify certain tasks somewhere Possible Therapeutic Companion (AT).

The gentleman was a man who lived in a world where his work was paramount, and felt that by right. But one day his wife told him that was not life, and who had neglected her and her son. The gentleman, began to feel for the first time was not so happy, and he was losing his family for the armor I had.

The armor, in my humble interpretation has to do with what "was not". Called false self. It has to do with the mother was not good enough as a child, as no genre that illusion in which the child feels being that created the object, ending adapting to the mother, being under the veil of submission that is ultimately the mother's inability to interpret the needs of the child. We may assume that their current distress would be related to this mother was not good enough.

Faced with this feeling now feels he needs to go in search of a solution to this condition. Through a recommendation, made ​​a trip to that pull their armor. He goes in search of a wizard (wise) that could help.This magician since they wont cut would be the therapist. That tells you the path to truth (no magic solutions). The road from my analysis is the way of the unconscious. This will have to see that what remained suppressed, and that his condition appears in the repeat without knowing, change begins to do so in act, but through the memories, symbolize power. Road which will pass the resistance barriers.

But Merlin (the magician), decides that it would be appropriate to be accompanied by a squirrel and a pigeon. For my analysis would be therapeutic companions.

The gentleman should be directed to the path of truth, lead of merlin. Truth will rediscover your inner self, your true self.

The gentleman sends a letter to the son and the son replied, and his letter there is only one paper, at some point has to do with telling what he knows.

He cries, and feels bad. The Wizard says it is the first step. To show their deepest feelings. It reads as follows:

- Do not excuséis Merlin said. You just take the first step to free you of your armor.

What do you mean?

-And you'd see-replied the magician. He stood. It's time for you to leave.

This upset the gentleman. I was thinking to enjoy being in the woods with Merlin and animals. Either way, it seemed he had nowhere to go. Apparently, Juliet and Christopher (wife and son) did not want it at home. True, he could return to the subject of chivalry and go somewhere crusade. He had a good reputation, and there were many kings who would be happy having him at her side, but it did not seem to struggle might make sense. Thus one might assume that this thought is defensive, to resist change, but begins to have a different meaning for life.

Merlin reminded the gentleman his new goal: get rid of the armor.

Why bother, I thought the gentleman, but Merlin reminds think I have to do the same. He concludes that has to get rid of his armor.

Here begin to enroll the evidence of the narrative, this means that the problem is located. This is important, because the started to walk around the world not only internally but externally, accompanied therapeutically, which already has thought of a network, where the knight (patient) began to circulate. Cathect would therefore at some point the world.

If we recall the patient was a gentleman who was going to castles, but this time, he was not only for work, but was going to go through life, from elsewhere. The go to meet them, and be able to have another look at your life.

He followed the road but rethought What will I get when I get to the top?

It will not have the armor, Merlin responds.

The gentleman I reflect on this. If he returned by the way he had come, would have no hope to get rid of his armor and probably die of loneliness and fatigue. The only way to get rid of the armor was, apparently, follow the path of truth, but to the steep mountain.

Look at his armor and look at the steep mountain, but take courage to take off his armor (begins to overcome the resistance).

Merlin told him that he should not go alone, but it would be accompanied by the squirrel. The ironically said he could not ride up of a squirrel. Rebekah Dove accompany him on the road.

The gentleman by the willingness of them to accompany them, despite accepting his first term reluctance.

Here we show the first movement and the second. Since in principle would distrust, translated in not understanding that I would serve these Companions. The second movement can understand and imagine based on the short story that embodied empathy displayed by both animals predisposed, and secure in their work, despite the reluctance, he brought more to the gentleman (patient).

In one passage the gentleman asks, as part of his armor fell, and squirrel tells you from crying when he saw the blank letter.

He reflected that he had felt the shame was so deep that his armor had failed to protect him. Instead, his tears had begun to undo the steel around it.

The cry, "! That's it! I released tears of armor ".

Rebecca said she is starting to see the differences in other life "because you are beginning to see the differences within you.

Rebecca laughed and said when you would learn to accept instead of expect, you'll have fewer disappointments. The gentleman nodded at the wisdom of these words.

I spent most of my life disappointed. I remember being in the crib, I thought it was the most beautiful baby in the world. Then my nurse looked at me and said, "you have a face only a mother could love". I was disappointed to be ugly rather than beautiful, and I was disappointed that the babysitter was so unkind.

The squirrel, he said if I would have felt really beautiful, I had not cared what she said. You had not disappointed. "

Kuras Susana Silvia Mauer and Resnizky say about it: "Enable the space to think. No interpretations formulated formations of the unconscious of his patient. But in many ways, turns out to be his "interpreter".The space that is enabled on the link, widens the boundaries of patient communicative exchange. Well be a more legitimate processing and metabolism. "

Thus we see, as the squirrel and Rebecca, create the space to think. Think about what you can get out of the act, there is one interpretation, and creates a special bond ever more.

The journey continued and came to the door of the castle, cardigan squirrel and told her that they would not enter the gentleman, who was beginning to love and trust in animals, he was disappointed because he accompanied. He was about to speak, when he realized. I was expecting again.

The animals knew that the knight doubted whether to come to the castle.

- I can show you the door Squirrel said, 'but you will have to go in alone.

When flying away, cardigan called cheerfully.

-We are on the other side.

Here the animals (Therapeutic Companions) believe they understand, and ultimately read what happens to this one, and may well ease the tension and suffering that brings the lack of fear of meeting himself, entering unknown in his own world, but now from another place, thanks to the action of utmost importance Reference, by therapeutic companions, allowing it to function as a regulator psychic helps regulated, showing different ways of acting, as in this case, as in the case to reflect the reason for the fall of his armor, from a new vision. Thus there is a change of the stereotypical ways to link helping the patient to wait and delay.

It is showed that the situations as an example, is at stake metaphorical by therapeutic passenger containment action. Called Holding (Winnicott's term).

Therefore face the anxiety, despair, doubt takes the knight, on the way to the "cure" (in this particular case, taking it as some neurosis), Chaperones Therapy, will play an extremely important role.

We could see further that this love can be broken down both. The first has to do with a third movement, this would relate to the consolidation of the affective-therapeutic. This accompany that leads to the expression of a love that speaks to the gentleman, it should also be framed by that?, The AT, and AT, for his role as professional assistant, which must be able to understand that love , has a mark, which is the transfer of the patient.

Therefore although should not interpret, must have knowledge of it, which is part of the patient's resistance.

Not wanting to pass the gate alone is ultimately not enter the world of the symbolic, to get back into the act, and not in the memory. Therefore presented for purposes of resistance.

Therefore it is important to note that all these transfer readings may appear. Will depend on the background and experience of the AT, to be identified and brought to the team and therapist. Where you think the strategies to new approaches.

So it is important the three components that makes his work that is reflected in the relationship with the patient and the therapeutic group. This will have to do with their training, supervision, and personal analysis, it will be important to consider the mechanism latter countertransference. These three pillars will enable the AT keep away, very proper and professional, which ultimately makes your role as therapist assistant.

The transfer would be worked by the treating therapist. May be negative or positive, but the important thing is to use it as a middle area between the disease and life. To ensure that the patient can remember, making the unconscious conscious (infantile sexual experiences / fixation) and so repetitive act exit (repeat without knowing a special recall) to achieve a knowledge of self, deeper where it can be redirected the pleasure principle and so cathect the world, to reality.

Therefore it is to make clear that while the transfers at stake with AT, its role is not to interpret but take them to the staff. And Regarding its function is.

But you should know that this transference love is present, in order to fill the role of professional this means maintaining optimal distance.

Another very important aspect is teamwork. The machine may be integrated with one or more therapeutic Companions, psychotherapist, psychiatric manager (who coordinates the medical task), could be incorporated teachers, depending on the patient and the context in question.

The work must be interdisciplinary. This would be that there should be cooperative attitudes, intent (that the relationship between disciplines be brought), flexibility (there is openness about model search, working methods, techniques, etc., without dogmatic attitudes, with the recognition of differences and availability for dialogue), recurrent cooperation (continuity in the cooperation between disciplines to achieve team cohesion), reciprocity (is given by the interaction between disciplines. Reciprocity leads to the exchange of methods, conceptualization, language codes, technical , results, etc..).

Thus all members will be held responsible directly or indirectly from patient and remember with great responsibility secrecy. This communication must be known intraequipo family and the patient.

Here we establish the narrative, extremely important to the frame. This would be to have very clear guidelines, taking into account the money hours, strategies presented by the patient.

REFERENCES

Ÿ Sigmund Freud

Transfer dynamics

Transfer

Transfer Love

Repeat, remember, draw

Conf sense symptoms 17.The

Ÿ Importance of interdisciplinary coordination for the development of methodologies trasndiciplinaria. Nora Emilce Elichiry. "The child and the school" New Vision, BA, 1987.

Ÿ "Ego distortion in terms of being true or false (1960). Chapter 4. Winnicott "the maturation process in the child", second edition.

"Transactional objects and transitional phenomena". Reality and game. Winnicott.

Ÿ Therapeutic Companions. Kuras Susana Silvia Mauer-Resnizky. Ed living letter. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Ÿ Class Notes.

Ÿ The Knight in Rusty Armor. Robert Fisher. Obelisco.