ACTIVIDAD

‘’Reflexión escrita’’

PRESENTADO POR:

Neidy Johana Toledo Javela ID: 632001

Kelly Yurany Moreno Toro ID: 633433

Tania Yulieth Polanco Gonzalez ID: 556916

GRUPO: G

ENTREGADO A: Janeth Vargas Zúñiga

ESTRUCTURAS Y PSICOPALOGIA

NRC 8347

CORPORACION UNIVERSITARIA MINUTO DE DIOS

PROGRAMA DE PSICOLOGIA
FACULTAD CIENCIAS SOCIALES Y HUMANAS
SEXTO SEMESTRE
NEIVA – HUILA
2020

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 ACTIVIDAD

‘’Reflexión escrita’’

PRESENTADO POR:

Neidy Johana Toledo Javela ID: 632001

Kelly Yurany Moreno Toro ID: 633433

Tania Yulieth Polanco Gonzalez ID: 556916

GRUPO: G

ENTREGADO A: Janeth Vargas Zúñiga

ESTRUCTURAS Y PSICOPALOGIA

NRC 8347

CORPORACION UNIVERSITARIA MINUTO DE DIOS

PROGRAMA DE PSICOLOGIA
FACULTAD CIENCIAS SOCIALES Y HUMANAS
SEXTO SEMESTRE
NEIVA – HUILA
2020
CRISIS INTERVENTION

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Today, many countries have carried out a great deal of planning in an attempt
to reduce the rate of admissions to mental institutions, decrease the incidence
of suicide or calm the outbreak of violence on the streets that has increased in
recent years. That is why one of the main developments towards these
objectives has been the evolution of methodologies in the area of crisis
intervention. The recognition that crises are so common in everyone’s life has
encouraged the growth of walk-in clinics, psychiatric emergency units in
general hospitals, suicide prevention telephone services and a variety of
facilities, which aim to restore in the shortest possible time the number of
possible sessions regarding the psychological balance of people in states of
emotional excitement or collapse.

As a result, Wolberg believes that selection of crisis therapy techniques should

by guided by four variables. The first variable relates to catastrophic
symptoms that require immediate management. The second variable refers to
the reaction to the crisis by the precipitating agency, where such reaction can
be carried out by conferences with patients or responsible friends, which will
then be essential to foresee the most appropriate resource to be used. In the
event that the second variable fails, the third variable comes into play. This
tells us about the impact of the family as the basic unit in response to an
emotional illness on any family member. Finally, the fourth variable is often
the crucial factor in initiating the crisis situation, since it tells us about the
capacity of the precipitating agency to relate the patient’s neurotic and
antiquated modes of behavior and the circumstances of their development in
the early conditioning, as well as the recognition of how personality
difficulties have caused the crisis

Currently, the use of these four variables in the selection of crisis therapy
techniques, have made precipitating agencies (mental institutions) to get closer
to the patient so that they can listen with empathy to the patient (which is the
key note), but also to identify the key problem areas and perhaps reassure the
patient, which means that they are ways to cope with the difficulty, so that
through the appropriate therapy can overcome and even strengthen in the
process.

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Allowing a patient to focus on their current problem means for the therapist an
attempt to answer key questions, such as, Why now? Why did the difficulty
break out at this time? This is important because for the therapist, being aware
of how the crisis came about can become an opportunity for change. That is
why as the problems become clearer and identified through the interviews
conducted by the therapist, the patient and family in therapy will be better able
to deal with those problems in a constructive way. However, the same
therapist can sometimes do more than facilitate the venting of thoughts and
feelings among family members. Verbalization and communication have great
healing powers, since the therapist does not need to judge what is said or
always offer golden advice, he or she just needs to keep communication open,
asking the right questions, so that both the patient and the family can make
productive decisions that lead to problem solving.

This is why there is no better way to study the patient’s reactions to the
techniques being used in the effort to resolve the crisis. The patient’s reactions
to the therapeutic situation, regardless of the specific techniques employed,
will reflect basic needs, defenses, and reaction patterns that incorporate
interpersonal commitments that go back to formative experiences in the past.

As disruptive as a state of crisis can be, it can offer the patient the perfect
opportunity to develop new and healthier coping mechanisms. By initiating a
state of imbalance that is not cleared up by usual methods of problem solving,
it gives the patient the opportunity to assist the therapist as a method of
solution for the crisis which will often encourage more appropriate ways of
coping.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Lewis R. Wolberg. Crisis Intervention, e-Book Instituto Internacional de
Psicoterapia de Estados Unidos de América.