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Facilitating Processes in
Disaster & Crisis Intervention
Building Community Resilience and Self-Reliance
Workshop created by Gilbert Brenson-Lazan
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““Any given problem can be a Any given problem can be a
justification for some and a justification for some and a
challenge for others: take challenge for others: take
your choiceyour choice ”. ”.
AnonymousAnonymous
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Workshop Objectives
• Identify the relationship between change, crisis and disaster.
• Use the GFSC grief process model for assisting people affected by a crisis, change or disaster.
• Explore facilitation and resilience-building techniques that can be applied to psychosocial reconstruction.
• Develop specific strategies to take care of ourselves and other caregivers and develop appropriate strategies to use as we assist others in their recuperation.
• Develop curriculum and intervention strategies to use in communities impacted by natural or man-made disasters for psycho-social recuperation.
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Agenda for Day One
• Crisis and change
• Grief process and its management
• Facilitation skills
• Project/curriculum development
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Crisis
In oriental thinking, crisis is the
composite of
“danger”
and
“opportunity”
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Crisis...
• normal, natural and necessary aspect of human life
• present in every change and transition in life
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Crisis and Change
Any change cancreate a crisis
Small Change = Minor Crisis
Big Change = Major Crisis
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OPPORTUNITY
TRAUMATIC EVENT
PSYCHOSOCIALRECONSTRUCTION
INITIAL REACTIONS
DENIAL
SECONDARYCRISIS
The Process Of Crisis
DANGER
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A Traumatic Event
Share your experience in the traumatic event when it had just happened.
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• Existence• Significance• Options• Resources
TRAUMATIC
EVENT
DENIAL
Recovery Process
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Denial
We tend to deny:
the existence of a problem
the significance of the problem
the options available to change
that resources or people can help
This is a normal reaction that helps prepare us for facing reality.
No!
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• Existence• Significance• Options• Resources
TRAUMATIC
EVENT
DENIAL
• Physical• Psychological• Social• Spiritual
INITIAL
REACTIONS
Recovery Process
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Initial Reactions
We react in every dimension of our being:
PhysicalPhysical Mental/Mental/EmotionalEmotional
SocialSocial SpiritualSpiritual
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Physical Reactions
• Somatic reactions
• Alteration of sleep patterns
• Alteration of eating habits
• Changes in appearance
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Emotional & Psychological Reactions
• Nervousness
• Energy level (animation) extremes
• Perceptual distortion
• Inappropriate use of money and objects
• Loss of desire to live
• Heightened emotional susceptibility
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Emotional & Psychological Reactions
Sadness
• A deep and recurring sense of loss during a sometimes long period of time.
• Crying is normal, natural and even necessary in an intense period of sadness.
• Of another crisis
• Of not being able to survive
• Of financial loss
• Of the consequences of these on others
Fear
Different kinds of fear appear and reappear:
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Emotional & Psychological Reactions
Guilt or Self Blame
• Many feel guilty for something they did.
• Others feel guilty for what they think they failed to do.
• Some people even blame themselves in some way for natural tragedies.
• Nature• Government• Family• Friends• Volunteers & Aid Workers• Even at God!
Anger
Illogical as it may be, it is also normal and natural to feel anger, even rage at:
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Social Reactions
• Group and interpersonal relationships also feel the impact of a crisis.
• There can be a tendency toward isolation or the other extreme, permanent attachment.
• Relational Stressmost often seen in individual behaviors Aggressive Passive
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Spiritual Reactions
• Increase in magical or mystical thinking
• Spiritual rejection, distortion or fanaticism
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“The road to
successful change
requires a patient
compassion for the
pain and fear of all
those involved.”
Thomas Merton
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Man’s Search for MeaningMan’s Search for Meaningby Viktor Franklby Viktor Frankl
““Everything can be taken Everything can be taken
from a person except one from a person except one
thing: the freedom to thing: the freedom to
choose a specific attitude choose a specific attitude
when faced by a crisis.”when faced by a crisis.”
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Coping Strategies
OpportunityUse of
effective strategies
DangerUse of
ineffectivestrategies
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N E E D S
• Existence• Significance• Options• Resources
ReactiveDirective
ReceptiveCoordinating
ProactiveMonitoring
InteractiveConsulting
TRAUMATIC
EVENT
DENIAL
INITIAL REACTIONS
• Physical• Psychological• Social• Spiritual
SurvivalSurvival SecuritySecurity AutonomyAutonomy TranscendenceTranscendence
Recovery Process: Needs, Stages, Leadership Styles
INEFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
Recovery Stage:Leadership Style:
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Ineffective Strategies: Pseudosolutions
• Pseudosolution(Watzlawick, 1984)
• What we do, with the best of intentions, when we try to solve a problem and end up making it worse.
• Like drinking salt water to satisfy a thirst.
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Agitate: Get Away
• Avoid thinking about my reality by continued isolation or excessive social stimulation.
• Avoid reality by abusing psychiatric, recreational or alcoholic drugs.
• Dysfunctional strategyto meet survival needs.
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N E E D S
• Existence• Significance• Options• Resources
Agitate:Get Away
ReactiveDirective
ReceptiveCoordinating
ProactiveMonitoring
InteractiveConsulting
TRAUMATIC
EVENT
DENIAL
INITIAL REACTIONS
• Physical• Psychological• Social• Spiritual
INEFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
SurvivalSurvival SecuritySecurity AutonomyAutonomy TranscendenceTranscendence
Recovery Process:Ineffective Strategies
Recovery Stage:Leadership Style:
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Abdicate: Get Helpless
• Refusing to accept responsibility for my thoughts, feelings and actions.
• Dysfunctional strategy to meet security needs.
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N E E D S
• Existence• Significance• Options• Resources
Agitate:Get Away
ReactiveDirective
ReceptiveCoordinating
ProactiveMonitoring
InteractiveConsulting
Recovery Stage:Leadership Style:
TRAUMATIC
EVENT
DENIAL
INITIAL REACTIONS
• Physical• Psychological• Social• Spiritual
INEFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
SurvivalSurvival SecuritySecurity AutonomyAutonomy TranscendenceTranscendence
Recovery Process:Ineffective Strategies
Abdicate:Get Helpless
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Automate: Get Stuck
• The lack of interest or flexibility to change my unproductive behaviors, struggle against something that can’t be changed, etc.
• Dysfunctional strategy to meet security and some autonomy needs.
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N E E D S
• Existence• Significance• Options• Resources
Agitate:Get Away
ReactiveDirective
ReceptiveCoordinating
ProactiveMonitoring
InteractiveConsulting
Recovery Stage:Leadership Style:
TRAUMATIC
EVENT
DENIAL
INITIAL REACTIONS
• Physical• Psychological• Social• Spiritual
INEFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
SurvivalSurvival SecuritySecurity AutonomyAutonomy TranscendenceTranscendence
Abdicate:Get Helpless
Recovery Process:Ineffective Strategies
Automate:Get Stuck
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Alienate: Get Control
• Excessive priority given to my own interests at the cost of those of others.
• Dysfunctional strategy to meet security and some autonomy needs.
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N E E D S
• Existence• Significance• Options• Resources
Agitate:Get Away
ReactiveDirective
ReceptiveCoordinating
ProactiveMonitoring
InteractiveConsulting
Recovery Stage:Leadership Style:
TRAUMATIC
EVENT
DENIAL
INITIAL REACTIONS
• Physical• Psychological• Social• Spiritual
INEFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
SurvivalSurvival SecuritySecurity AutonomyAutonomy TranscendenceTranscendence
Abdicate:Get Helpless
Automate:Get Stuck
Recovery Process:Ineffective Strategies
Alienate:Get Control
SecondarySecondaryCrisisCrisis
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Secondary Crisis
• Frequently choosing dysfunctional strategies to cope with initial reactions can rapidly become a personal and social pathology.
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Secondary Crisis Risk Factors • A delay in the start of the
grieving process.
• A previous ambivalent relationship with the deceased or the lost possessions.
• A lack of preparedness for the loss, both in the mental and material sense.
• An absence of moral and spiritual values.
• Traumatic anxiety at the same time of the loss.
• Excessive dependency on the deceased.
• Difficulty in tolerating or expressing emotions.
• Previously unresolved losses
• The death of a key figure during childhood
• Depression or other psychological problems.
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Manifestations of A Secondary Crisis
• Permanent Hyperactivity
• Extended Periods of Apathy
• Excessive Identification
• Chronic Psychosomatic Disorder
• Relational Crisis
• Drug/alcohol Dependency
• Aggression or Suicide Attempts
• Psychotic Depression
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New Learning Model
Jacques DeLors 1999
New skills New skills and ways and ways
to liveto live
New skills New skills and ways and ways
to liveto live
Living and Living and working working togethertogether
Living and Living and working working togethertogether
Develop asa person
Develop asDevelop asa persona person
Group-based, experiential
Group-based, Group-based, experientialexperiential
Learnto
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Ladder of Needs
Effective strategies meet our needs in ways that help us grow and learn.
Survival
Security
Autonomy
Transcendence
Reactive
Receptive
Proactive
Interactive
Directive
Coordinating
Monitoring
Consulting
Recovery Stage:
Leadership Style:
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Recovery Process:Effective Strategies
N E E D S
• Existence• Significance• Options• Resources
Accommodate:Come Through
Agitate:Get Away
Abdicate:Get Helpless
Automate:Get Stuck
Alienate:Get Control
SecondarySecondaryCrisisCrisis
ReactiveDirective
ReceptiveCoordinating
ProactiveMonitoring
InteractiveConsulting
Recovery Stage:Leadership Style:
TRAUMATIC
EVENT
DENIAL
INITIAL REACTIONS
• Physical• Psychological• Social• Spiritual
EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
INEFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
SurvivalSurvival SecuritySecurity AutonomyAutonomy TranscendenceTranscendence
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Intervention Strategies
RECOVERY STAGE
&BASIC NEED
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY
ACTIVITIES SKILLS NEEDED
Reactive stage to meet Survival needs
Accommodate/Come Through
Awareness about the new reality and its impact. • Necessary to begin a
catharsis, releasing the emotions related to the grief.
• Necessary for adapting to the new situation of survival.
• Physical• Mental• Social • Spiritual Survival
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Recovery Process:Effective Strategies
N E E D S
• Existence• Significance• Options• Resources
Accommodate:Come Through
Agitate:Get Away
Abdicate:Get Helpless
Automate:Get Stuck
Alienate:Get Control
SecondarySecondaryCrisisCrisis
ReactiveDirective
ReceptiveCoordinating
ProactiveMonitoring
InteractiveConsulting
Recovery Stage:Leadership Style:
TRAUMATIC
EVENT
DENIAL
INITIAL REACTIONS
• Physical• Psychological• Social• Spiritual
EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
INEFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
SurvivalSurvival SecuritySecurity AutonomyAutonomy TranscendenceTranscendence
Assimilate:Come Along
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Intervention StrategiesRECOVERY
STAGE &
BASIC NEED
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY
ACTIVITIES SKILLS NEEDED
Receptive stageto meetSecurity needs
Assimilate/ Come Along
Identify, understand and admit personal reactions
to the crisis as something
normal, natural and necessary for healing and growth.Necessary to• understand the
implications,• explore new options and • recognize the positive
aspects of the negative event.
Accept the newreality with • awareness• persistence• reflection• compliance• analysis• observation• flexibility• adaptation, etc.
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Recovery Process:Effective Strategies
N E E D S
• Existence• Significance• Options• Resources
Accommodate:Come Through
Agitate:Get Away
Abdicate:Get Helpless
Automate:Get Stuck
Alienate:Get Control
SecondarySecondaryCrisisCrisis
ReactiveDirective
ReceptiveCoordinating
ProactiveMonitoring
InteractiveConsulting
Recovery Stage:Leadership Style:
TRAUMATIC
EVENT
DENIAL
INITIAL REACTIONS
• Physical• Psychological• Social• Spiritual
EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
INEFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
SurvivalSurvival SecuritySecurity AutonomyAutonomy TranscendenceTranscendence
Assimilate:Come Along
Activate:Come Forward
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Intervention StrategiesRECOVERY
STAGE &
BASIC NEED
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY
ACTIVITIES SKILLS NEEDED
Proactive stage to meet Autonomy needs
Activate/Come Forward
Remember, use andactively develop all one’s inner and external resources (those frombefore the tragedy, presently and those thatwill continue despite the tragedy.Necessary to:• achieve personal
growth.• implement plans • introduce new
alternatives.
Participate in one’s own growth by
• doing, • becoming, • assertiveness, • validation, • authenticity, • personal mission,• empowerment, • achievement, • creativity, • accountability,
etc.
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Recovery Process:Effective Strategies
N E E D S
• Existence• Significance• Options• Resources
Accommodate:Come Through
Agitate:Get Away
Abdicate:Get Helpless
Automate:Get Stuck
Alienate:Get Control
SecondarySecondaryCrisisCrisis
ReactiveDirective
ReceptiveCoordinating
ProactiveMonitoring
InteractiveConsulting
Recovery Stage:Leadership Style:
TRAUMATIC
EVENT
DENIAL
INITIAL REACTIONS
• Physical• Psychological• Social• Spiritual
EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
INEFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
SurvivalSurvival SecuritySecurity AutonomyAutonomy TranscendenceTranscendence
Assimilate:Come Along
Activate:Come Forward
Associate:Come Together
PsychosocialPsychosocialReconstructionReconstruction
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Intervention StrategiesRECOVERY
STAGE &
BASIC NEED
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY
ACTIVITIES SKILLS NEEDED
Interactive stage to meet Transcendence needs
Associate/Come Together
Contribute, cooperate, collaborate and co-create with others so that together the problem can be converted into an opportunity for personal and group growth.
Strengthen social bonds and intimacy through • affiliation• sharing• advocacy• solidarity• alliances• win-win
cooperation, etc.
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Coping Strategies Discussion
Identify approaches for helping disaster survivorsrecognize
• that their behavior is dysfunctional and
• how to create the opportunity to discuss other, more functional behaviors in the situation.
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Summary of Functional Strategies
NEED &BEHAVIORAL
STAGE
FUNCTIONAL STRATEGIES
& LEADERSHIP STYLEACTIVITIES SKILLS
Stage: Reactive Need: Survival
Functional:Accommodate/Come Through
Leadership:Directive
• Create awareness about the new reality and its impact.
• Initiate a catharsis of the emotions related to the grief so that the person adapts to the new situation of survival.
Survival Skills:• Physical• Mental• Social• Spiritual
Stage: Receptive
Need:Security
Functional:Assimilate/Come Along
Leadership:Coordinating
• Identify, understand and accept personal reactions to the crisis as something normal, natural and necessary for healing and growth.
• Necessary for understanding the implications, exploring new options and recognizing the positive aspects of the negative event.
Accept the new reality with • awareness, observation, • reflection, analysis, • compliance, flexibility, • adaptation, persistence, • etc.
Stage: Proactive
Need: Autonomy
Functional:Activate/Come Forward
Leadership:Monitoring
• Remember, use and actively develop all the internal and external resources that one has, had in the past and will continue to have despite the tragedy
• Necessary to achieve personal growth, implement plans and introduce new alternatives.
Participate in one’s own growth by:
• doing, becoming, • assertiveness, validation, • authenticity,
empowerment, • personal mission, • achievement, creativity,• accountability, etc.
Stage:Interactive
Need:Transcendence
Functional:Associate/Come Together
Leadership:Consulting
• Contribute, cooperate, collaborate and co-create with others so that together the problem can be converted into an opportunity for personal and group growth.
Strengthen social bonds and intimacy through:
• affiliation, sharing, • advocacy, solidarity, • alliances, win-win, • cooperation, etc.
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Summary of StrategiesPRINCIPAL
PERCEIVED NEED & BEHAVIORAL
STAGE
FUNCTIONALPROCESS
FUNCTIONALSTRATEGIES
DYS-FUNCTIONAL
PROCESS
PSEUDO-SOLUTIONS
LEADERSHIP INTERVENTIONS
STYLE & GOALS
Need:SURVIVAL
Behavior:REACTIVE
Accommodate: Come Through
Self-Protection: denial or discounting (of existence, significance or options) and initial systemic reactions
Abdicate:
Get Away
Escape: suicide attempts, hallucination, prolonged denial, desperation, psychotic depression
Directive: Organize a structure that facilitates physical, psychological and social survival.
Need:SECURITY
Behavior:RECEPTIVE
Assimilate:Come Along
Adaptive Learning: reflection, grief management, persistence, compliance
Attenuate:
Get Helpless
Passive-Dependence: co-dependency, clinical depression, substance abuse, isolation, pseudo-catharsis
Coordinating: Facilitate awareness and new competencies through training and workshops.
Need:AUTONOMY
Behavior:PROACTIVE
Activate:Come Forward
Personal Growth: flexibility, optimism, assertiveness, creativity, leadership, authenticity, empowerment,accountability
Automate:
Get Stuck
Inflexibility: overvaluing of the past or of the status quo, obstinacy, rigidity, manipulation, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, sociopathic behaviors
Monitoring: Facilitate individual and group self-development and achievement.
Need:TRANSCENDENCE
Behavior:INTERACTIVE
Associate:Come
Together
Solidarity: affiliation, synergy, advocacy, win-win, cooperation, group consensus, teamwork
Alienate:
Get Control
Domination: Excessive individualism, aggressiveness, competitiveness, win-lose, need for control, power struggle
Consulting: Facilitate consensus and mentor processes of interpersonal and group synergy.
OPPORTUNITY DANGER
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Recovery Process
N E E D S
• Existence• Significance• Options• Resources
Accommodate:Come Through
Assimilate:Come Along
Activate:Come Forward
Associate:Come Together
Agitate:Get Away
Abdicate:Get Helpless
Automate:Get Stuck
Alienate:Get Control
SecondarySecondaryCrisisCrisis
ReactiveDirective
ReceptiveCoordinating
ProactiveMonitoring
InteractiveConsulting
Behavioral Stage:Leadership Style:
TRAUMATIC
EVENT
DENIAL
INITIAL REACTIONS
• Physical• Psychological• Social• Spiritual
EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
INEFFECTIVE STRATEGIES
PsychosocialPsychosocialReconstructionReconstruction
SurvivalSurvival SecuritySecurity AutonomyAutonomy TranscendenceTranscendence
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Crisis Intervention Techniques
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Crisis Intervention Techniques
• Creating Interpersonal and Group Rapport
• Linguistic Empowerment and Language of Suggestion
• Catharsis Facilitation
• Critical Incident Debriefing and Focused Conversation
• Suicide Risk and Referral Criteria
• Building Group Resilience
• Developing Transitional Communities
• Avoiding Conflict Escalation
• Caring for the Caregivers and Developing Personal Resilience
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Creating Interpersonal & Group Rapport
• Active Listening
• Reframe Attitudes
• Pacing
• Use Adequate Recognition
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Rapport and Communication
• Listen in such a way that others want to talk to you.
• Talk in such a way that others want to listen to you.
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Linguistic Empowerment
• The use of linguistic
structures which facilitate
recollection of meanings
and increase our and other
people’s options.
• Critical for the
development of personal,
group and community
potential.
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4C’s of Linguistic Empowerment
• Correspondence
• Capacity
• Clarity
• Coherence
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Correspondence: Identify Responsibilities
Not Empowered: July’s goal has been met!
Empowered: The Region Five salesmen met the goal for July!
N: Maria makes me feel guilty when I am late.
E: I feel guilty when Maria complains for me being late.
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Capacity: Recognize Options
N: I have to see Juan at 3:00.
E: I am going to see Juan at 3:00.
N: I cannot talk to you now.
E: I'd rather not commit myself in talking to you now. Can we talk this afternoon?
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Clarity: Agreed Meanings
N: Can you give me that “whatchamacallit” over there?
E: Can you hand me the tape recorder that is in the left drawer, please?
N: She is always “dissing” someone, showing no respect!
E: I don’t like how she responds to the customers!
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Coherence: Consistent Messages
N: I want to sell more but competition is tough.
E: I want to sell more in spite of the tough competition.
N: Don’t you think it would be better to do this tomorrow?
E: I think it is better to do this tomorrow. What do you think?
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Internal Empowerment
I can change the way I talk and think!
Example:
N: The noise in here does not let me work.
E: I lose my concentration when there is so much noise.
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Dialogic Empowerment
• Tracking
Clarify empowered
words by asking for
specific information.
• Paraphrasing
In your own words,
restate what you
understood, in an
empowered way.
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Tracking
Ask specific questions to clarify
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?
Nobody helps in this office. Specifically, how would
you like us to help you?
The interview went well. What results did you get?
Examples:
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Paraphrasing
Restate in your own words,
and in an empowered form,
what you understood.
Do you mean that…is that right?”
Wow, she really islistening. I think she’s taking me seriously.
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Dialogic Empowerment Recommendations
Internally empower ourselves first;
otherwise, others perceive our
incongruity and we lose credibility.
While external empowering
techniques are excellent work tools,
their use can generate problems in
some interpersonal relationships
(family, couple, etc.).
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Language of Suggestion
• Linguistic Presupposition
• Implicit Question
• Implanted Suggestion
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Linguistic Presupposition
Examples:
Up to what extent do you feel….?”
vs.Do you feel guilty?”
What’s your hope….?”vs.Do you have hope for...?”
Do you prefer to practice today or on Monday?”
vs.Do you want to practice?”
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Implicit Question
Examples
“It would be interesting to know…..”
“I ask myself if…..”
“I don’t know if you would like to tell me……”
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Implanted Suggestion
Examples:
“Do you want to tell me what….?”
“Could you explain me how.... ?”
“Do you want to move to....?”
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Catharsis Facilitation
• Talk with the person about his/her emotions.
• Carefully choose an appropriate time and place.
• Many people do not want to express their feelings.
• Repressing feelings for an extended period of time often provokes asecondary crisis.
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Be Alert for…
• The stage of total denial lasting more than one day
• Any initial reaction that extends beyond six months
• Any dysfunctional pattern that has become a habit
• Any secondary crisis that is not improving
• Suicide threats and especially attempts
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Critical Incident Management/Debriefing
Guidelines:
Situation
Actions/Behaviors
Learning
Continuity
Perspective
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Focused Conversation
• Objective Level
• Reflective Level
• Interpretive Level
• Decisional Level
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Stanfield, R. Brian1997, ICA, Toronto
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Suicide Risk & Referral Criteria
• Chronic lack of sleep (total insomnia)
• Chronic illness or handicap
• Hallucinations (voices or visions) that give commands
• Loss of several or all of their loved ones
• Suicide-related behaviors
• Suicide threats
• Personal or family history of suicide attempts
• Desperation or hopelessness
• An increase in drug abuse or alcoholism
• Openly expressed opinion by relatives or friends that it would be "better" (because of handicaps, etc.) if the person died
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Building Group & Social Resilience
Derivation
Physics: elasticity, buoyancy, the ability to quickly return, often stronger, to the original shape
Biology: survival of the most resilient (Darwin)
Sociology: observations and studies of o Childreno Adultso Familieso Groups
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Social & Group Resilience
“The ability to face
internal or external
crisis and not only
effectively resolve it but
also learn from it, be
strengthened by it and
emerge transformed by
it, both individually and
as a group.”
Brenson-Lazan, 2003
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Factors in Developing Resilience
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Personal Development
How does a group stimulate & reinforce personal development of each member?
Enhances a sense of personal identity and role
Maintains perceptual and behavioral flexibility
Provides self-awareness and self-correction
Reinforces self-esteem and self-confidence
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Interpersonal Development
How does a group create and reinforce effective interpersonal synergy?
Values diversity
Listens with empathy
Participates and dialogues
Demonstrates mutual affection, forgiveness and self-help
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Vision
How does the group develop its direction?
Creates a set of shared values
Envisions a promising future
Integrates individual goals and aspirations with those of the group
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Strategic Thinking
How does the group determine its mission and the competencies necessary to achieve it?
Sets realistic goals
Elaborates strategies to achieve them
Promotes group reflection, introspection and self-correction
Constructively and creatively resolves challenges, problems and conflicts
Asks for help when it is needed
Monitors, measures and evaluates results
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Developing Transitional Communities
• Facilitate activities that help form new structures for emotional support Self-supportive groups
Cultural and recreational activities
Organization of the shelters for displaced people
Self-administration of the shelters
• Assure and mentor a leadership style appropriate for the level of development within the new social structure.
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CADI: Facilitating Self-Help Communities
“The CADI is a small group of people who agree to form a community of holistic self-development both personal and professional, with a Group Mentor-Facilitator.”
Purpose
Identification
ImageGovernance
Communication
Sub-groups
Environment
Borders (Limits)
Trust
Exchange
Participation
History
Brenson, Sarmiento & Rodas, 2001
Characteristics:
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How Does Conflict Arise?
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The Process of Conflict
GOAL1
GOAL2
NEED1
NEED2
STRATEGY 1 STRATEGY 2
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Process of Conflict Escalation
• Hardening
• Persuasion
• Manipulation
Responds best to conciliation
INFLEXIBILITY DISCOUNTING AGGRESSION• Polarization (us vs. them)
• Loss of respect
• Threats
Responds best to conciliation or mediation
• Verbal Aggression
• Physical Aggression
• Destructive Behaviors
Responds best to mediation or
binding arbitration
Adaptation of F.Glasl by Gnass-Brenson, 1998
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Verbal Expressions of Conflict
• Hardening: “I know I´m right."
• Persuasion: “I have to convince them that I am right."
• Manipulation: “I´ll do whatever is necessary to show that they are wrong."
• Polarization: “Those of us that know I am right are now all together."
• Loss of Respect: “It isn´t even worth talking to them."
• Threats: “We have to dominate those that are not with us."
• Verbal Aggression: "That person is a #%$*&!"
• Physical Aggression: “Take this!"
• Destructive Behaviors: “I may lose but I´ll take some of them with me."
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Dynamics of Intervention
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P2
P1
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P1
P2
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P2
P1
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Caring for the Caregiver
• Know your personal limits.
• Practice active grieving.
• Maintain a strong support network.
• Generate more endorphins and reduce cortisol.
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Cortisol
A hormone secreted
by the adrenal glands
in response to any
kind of physical,
emotional or
psychological stress
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Endorphins
A chemical substance
that creates feelings of
well-being and
stimulates the
immunilogical
system.
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The Constant Battle
• Our attitudes, thoughts, feelings and behaviors can generate Endorphins and Cortisol.
• Endorphins and Cortisol destroy each other.
• Therefore it is not enough to just lower Cortisol or raise Endorphins.
• Both must be done simultaneously.
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How We Generate CortisolPhysically:
Nutritional imbalance
Smoking (directly or indirectly)
Excessive use of alcohol
Socially:
Arguments
Telling and hearing lies
Negative Recognition
“Stuck” Relationships
Excessive competition
Mentally:
Negative thoughts
Repression of emotions
Stubborness or Inflexibility
Mockery and belittlement
Spiritually:
Spiritualization
Dependence
Escapism
Excessive proselytism
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How We Generate EndorphinsPhysically: Exercise Massage and touching Orgasmic sexual relations Deep Breathing Balanced Diet
Socially: Dialogue Family Networks Give and receive positive
unconditional “strokes” Participation and
Consensus Good friends
Mentally: Smiling and laughing Positive Thinking Alpha-stimulating
relaxation Using creativity Flexibility
Spiritually: Prayer and meditation Connecting with Nature Singing and Dancing Samaritan Syndrome Defined and lived values
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Stefan Vanistendael, 1994
Personal Resilience…is the combination of:
The innate human capacity to face adversity and resist destruction
The willingness to evolve and develop oneself in spite of adverse conditions
The use of the adversity itself to learn and transform oneself
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PSEUDOTRANSITION
Productivity& Self-Esteem
PROCESS OF COMMITMENTTO CHANGE
INITIAL REACTIONS
Decision to abandon the process
TRAUMATIC EVENT
Actual State Unfreezing Transition Refreezing Desired State
DENIAL
Expressed
Hidden Zone Decision to trynew options
Caregiver Transition
TRANS-FORMATION
T I M ET I M E
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• Through our support of volunteer facilitators worldwide, Global Facilitator Service Corps helps build the capacity of communities to work through their challenges and create sustainable solutions.
• GFSC believes that people and communities are capable of self-determination and that facilitation is an effective catalyst to build, rebuild and sustain self-reliant communities.
• By sharing our knowledge, experience, and caring, we enable communities and the institutions that serve them, to identify and achieve their goals.