Answer to Question #255900 in Psychology for Charmaine

Question

Daisy is extremely tearful and struggles to talk. Her boyfriend of 5 years married another person. she can't talk to her pastor because wearing skirts around men makes her feel very uncomfortable due to experiencing sexual assault in her teens.

Use Egan’s Stage 1 of the Skilled Helper Model to help Sammy.

Answer 1

Egan's skilled helper is a problem management approach to helping, which provides counselors, psychotherapists, and hypnotherapists with a structured and solution-focused basis. Egan's stage 1 of the model insists on exploration which involves attention giving. I would accept Daisy's situation and provide empathy. It will involve putting myself into the shoes of Daisy to walk with her in her situation and detach myself from judgment about what she is going through. It will involve attention-giving through positive body language, eye contact among others.