supportive holistic care

Welcome to our Specialization Course

Below you will find all of the necessary components for the SC: Supportive Holistic Care.

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Introduction: Fundamental Theory of Supportive Holistic Care

Tier 1: The Physical

Physical: The 5 Level Triage & the 5 S’s

Adapted from Brad Hambrick) In life and counseling, finding the starting point can be difficult. Life is fluid enough that identifying where to begin with a life-dominating or complex struggle can feel like finding the beginning of a circle. In order to help you with this very important question, a five-level triage progression is outlined below.

A struggle in one of the higher categories may have many expressions or contributing causes in the lower categories. For example, someone who is suicidal (level one – safety concern) may need to learn to manage their finances better (level five – skill concern) because pending bankruptcy fuels their sense of hopelessness.

However, unless the upper level concerns are addressed first, efforts at change have a low probability of lasting success. The individual above needs to be stabilized before they would be able to implement a budget or debt-reduction plan. Similarly, a person with a substance abuse problem (level two – addiction concern) may have anger management issues (level four – character concern), but until the abuse of a mind-mood altering substance is removed attempts at learning emotional regulation and how to honor others in times of disappointment will be short-lived.

This is why the higher concerns are recommended to be addressed first and significant progress to be made in those areas before beginning to focus on the lower level concerns.

One final point before we examine five levels of triage. In the higher categories denial is likely to be stronger complicating factor. For example: abusers (level one), addicts (level two), and those who have been traumatized (level three) are very prone to deny or minimize the impact of their struggle. The benefit of this tool is that it provides a reasonable system to appeal to in order help these individuals see why it is not sufficient to just “be nicer” (level four) and learn to “do better” (level five).

1. Safety

When the basic requirements of safety are not present, then safety takes priority over any other concern. Safety is never an “unfair expectation” from a relationship. If safety is a concern, then you should immediately involve other people (i.e., pastor, counselor, or legal authorities).

This category includes: thoughts of suicide, violence, threats of violence (to people or pets), preventing someone from moving freely in their home, destruction of property, manipulation, coercion, and similar practices.

 2. Substance Abuse / Addiction

After safety, the use of mind or mood altering substances is the next level of priority concern. Substance abuse makes an individual’s life situation worse and inhibits any maturation process. The consistency and stability required for lasting change are disrupted by substance abuse.

This category includes: alcohol, illegal drugs, prescription drug not used according to instructions, inhalants, driving any vehicle with any impairment for any distance, and similar activities.

   3. Limitations 

Be it physical or health related, assessing limitations the counselee has can help serve them more holistically. This means getting an inventory of their current physical or health related needs to assess if they have enough ability at the current time to be going through a counseling process, or if their basic needs are being met before doing any further heart work. This falls in a similar vein to safety where we must first address if their current state allows for a present mind in doing the work. 

  1. Trauma

Past or present events resulting in nightmares, sleeplessness, flashbacks, sense of helplessness, restricted emotional expression, difficulty concentrating, high levels of anxiety, intense feelings of shame, or a strong desire to isolate should be dealt with before trying to refine matters of character or skill. Trauma is a form of suffering that negatively shapes someone’s sense of identity and causes them to begin to constantly expect or brace against the worst.

This category includes: any physical or sexual abuse, significant verbal or emotional abuse, exposure to an act of violence, experience of a disaster, a major loss, or similar experience.

  1. Skills

With skill level changes there will usually be a high degree of self-awareness that change is needed in the moment when change is needed. However, confusion or uncertainty prevents an individual from being able to respond in a manner that it is wise and appropriate.

This category includes: conflict resolution, time management, budgeting, planning, and similar skills.

Hopefully, after reading these five points, you will have less of a “jump in anywhere and try anything” mentality towards your struggles or those of your friends. Change is hard but knowing where to starts helps to establish confidence. Remember, you are not alone. Christ will meet you and the church will walk with you at any of these five points.

  • Stress

  • Sleep

  • Sugar

  • Starches

  • Stimulants

  • RESOURCES:

Tier 2: The Spiritual

  • HOMEWORK:

    1. Please familarize yourself with our Nourished program by going through the program on your own. You can take 5 weeks to actually run through it yourself, or just read over all of the devotional content and be sure you know how the program works before taking a mentee through it.

      To Log in to The Nourished Program:
      - Go to womenbecomingwhole.com.
      - Click on the menu panel where it says LOGIN.
      - Click on Nourished Login and enter the password: NRSHD
      - You are now able to access this program on your own.

Tier 3: The Relational

4 Minutes

 

Part 6: You Made It

2 Minutes

 

  • HOMEWORK

    • Congratulations! You have completed the Christian Health Mentor Certification through Women Becoming Whole.

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