Blog 19: Independent Component 2

Content: 

LITERAL:
(a) Statement: "I, Jorge Mancilla, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work."

(b) I had my mentor Karla Vallejo Rodriguez as my mentor.

I also used a book: The Anxiety and Phobia Work
Citation  Bourne, Edmund J. The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook. N.p.: New Harbinger Publications, 2011. Print.

(c) Done. Digital log is on the side of my blog labeled "Independent Component 2 log"

INTERPRETIVE:
For this independent component I wanted to do something different. My mentor encouraged me to try and get some hands on experience and do a group therapy session so I started one with people that were willing to do it and help me. It was a remarkable experience because my mentor supported the idea and I was able to try out some stress relievers on my group. It was a great experience to be able to talk to my peers and be able to help them out with their troubles and stress. This experience only laminated my wish to want to be a therapist some day. It also helped me out with my essential question because I was working with 4-7 adolescents and helping them cope with their stress. Here are some pics of the "highlights" of the group sessions.

Close up on 1 of the surveys I made them take

Playing a good game of "high and low" (I explain what that is in my independent component 2 log)

One of the first days of therapy sessions. Getting the group together!

In deep thought thinking their survey answers through

They were taking their surveys I got for them

5 out of 7 with their certificates (Jesus and Christian Vasquez weren't present)

Christian with his certificate

Juan with his certificate

Victor and Danny with their certificates

This is the book that helped me think of ideas for my group

We sometimes went over chapters during group sessions.

I taught a mini lesson based off this chapter

We went over this chapter

This chapter inspired one of my sessions

APPLIED:

This independent component helped me out tons actually! It gave me confidence from my mentor to try something new and take on the role as the lone leader of group sessions. Thankfully I got some volunteers and I was able to do a couple of group sessions. It helps directly with my EQ because I worked during this independent component on actually helping adolescents cope with stress. For instance, I would ask my group to share their "lows" of the day which was the lowest point of their day and then I'd talk to them and try to help them out and prevent being stressed. I also implemented my EQ answer 2 by making them perform  stress relief tactics such as yoga and meditation. In conclusion I gained valuable knowledge on what works and what doesn't. I thought that doing "high and low" works well because it gave the group an opportunity to give moral support and also allow me to be able to use my EQ answer 1 and be able to explain that by knowing what triggers stress you'll be able to prevent. All in all, it was a great expereince.