I'm not into dogs but I understand how hurt to see the people who lose their dog and it not easy to let go. I would comfort them and I can suggest them to use guided imagery to help them to relived the emotion. It will helped them to picture the image of memory they has with their dog. I can suggest them to use collage and put some good pictures of their dog with them because the client can look at it and it will make them happy and have a good time by looking at it.

WORKBOOK#6

Your Client just told you that their pet dog was run over by a car. The client begins to cry. What do you do?

               If a client comes to me and tells me that their dog was run over by a car, I would try to give comfort by talking to them.  To be honest I’m not really a dog lover but I would try to so show empathy and understand their feelings so they can feel that is not a waste of time coming to me.

I pretty much understand how people get so attached to dogs and love them as if they were one of them so I would help him trying to understand that it does hurts to lose a dog that way but there isn’t anything that they could’ve done to prevent it,  maybe the dog was too playful and didn’t pay attention to what was to come but of course it isn’t the client fault that this happened, I would tell them to just focus on the good times that their dog was there to keep them company, to play and all those moments that they spend having a good time.  I would also tell them that it is understandable to be hurt because losing a dog hurts as much as losing a person when is lost but life continues and maybe they can adopt another dog to help them out, it will not be the same but it will be a gesture from them.

Dawn C.

Journal Entry # 6

Dawn C. Davis

4/30/13

9:45PM

Journal Entry # 6

   

Q: Your client just told you that their pet dog was run over by a car. The client begins to cry. What do?

You do?

     A:, If my client just told me that their pet dog was run over by a car, I would first lower my tone of voice and in a soothing way say; I'm so very sorry that happened, and once I see that my client has started to cry I would then say “I see that you’re really sad you must love your dog a lot?” I think the next most appropriate thing to do would be to stay silent for a couple of minutes after that and give my client a chance to grieve however, I will reassure him/her that it is okay to be sad because our pets are special to us all. After giving my client some time to cry and release her emotions; if she does not begin to speak I'd ask her if she wants to talk about the situation. The last thing I want to do is cause her any further anguish therefore, I will not badger the client about details of where, what, how, and when but instead giving the client an opportunity to freely open up about the events leading up to the situation at hand. Although the client may be distraught about his/her dog this may also be a chance for the client to be at peace because, I believe that expressing happy times and thinking good thoughts can bring some people closure in times of tragic events. The client does not say in the beginning whether their dog is deceased or not; a dog getting hit by a car does not mean the dog was killed it may just be injured. In hopes that my client is candid about all the details, I can then offer my suggestions but only if it appropriately fits what I feel will help my client heal her anguish. In conclusion my main goal and objective would be to show my client Empathy, Empathy, Empathy.      

Re: Workbook Question #6

Diana Diaz

HSC 203.18059

Professor: T. Foy

4/21/2013

                                                              Workbook Question #6

Your client just told you that their pet dog was run over by a car. The client begins to cry.

What would you do?

     If my client just told me that their pet dog was ran over by a car, and began to cry.

I would reply with comforting words to my client, and I will say to him/her that I’m sorry

to hear that their pet dog was ran over by a car, and hurt in that kind of way. For example,

I would say “no worries, every thing will be okay you can always buy or adopt another one

similar to the dog you had, or you can name the next dog after the one you had in memory of it.”

Also, I wouldn’t disrespect my client by interrupting him/her speak. On the other hand,

I would attentively listen to my client, and would allow him/her express their feelings and

thoughts to me.   

Workbook 6

 Workbook # 6

Your Client just told you that their pet dog was run over by a car. The client begins to cry. What do you do?

The tragedy of a loss of a pet or a family is the same feeling. We may feel as if it is our fault. I would personally say it is okay to cry, it is okay to feel it is normal. We are taught from, a early age as childhood that crying is a show of weakness and when men cry they hide their fear and this judgment is seen throughout childhood. The stereotype of boys and girls is a norm that has taken over our society. We assume when a loss is felt and a client or anyone would cry we see them as emotional, or it’s just a “pet” get another one. What we tend not to realize that pets have a huge impact on people lives. Pets are like family and some people don’t have family and their pets are their escape from the world and society. I can feel the hurt this client is facing, and getting a new pet would be something this client will not consider. I would tell the client this feeling is not a silly feeling, some people may also feel foolish to cry over a pet. No matter how large or small our loss may be, we must openly discuss our feelings or our grief will not be resolved. We all have to attempt to open with our feelings and not to ignore our pain; we may become withdrawn and face serious medical and psychological problems. Or we can become very angry with ourselves wishing we could have done something to prevent a death or someone being ill. It will also be my job to let the client know he/she should not feel guilt for what has happen. Assure them as well that this action is accident and accidents happen, and remind them that the pet was happy and also past happy.

Workbook #6

        Sindy Ramirez Caba
        Prof. Foy   
   Your client just told you that their pet dog was run over by a car. The client begins to cry. What do you do?
            What I would do is emphasize with the client. Give her feelings a special importance. For example, I would say, “I imagine how you are feeling; losing a dog must be painful and hard to deal with.” Then, I would try to convince my client to feel that the dog is in a better place and very happy.

Woorkbook 6.

    Mariela Gaspar
HSC 203
April 30, 2013
2:11pm
Workbook Assignment #6
Your client just told you that their pet dog was run over by a car. The client begins to cry. What do you do?
An accident puts people nervous scared and even anxious. A client just walked into my office telling me her dog got run over by a car and she tends to cry as she speaks of it. I would be in the position where I must control the client and as by make them feel better. I would begin to start a conversation with the client hoping they would stop crying and start talking back. Once we have a conversation going I would ask how it that the accident happened. I would ask the client how special is that pet dog and exactly why he is so special. Majority of people sometimes tend to feel blame for what just happened considering as owners they must be fully aware of their pet and taking good care of the pet dog. I would also bring up the fact of the good but as well as the bad side I will guide her through a few pointing tips that are very important in being an owner of a pet. I would try to make her feel better and tell her that every things going to turn up just
right and that she isn’t alone I believe she has family and as well she’s always welcome in my office in any case she needs to speak to somebody. I would make her forget about the accident just for a certain time and focus on her and her health and how it isn’t good to worry so much when hopefully things will turn out just right at the end of the day. I would also recommend some good medication for her as for the dog and some good vets near her area she can take her dog too.

Dalila Fonteno
Professor Foy

HSM 203 0965
                                                          Workbook # 6
            If my client told me their pet dog got ran over and began to cry I would give them tissues to let them collect themselves. I would first let the client get out all of their emotions If they were to hold

 in what they feel they might want to go us. So I will need to be cautius what I ask next.

After I woul let them collect themselves I would ask them how they feel. What did their dog mean to them? And what will happen now that their pet is gone? I will also give some feedback because I too had a dog that died. So I offer some closure to my client.
I will ask my client to think of ways that this hiccup in life can negatively and positively effect them? I will also give my client some coping methods so they won't want to feel the need to relapse.

            Death affects everyone differently, so you have first identified how it is affecting your client. If you see it’s having a negative impact on them I would be worried that they would relapse. So I would make sure my client knows that its not just them its happening to and what they need to do to stay abstinent in recovery. If they need to talk about there lost I would be there for them as an outlet.

Shereese Garbutt
HSC 203.0965
Workbook # 6

    
       If a client just told me that their pet dog died because of a car accident and they began to cry I would

feel very sympathetic. I would try to give the client a moment to gather themselves and then respond with

empathy. I would tell them I don't know how it feels to lose a pet but I would believe it would be an awful

feeling just by the emotions you are showing me. I would tell them I'm sorry for their loss, I know it must be

very tough for them to lose something that is most important to them. And try to engage the client into talking

a little bit about their dog and the memories they have to cherish of their dog. After having this discussion I

will help them start the process of grief.

Workbook 6

Question 6 from Work book.

My client just tells me about how their pet dog was run over by a dog and starts to cry, I would console by client and try to explain that everything happens for a reason. I would make the client realize that with time, they could save enough money and buy another dog. I would tell my client stories of people I know that lost their pet dogs, were able to overcome it, bought new ones and are living a better life. I would explain to my client how the pet dog has to be taken care of, not to let them walk on their own. I would help ask the my client if they got any information about the car that killed the dog. If they have any information about the car, the necessary steps that could be taken. The steps are that if the owner of the car stopped and apologized, does my client forgive him/her, and if the owner ran away, but there is any information to trace the car, my client could go to the precinct and make a complain and do the necessary steps as regarded by the law.

Dawn C.

Workbook #6

If my client just arrived into my office and told me that their dog was hit by a car and automatically started to cry, I would let him/her cry for a bit and listen to what they have to say. I would try to gain my clients attention by eye contact and will try to repeat their name with what I have to say, so that they know that I am paying attention and perhaps gain their attention so that I can help them further. I would also show a lot of empathy toward my client and try to get more information on when did this accident occur. I would know that I would have to try and help this individual in the healing process. No healing process is easy, especially if one is grieving for a loved one. I definitely would try to put my feet in that persons shoe because I do know what it is like to lose a family pet that is very much like a family member.

            I would treat this conversation with a few tentative and open ended questions at first and see how it goes from there. I would like to see if my clients is willing to open up about the topic as starting up this personal conversation may not want to talk about the topic completely. This process may take a few sessions in order to get to the root of the problem. This could be the reason why my client is coming to therapy or not it may be something completely way off the reason why they are coming to therapy. Maybe this topic of conversation was bound to come out from our previous sessions, perhaps this may help mu client move further in life and close many doors from the past. My job is to try to see where my client is and try to get s/he were they need to be.

Workbook #6 Joanna Lopez

HSM 203 Professor Toni Foy May, 2013 Workbook #6 As a future Social worker, it is important to learn to deal with people who are grieving. Indeed, it is likely that I will someday have a client who i have to help with the grieving process. This week's workbook question discusses about a client who shares with me that his ago has been hit by a car and he begins to cry. If that was the situation, the first thing I will do is give him a few minutes to breath and then I will begin to ask him about the dog which seems to be very important to my client. It is likely that the dog passed away so I must be very empathic and show the client support. It is obvious that my client is suffering over the fact that his puppy is hurt or passed away. Though I have never experienced loosing someone close to me, I must be understanding towards the client's feelings. I must put myself in his/her shoes and try my best to understand his emotions so that I can provide the appropriate help. I believe it's very important to let the client cry. Telling the client to stop crying might make him/her feel I am brushing off his issues. He/she might feel that I don't want to hear what is happening in his/her life. This will not become a successful therapeutic relationship. It is important to make the client feel comfortable so that he can share whatever it is that is bothering him with me.

Workbook #6

So let me start off by saying that I am really sensible when it comes to animals and babies. Whenever there is an animal movie I will cry like if there is no tomorrow, my husband laughs at me on how I am so sensible but yet he comforts me telling me the obvious, " mi amor (my love) is just a movie, don't worry about it". Sometimes I hate that because I really love animals and if I see one squirrel run over by a car, I will manage to pick it up and put it on the grass and put some dirt on it. So if a client comes over and tells me that their pet dog was run over by car, I will feel his pain. But I guess in this sort of field we work on we have to be tough and show empathy. Sometimes I wonder should I work in this field because I tend to cry easily but then I think that because of it, I will be a great social worker and will try all that I can to help the person. When the client starts crying, first of all offer them a tissue, and just listen to what they have to say. It might be that they haven't expressed themselves yet and finally they letting it all out. When that happens the person tends to feel a little better that someone is hearing them. Second, ask how can you help them, be professional and give them the services they need. Third, tell them that everything will be okay and time will make it better. When it comes to these really sad moments what we could do is listen and help. I feel like this is the best option.

Workbook #6

6. Your client just told you that their pet dog was run over by a car. The client begins to cry. What do you do?

 

This would be a tough situation for me because even though I see the client is crying I have to remember to not comfort them in a friendly way but rather a professional way. I do not want to have a dual relationship with my client so in this situation I have to be very careful the way I approach it. Instead of rubbing their back and giving them affection, I would just tell them I am very sorry for their loss and tell them to let it all out if they need to. I am pretty bad as it is at comforting my own friends so having to deal with a client crying would be a whole new experience for me. I would make sure the client feels completely comfortable and knows that I am here to listen to whatever they need to vent about.  I would make sure not to give them too much affection, such as back rubbing etc because some people do not like to be touched and I have to remember everyone is different with the way they want to be comforted.  Also in this type of situation privacy is key. I would make sure that this discussion is only between my client and me and I would not want to get my supervisor involved because I feel like it could just make things worse.   I would make sure that it is behind closed doors and that no one else sees the client crying. Basically in this type of situation I would make sure that the client is comfortable even though they are in pain because the pain will go away and the comfort will stay.

 Workbook #6

Lose a member of a family is very painful. I strongly believe that pets are part of a family. My sister lost her pet last year. It was a little female dog named lulu. Lulu was attacked by a pit-bull and dies after few days. My sister called me very early that day and I started to cry. I do not know if I cry because I kind of feel my sister pain or I just feel sad because someone special in the family left. Off course this feeling is not the same that I had when my grandfather die. It was five year ago and I still feeling that pain and cry also every time my son see an old men we remember my grandfather.  Just loosing someone is painful. I just finish my relationship with my boyfriend and it is like losing someone. Even though he still alive I lost him and I am feeling that pain now. It is hard to lose some one, no matter if it is a person or a pet. In my own opinion an animal became an important part of a person life.

I think I will express my condolences to the patient and then I will say something like “it seems that you are very sad, I am sorry”. I believe that I will let my patient to talk about it until he/she feels better and I will give empathy. After that I will probably help my patient to find ways to replace that feeling of sadness with the feeling of peace by encourage my client to remember the good things about the pet. Sometimes it helps to feel better. Also I will ask my client about what possibilities he/she has to substitute that dog for something us, like any activity or maybe other pet. I like being counselor and I take my job and position very seriously so I think that anything that my client comes to talk about it is important part to considerate. I believe that this kind of situation will be give me better possibilities to be close to my client. Another part that I think it is very important to be address is the accident itself. Show my client how important is for me his/her situation that I will ask about the person in the car. And what has had happened to the driver. I will try to make my client peace even if the car just run away.

As I said I have not pet and I think it is because I am very attach to people and for me it is very hard to let the people go so I thing that I refuse to have a pet because I do not want to feel sad after it die. My son asks me many times to get a dog and my answer is always “I cannot afford it”. That is true, I cannot afford it but also I just protect myself from pain.   By, Diana Maria Lopez