Week 3 Assignment MFT-5105 v5

Post Modernism & Social Constructionism

Raquel Rebelo

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Personal Development

Definition

Responsibility & Commitment

Current Events

References

Defining Postmodernism & Social Constructionism

Social Constructionism

POstmodernism

• Social construction describes how we learn about the world around us and that this world is defined through language and conversation with others.
• Schwandt (2003), states that the constructionist view of the truth and knowledge is created.
• Reality is our everyday life. Our everyday life is influenced by our environment.
• Social construction and postmodernism help mental health workers understand that every family and every individual is different, which means therapy and the road to recovery will look vastly different from one another.

• According to Dickerson (2010), postmodernism is an approach that emphasizes "multiplicity: multiple views, multiple possibilities, and multiple lives" (pg. 354).
• The primary assumption of postmodernism is that humans view the world in various ways. There is no one way of thinking. Reality is not objective. Norms, values, and ways of thinking are influenced by the dominant voice in society.

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Social Constructionism and Current Events

current Events

• "A third of Republicans say it would be a "bad thing" if there were more LGBTQ people in Congress"

• "Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal abortion rights"

• Children and Screen Time

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Personal Identity Development & Identity Relational

• Cisgender Female
• Heterosexual
• Caucasian
• Portuguese
• Born and raised in Newark, NJ
• US and Portuguese Citizen
• BA in Psychology
• Interests: yoga, reading, tarot, astrology, cats and videogames.

Raquel Rebelo

26 years old. New Jersey

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Personal Responsibility and Commitment

Recommendations

Clinicians can work to be more conscious of context and power by making their practice more client-centered. Asking the client genuine questions to better understand something could benefit both parties. First the clinician can gain knowledge from their client specifically and the client can see this as the clinician taking interest in getting to know them better and their experience on an individual level. Clinicians could also take workshops and courses to help expand their knowledge on topics or cultures they do not know much about. Clinicians could also work on being more in the present moment with their clients to actively listen to their clients, and they could do this through daily rituals such as going for walks, meditation, journaling, etc.

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References

• Bollinger, A. (n.d.). A third of Republicans say it would be a “bad thing” if there were more LGBTQ people in Congress. LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved September 29, 2022, from https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/09/third-republicans-say-bad-thing-lgbtq-people-congress/
• ‌Dickerson, V. (2010). Positioning oneself within an epistemology: Refining our thinking about integrative approaches. Family Process, 49, 349–368.
• Judge, S., Floyd, K., & Jefs, T. (2015). Using mobile media devices and apps to promote young children’s learning. In K. L. Heider & M. R. Jalongo (Eds.), Young Children and Familiesin the Information Age: Applications of Technology in Early Childhood (pp. 117–131).Netherlands, Dordrecht: Springer.
• Konca, A. S. (2021). Digital Technology Usage of Young Children: Screen Time and Families. Early Childhood Education Journal. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-021-01245-7
• Lauricella, A. R., & Cingel, D. P. (2020). Parental influence on youth media use. Journal ofChild and Family Studies, 29, 1927–1937. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01724-2
• Mangan, D., & Breuninger, K. (2022, June 24). Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal abortion rights. CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/24/roe-v-wade-overturned-by-supreme-court-ending-federal-abortion-rights.html
• Rideout, V. J., Foehr, U. G., & Roberts, D. F. (2010). Generation M2: Media in the lives of 8- to 18-year-olds. Menlo Park, CA: Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved from https://www.kff.org/other/event/generation-m2-media-in-the-lives-of/
• Schwandt, T. A. (2003). Three epistemological stances for qualitative inquiry: Interpretativism, hermeneutics and social constructionism. In Denzin, N. and Lincoln, Y (Eds.), The Landscape of Qualitative Research: Theories and issues. (pp. 292-331).
• Sexuality and Social Construction» StudyExcell. (2021, June 10). StudyExcell. https://studyexcell.com/sexuality-and-social-construction/

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