ar counsell interview

intro

grief and bereavment counselling
end of life care

experience

strength

I am a creative doer and proactive learner.
challenges
prepared myself >>variety of experiences


hospice care..volunteered for 4 months...hospice hospital(Taiwan)>>counselling & art therapy (wasn't established..bring it back to twian


before I came to Vancouver
1.social worker focusing on intimate relationship violence
2.facilitator providing art/ life story telling workshops>> people
with the experience of homelessness

  1. designed art & empowerment workshops in a refugee camp that is located at the border of Thailand&Myanmar

belief in the healing power of art ..
see clients as people with dignity, unique strength..full of potential// >> people in their recovery of addiction, create a sense of hope and safety for refugees //


important to practice in a way that's
strength-based and trauma-informed
accumulate as much training as possible >>

  1. spent half an year doing a social justice practicum >>Pheonix society ..strength-based residential institute for people struggling with addiction
  2. 20 hour core trauma-informed yoga training offered by yoga outreach / level 2-3 trauma informed training offered by Alyson Quinn

I believe my past experiences has equipped me with
the knowledge and attitude needed for being practicum student at Burnaby hospice >> excited to discuss more abt what positive contribution I could bring

weakness

needs
questions

實習時數
個人團體

有藝術治療師嗎? SUPERVISION會是怎樣
有多少資源和經費
若沒有我可能要事先考量 改變帶的技巧

trauma // refuge camp

domestic violence ...social worker

addiction

professional growth

BCATA representative

membership in CCPA

Trainings/ trauma informed yoga& Alyson Quinn
gottman couple therapy
aboriginal history
opioid first aid response

pp with experience of homelessness

creativity //
belief in the healing power of art ..
thinking outside of the box >> metaphor to help the client make sense and integrate their complex experience

trauma informed languages
sensitivity ... safety rituals

see clients as people with unique strength// and capable of writing their own life stores
compassionate...>> stand in their shoes..meet them where they are at

non-native speaker

cultural difference
social intersction

observe as much as possible
sjp addiction groups !!! intensive training

Burnaby hospice
art cart >>personal legacy project
art therapy!! 我要參加t (Cara)
St. Micale (independent) / burnaby hospital

Violet/Min Chi Chen (Cordelia)
master student Counselling Art Therapy at Adler University

線上? training
in person sessions / art therapy group

專業知識
site related

hospice care

pilliative care

access
primary care provider >>referral/ outpatient/ inpatient


no limit of time span...can go at any stage of the disease

same

family care
team work
can only take one

they take on the primary care
last 6 month of life , agreed by 2 doctors
the earlier some one go the earlier they beneifit >>not the place to go just the week

serious/ life threatening illness
a layer of care added to someone who is already getting traditional care>> not in substitude of
EX: psychological distress/ financial issues (a blanket of support>> to cope with the consequences of the disease/ instead of the disease itself


doesn't mean others are giving up on u / going to die
its to improve quality of life >>live longer

physician/ nurse/social worker/ psychologist/

direct:
4 new cl per
9-10 cl 48 =320 我跟他share

2 group + 1 group

on site 8-4 pm

  1. In detail, how do you usually train your practicum students?
  2. When I don't have sessions, would I be able to observe your sessions other program? know the culture of ur organization..more experienced ....see how u do ur sessions
    1. trainings abt doing online sessions??
  3. video/book resources u recommend // documentation of the past creative art therapy programs? not including confidential informations

what do u think abt death

too young no lost

existential questions since I was very young..seeing people affected by war
willing to learn


threat of death is always there >> grandma ...how to live more fully and how to face losing someone


calm and professional..be curious and compassionate
knowing what to do >>will convince

what's my view on death

narrative
every relationship we have while we are alive are like stories we created...


when we lost someone..it's almost like we can't write whatever we wanted to write in this story anymore...


complex emotions including depression, anger, regret, sadness


depends on how deep we identify ourselves with the story and what is the incomplete part of the story


“Love is really the only thing we can possess, keep with us, and take with us.” >> can't keep the story going through physically being with that person...we can still keep writing the stories through the experience of love and connections