Distortions and the Healthy Voice useful in Helping the FSI Family

Lesson 1 Reflection
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Lesson 1 Reflection
The author discusses identifying distortions, identifying strengths and reinforcing the healthy voice in great detail. Agents of distortions include overgeneralization, jumping to conclusions without interrogating a situation, emotional reasoning, and disqualifying the positive. It is crucial to identify distortions when working with the FSI family because it helps one know where flows are and where to correct, and in what direction. For example, one should not always jump to conclusions about a client without assessing them well. Jumping to conclusions is likely to yield negative effort.
Identifying strengths is crucial for success. According to the author, identifying strengths helps defeat critics and can be done in four ways. The f...