Self-Awareness

Professional Maturation

The growing process of becoming an OTA professional in the healthcare field.

Why is Self-Awareness Essential to Effective Healthcare?

Without it you may unconsciously project your feelings, beliefs, values, insecurities, doubts, fears, etc. onto your patients. This limits your ability to effectively communicate and provide compassionate healthcare.

Defensive Behavior

aggressive or submissive behavior in response to what a person perceives as a threat.

Therapeutic Use of Self

The art of relating to those who need your services in such a way that healing is facilitated

What is the greatest tool a OT practitioner has when delivering OT services?

Your therapeutic use of self

What is the ID, occurring to Freud?

original, biological core out of which the rest of the personality emerges

What are the goals of the ID?

To reduce tension, increase pleasure and minimize discomfort

ego

the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id's desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.

super ego (freud)

The conscience or "moral stopper" (guilt is here); judge over the activities and thoughts of the ego; defines moral codes, standards of conduct, and forms inhibitions; conscience, self-observation, and the formation of ideals; both conscious and unconscious

Ego as defined by Jung

at the center of the personality, based only in the conscious and knows only what it experiences; wants us to believe that is all there is so we will ignore the unconscious side of ourselves; we must always consciously plan and analyze our experiences

Persona (Jung)

The psychological mask all humans wear. It allows you to become a chameleon, so you can change your behavior based on social situation. This allows people to function in society

Shadow (Jung)

the repressed or unknown aspects of each person. It is part of The Self that a person does not want to acknowledge or accept. Contains both positive and negative aspects of a person. Jung thought it is crucial for people to become aware of their shadow so they don't project them onto other people in their lives

Self (Jung)

integration of the unconscious and conscious parts of the personality; strives for balance between the different opposing elements of the psyche; a deep, inner, guiding factor

Emotional Intelligence (EI)

a form of social intelligence that emphasizes the abilities to manage, recognize, and understand emotions and use emotions to guide appropriate thought and action

Perceiving emotions

recognizing emotions in facial expressions, body language, stories, and even in music

Reasoning With Emotions

using emotions to promote thinking and cognitive activity

Understanding Emotions

being able to see blended emotions, and to predict emotional states and changes in self and others

Managing Emotions

knowing how to express them in varied situations

self-awareness

The ability to accurately perceive one's own emotions and stay aware of them as they occur, as well as understanding the impact of one's emotions on specific situations and people.

Emotional Awareness

the process of recognizing, identifying, and accepting your emotions

Accurate Self-Assessment

knowing one's strengths and limits

Self-confidence

the belief that you can successfully perform a desired behavior - self-efficacy

Self-Management

The ability to use awareness of one's emotions to stay flexible and positively direct behavior - managing one's emotional reactions to specific situations and people.

Emotional Self-control

keeping disruptive emotions and impulses under control

Transparency

maintaining integrity, acting congruently with one's values

Adaptability

¡Flexibility in handling change

Achievement Orientation

Striving to improve or meeting a standard of excellence

Initiative

Readiness to act on opportunities

Optimism

: Persistence in pursuing goals despite obstacles and setbacks

Burnout

A debilitating psychological condition brought about by unrelieved stress, resulting in:

•Depleted energy and emotional exhaustion

•Lowered resistance to illness

•Increased depersonalization in interpersonal relationships

•Increased dissatisfaction and pessimism

•Increased absenteeism and/or inefficiency

3 passions to help prevent burnout

1. Participating in activities that renew you personally.

2. Spending time with your family or support system.

3. Remembering the best parts of your work.

social awareness

The ability to accurately pick up on emotions in other people and get what is really going on. This means understanding what other people are thinking and feeling even when it conflicts with one's own feelings

empathy

Sensing others' feelings and perspectives, and taking an active interest in their concerns

Organizational awareness

Reading a group's emotional currents and power relationships

Service orientation

Anticipating, recognizing, and meeting patients' needs

Relationship Management

The ability to use awareness of one's own emotions and the emotions of others to manage interactions successfully. This includes clear communication and effectiveness in handling conflict.

Inspirational Leadership

Inspiring and guiding individuals and groups

Developing others

Sensing others' development needs and bolstering their abilities

Influence

Wielding effective tactics for persuasion

Change catalyst

initiating or managing change

Conflict Management

resolving disagreements effectively

Teamwork and Collaboration

working with others toward shared goals

Five recurrent themes in good leaders

1. Challenging the process (or the illness)

2. Inspiring a shared vision (healing/adaptation)

3. Enabling others to act (provide opportunities)

4. Modeling the way (being present in mind)

5. Encouraging the heart (always)