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A single tree makes no forest; one string makes no music. Chinese proverb
A person does not exist in his community on his own. Relationships so intricate with his world are the foundation of life, the breather. The green person learns how to collaborate with his surroundings engaging in effective communication and rooting with his planet.
Music gives the inspiring, yet intangible beauty, a path of expression, a voice. Ellis Hadlock
The musical voice within every individual is unique and can be reached into for creative expression and pursuits to life's sometimes unrelentless hand. The inner music sometimes plays a tune holding the solutions when the voice sings. Psychology is a study that equips a professional to recognize the inner strengths that lie in an individual and difficulties that require assistance.
Life is a dance where one sways in rhythm with his partner, pursuing and retreating in graceful momentum, responding to the music of life. We are all dancers who can embrace life as mastery melody movers.
A healthy functional individual is tantamount to the provision of life in itself, to oneself, to his immediate nuclear family, his extended family, his community, society and the world. Life itself takes meaning and a vibrancy on it's own and capacity that unites the humanity, the living and breathing. Unifying self-concepts with that of the realistic world ensures the well being of an individual and that individual's relation to one's surroundings - a balanced healthy functioning existence in relation and contribution to one's community. A resourceful and empowered individual will then be able to deal with conflicts and demands of internal and external stresses.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. Chinese proverb
Trials can make an individual more resilient to turbulent climates. However, a misguided individual might get lost without a compass. Psychological intervention is sometimes like a compass where the client is the true north in a functioning compass that is restored.
Therapy has the purpose of enabling individuals to tap the energies within themselves to unlock chains in their environment that may be impeding them from moving on in life, holding them back or trapping them in vicious cycles and/or adopting maladaptive approaches to resolve problems. The goal is to adopt ways of coping and managing then combating stresses that the individual learns to identify and acknowledge. Life skills application will assist the empowered individual to develop techniques and strategies while tackling issues in an effective and appropriate manner.
A psychologist has to attune to the client's entrapment and inner voice, identify potential inner strengths and resources, the environmental and social context that might provide or inhibit proper functioning; thereby developing psychological skills to attend to and tailor individualized therapeutic plans in the aim of assisting the client.