One of my roles in life is being a wife. With this role there are many occupations, activities, and tasks that contribute to it. One of my occupations as a wife that I participate in on a regular basis is doing laundry. There are many smaller activities that make up doing laundry like putting the clothes into the washing machine and folding the clothes. A task of folding the laundry is grabbing a shirt. This is an essential piece of performing and completing the activity.
The most significant thing I learned from this assignment is the importance of taking the client’s values into consideration when providing therapy services. If the client does not feel like the intervention is meaningful to them, they will not be invested in it. I learned that it can sometimes be difficult to find something that relates to a client’s needs. It may require extra hours, consulting other therapists, thinking outside the box, and adapting an item to best fit each individual client. You may have to try something new with a client, because they have different values and needs than previous clients. This assignment prepared me to think outside the box. Additionally, it allowed me to look at the whole client and what are their most important needs. For Maurice, he was afraid of becoming bored and lonely. I wanted to create something that was portable and could be kept with him at all times to prevent the feelings he was scared of. The Legen-Dairy Notebook incorp...
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