Hawkins (2010) model of counseling is one that conceptualizes of human personality by utilizing a set of concentric circles to demonstrate the factors that make up an individual’s personality. His model begins with the innermost self, which represents the core self. He goes on to explain that a more psychologically healthy person has the Holy Spirit at the core. He then adds two more circles to demonstrate how the individual personality is influenced. This is similar to Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological System theory, which looks at an individual’s development within the context of the system of relationships that form his or her environment. Bronfenbrenner’s theory defines complex “layers” of environment, each having an effect on an individual’s personality. This can further explain that one’s personality is not stable throughout an individual’s lifetime. An individual may be a loving and trusting person, but after a particular event, can become distrustful and neurotic.
Contrary to Crabb, Hawkins places more emphasis on working with the client to build a strategy for delivering the intervention and then engaging the client in taking ownership of this strategy and the process of personal change. Hawkins identifies the first step of a four phase model as gaining an understanding of the real problem. The client talks and the counselor listen. Phase two moves on to reality testing by setting the direction and tracking what the person is saying and reality test what the client presents. From there, a plan of action is formulated and the client is engaged in taking ownership of this plan of action and responsibility for its outcome. Finally, the counselor is active in helping to build support and accountability into the process of change regarding the client. Unless the client takes ownership for implementation, the action plan cannot be finalized. The counselor takes ownership for developing the plan, whereas the client takes ownership for implementing the plan.
References
Hawkins, R. (2010, March 28). Week One, Lecture One: Strategy for Intervention. Retrieved March 28, 2010, from Liberty University:
http://bb7.liberty.edu/courses/1/COUN507_D01_201020/content/_7395960_1/dir_!5374726174656779666f72496e74657276656e74696f6e576b2031.zip/index.html
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