INTRODUCTION Residents who are detained are basically psychologicall and emotionally challenged. They share one thing in coninaee that is being incarcerated with uncertainties as to the outcome of their individual cases{ They feel isolated, helpless and at times hopeless brought about by separation from their loved ones and society in general and all other issues that confront them while incarcerated/Such emotional turmoil needs to be addressed to help them bounce back and experience a life of normalcy despite their unique situation. The TCMP provides activities and services that cater to this particular need. This topic tackles the discussion on the therapeutic value of processing of feelings which does not only lie on how freely one expresses them but more so on the person’s ability to identify, acknowledge, and express them appropriately. COUNSELING Counseling is defined as a professional activity of helping individuals, groups or communities enhance or restore their capacity for psychological, emotional and social functioning and creating an environment favorable for the attainment of these goals. Psychosocial Skills and Characteristics of Counseling: *Empathy is the ability to perceive the client's feelings and to demonstrate accurate perception of the client. It is merely “putting oneself in the client’s shoes”. When the client feels understood, a sense of trust or “rapport” is developed. Rapport paves the way to a more meaningful communication and may enable the client to understand and accept more of his or her complexity of feelings. *Warmth is also called “unconditional positive regard”. It involves accepting and caring about the client as a person, regardless of any evaluation or prejudices on the client's behavior or thoughts. It is most often conveyed through our non-verbal behavior or bodily gestures. *Respect is our belief in the client's abili i SP t ility to make appropriate pousiens ane deal appropriately with his or her life situalichl when et esas and supportive environment in which to do so. It is lowed best by not offering advice or cheap comfort. Theshows his utmost respect to the client by listening in d giving him the opportunity to design his own solutions problem. A similar term for this is “empowerment” as the selor likewise demonstrates that he values the integrity of the *Congruence or genuineness is being honest and authentic aling with the client. It is showing real concern rather than fc g on techniques during sessions. It is also being aware of the counselor's own unmet needs and how it may affect his relationship with the client. “Confidentiality means that anything discussed during counseling sessions is held absolutely private and not to be discussed anywhere. This contract should be held sacred so as to maintain the client's trust and enable him to disclose sensitive matters to the counselor without fear of any breach of confidentiality. Pattern of Counseling Session: 1. Introduction: First 10 minutes « Greet the client warmly. ¢ Smile and shake hands. e Escort to the counseling room. e Explain how the session is going to be to alleviate fears. © This is the time to develop rapport. e Assure client on confidentiality. 2. Information gathering: About 20 minutes Know the reason for consultation. «Client can start anywhere. Counselor may take notes. Client needs to do almost all of the talking. selor may ask open questions or use techniques i Cee clarifying, rephrasing, focusing, reflecting, reality testing, etc. 3. Discussion! Counselor Input: : i Counselor tells the client what he thinks the client is saying. ee ee See« Counselor develops a list of concerns. e¢ Client would concur or not to the Counselor's understanding. e Prioritize problems and which one to work on first. e Client will provide plans of action to work on Specific problem. ¢ Counselor will assist in mapping out plans. 4. Conclusion: ¢ Motivate the client that “he can do it’. If not, he may need to be referred to a Professional. e Brief client on what to expect the next session (progress based on plan of action). e End session on a positive note. e Client should be able to list down things that he has to look forward to over the next few days. If not, this is a red flag for suicide. When to break Confidentiality? 1. Children are being neglected or abused 2. Appearance in court as a witness 3. Client expressed plan to commit suicide 4. Client expressed plan to harm others. INITIAL INTERVIEW! INTAKE INTERVIEW TCMP participants in jail are unique as they arenotnecessarily drug users. TCMP is introduced as a program for the development of inmates while they are awaiting trial. The intake interview in the iail setting is done by a Counselor to newly admitted residents. The jas urpose is to elicit information about the resident and provide main Pp! tion about the program and what the expectations are on ada Full and honest disclosure is expected on the resident Me ‘adequate and elaborate information and come up with the oe a treatment plan. prop’ wily committed residents, Counselor participants: Ne Therapeutic Modalitiespuration: 1 hour procedure: the booking procedure, the Counselor/lWDO will duct the initial intake interview to the newly committed esidents using the intake interview form. This is done only in a designated area and one resident at a time. ONE TO ONE COUNSELLING/INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING Duration and Frequency: One to two hours per session/depending upon the needs as designed by the counselor. Participants: Counselor and Resident Procedure: 1. Individual counseling is a helping tool between the residents and counselor. Residents are usually referred to the counselor as needed by peers or staff based on the residents’ behavior. The counselor uses different techniques and methods in counseling. The resident discusses different issues which causes his/ her difficulties. 4. Follow-up sessions will be done depending upon the needs of the resident. 5. The length of the sessions will be determined by the progress of the resident. GROUP COUNSELING STATIC GROUPS rs that The Static Group is a permanent group of bes tly Bin Peen.s of Meet regularly while the residents are in trea’ re at aie tne new. “home” group who provides support for one another ide a forum members of the community. This is designed to proi i i lly facilitated by i expression and disclosure. It is usua ; t Y Senior alse ig the group. It focuses on group relationship and Patterns of behavior. Duration/ Frequency: one hour/once a week Participants: 10-15 residents, Counselor Procedure: 1, Once a resident enters the jail, he/she is assigned to a particular Static group. It serves as a permanent group that addresses the general issues in treatment. It utilizes confrontation from peers to evoke changes in behavior though the group is primarily supportive. The group provides immediate support to new members of the community Each resident member is encouraged in expressing and disclosing personal issues and concerns and receives feedbacks from the other members. Violence and threat of violence are prohibited. 4. For each session the group may discuss any topic of desire or may follow certain themes for a more systematic flow of discussion. 5. By using confrontation identification, su port, affirmatior a hate » Support, affirmation and giving feedback, residents |e, id practice the TC norms and values. on andipgaciece th 6. The residents are oriented to new an on : styles which they can utilize to live a new i. eons personal growth and better relationships, yie and attain 7. When their emotional needs ang robl addressed, their positive behaviors anges as Properly and they will eventually fee! better about theme Bie emerge 8. Focuses on the issues of the “here an, now" ra disclosure of the past is allowed if it affects the ersonal Confidentiality is strictly observed. Present. . The static group does away with negative 5... : ihe employs positive re-socialization through lization relationship with peers. caringEER CONFRONTATION GROUP p participants in Peer Confrontation group are selected by ff and group according to peers like adult members will go tne same date of entry in the facility and same goes with the and young members. Jone in a more compassionate way where each resident try to ne another. Participants confront each other on what they ‘ themselves while in the facility and ask how they are coping Duration/ frequency: one hour! twice a month Participants: 10-15 residents, Coordinator Procedure: 1.. Participants will sit in a circle position. 2. Staff may sit just outside the circle or there may be no staff. 3. There is no particular order of speaking. It is conventional and free — wheeling. 4. Participants may start with a prayer. 5. Participants may then say “What do you say about me? Or Please give me a feedback on my progress here “or how do you see me? 6. Any of the other participants may give an honest, straight- faiward Teeceaee Tone and feeling should be proportionate to the issue. 7. Peer confrontation is done in a compassionate way where each resident try to help one another and identify certain issues which could be a hindrance to his recovery. i i is itment 8. Atthe end ofthe sharing, the residentis asked acommi about issue that he feels uncomfortable dealing with. SECRETS Secrets are a group activity where participants are given the opportunity to unload emotional baggage and thus experience freedom from internal Psychological conflicts.It promotes trust among the participants knowing that each will reveal his utmost secrets to the group. It also aims to deepen mutua| respect among the participants. Duration/ frequency: 1-2 hours/ once a month Participants: Staff, 10-12 residents Procedure: if Form a group of 10-12 residents, preferably of variedly different persons. Each one is instructed to go to a place where they can be alone and free from distractions. In a piece of paper, the resident will write a letter to himself about an event in his life which he has been keeping as a deep secret because it has caused a lot of pain, guilt, shame or anxiety. The letter is written as if he is addressing it to somebody and could start as “Dear friend”. He should not state his name or any name and place which could lead the group as to the writer. He may write it in a way that would not give away any hint. This is done for 30 minute. . The group then converges and all the rolled letters will be placed in a bag. The residents will be seated in a circle. The first one will be asked to pick up a letter and read it aloud to everyone as if he is reading his own letter. The rest will provide advice, moral support, motivation or encouragement to the reader. No criticisms or negative comments are encouraged. . The facilitator admonishes the participants to refrain from curiously trying to find out the owner of the letters. Everyone is likewise admonished to keep the discussions strictly confidential. . After all the letters were read, the facilitator will do a brief processing focusing on the feelings of the participants and how it affected each one of them. The group may choose to pray as a closing ritual. . Before the group adjourns, the facilitators collects the letters and burn them in a clay bag or garbage bin as a symbolic ritual of letting go of all the hurts and pain: aoa them to hinder their future growth. TS aeCOUNTER GROUPS ounter Group serves as a “safety valve” within the aity which is usually high pressured and structured. It is a for members of the community to verbally express pent-up or gative emotions within a structured and safe environment without resorting to violence or aggression and without fear of reprisal. There are strict behavioral norms and 1 tules observed during an encounter group such as no violence or threat of violence, no attack on personal dignity, speak only for oneself and remain seated at all times. The language used in expressing their feelings is seldom restricted though in the Filipino culture, use of foul language is avoided to prevent harboring of negative feelings from the receiver. The primary goal of an encounter group is to raise awareness of behaviors and explore the underlying feelings that led to such negative emotions. Duration! frequency: 1- 1 1/2 hours/ once or twice a week Participants: Counselor, 2 co-facilitators, 8-10 residents Procedure: i i ident stating his 1. A resident may drop a slip on another resident s name, the name of the person he is dropping a Siamiae reason for dropping the slip. Only feelings of hurt, ang and concern can be reasons for encounter. & i ili Iso sta i ‘oose his co-facilitators who are a ; iste he has gathered 2 or 3 slips, he may schedule an encounter group. 4 : i 3. The facilitator will arrange the group in a circle in en ane : thi ies two parties involved are seated opposite each ot ne . 2 ilitator should Be ablotoauide tie fow.alconversation Oe ee skilled enough to interrupt anytime he feels ang Ste of the group is being compromised. ne fe of the encounter should pass through the four (4) 4. The flow Pong i involves verbalization of : This phase invol e a) Confrontation: et Benoa of emotions that has caper joked during interpersonal interactions with prossident. Regardless of the cathartic nature of SO ea the rules of the encounter group should e 5 eeected. The focus should always be abo always Pe feels because of the behavior of the other There should never be any attack on one’s persona but rather on his/her behavior. Each should be alloweg to express himself before a rebuttal is allowed. Name. calling and other hostile languages may not resolve te problem and may even heighten the animosity between both parties. This phase consist mainly of exchange of verbal expressions of emotions as a way of release, b.) Exploration: In this phase, all the feelings that were expressed are further examined and explored and find out how it could have resulted in such way in order to evoke awareness on the connection of behavior, feelings and attitude. In this phase, blaming or finger pointing at one party is avoided. It will only cause resentment form one party. This phase hopes to enhance the insight of both parties and encourage ownership of one’s mistake and take accountability for his/her actions. It gives both parties the opportunity to examine themselves in relation to their conflict with the other party. c.) Resolution and Commitment: After some realizations and attaining some insights into their behaviors, the ecole are now ready to move to the last phase to practice new behaviors. From the feedbacks received, ae ‘i ei mened will now express how he feels aul ie whole thing and may own up his behavior as caused the conflict. He then goes on to Structured social event where i unter will have ample time = euices they have offended or hurt idan Se is to achieve closure, reaffirm ete the unity of the community $2 , can move on and leave the pastEXTENDED GROUP The Extended Groups (Probe, Marathon) of 5-12 residents and is being facilitated b: members. are usually composed y 2 highly trained staff It may last for 8-72 hours. The participants must have at least 4 months in the program and have shown adequate stability before he can be included in the activity. It is a potentially intimate and intense session which needs a significant amount of preparation. It focuses on the “here and now” but allows a deeper exploration of issues that affects new behavior. Special subjects may be the focus such as sexuality, trauma, etc. PECIALIZED P: LOSS AND BEREAVEMENT Duration/frequency: one hour once a week y Participants: 10 — 15 residents fs : ae Procedure: : y 4. Facilitator is knowledgeable in conducting the sessions and : managing the time. 2. The group is very supportive and compassionate. ilitator discusses the process of grieving and the impact 3 a fern mad feeling, attitudes and behavior derived from ol a the loss of a loved one. ; 7 lor gives some suggestions on how they woul a ty Situation appropriately when there was another similar situation. ra 2 og ions, each participant was required to wi oe ve St meane or a buddy to tell about the past and what tee al do in the future regarding losses.WOMEN’S GROUP Duration/ frequency: one hour once a week/ might last for six sessions Participants: 8-15 residents, Counselor Procedure: 1 Held once a week and run by TC personnel. It provides an opportunity for all female residents to share and discuss their feelings on women’s issues: family, relationship, self- identity, self-image, societal role and reproductive issues. Issues to be tackled are gender specific problems and aims to help female residents identify their challenges and needs. Residents are helped to explore and understand the relationship between women’s issues and their influences on them. It enhances self-understanding among women, . They can also help each other through mutual support and concern. MEN’S GROUP Duration/ frequency: 1 hour once a week Participants: 8-15 residents, counselor Procedure: fe Topics include expression of feeling, dealing with feeling and how to avoid a family conflicts, sexuality and sexual re| Group sessions enabled each of them to identi the feeling related to the trauma and lessons es those experiences. The counselor who raised the issue will conduct it. reveal of true self, busive relationship, lationships. be the one toCATION SUPPORT GROUP Duration/ frequency: as long as the residents are on medication Participants: Residents on medications and Jail health personnel Procedure: Counselor holds the group once a week who are on medical and psychiatric medication. Group members are educated on different kinds of medical and psychiatric problems and its effects. Sharing on the intake of medicines and its side effects of taking it. Cohesiveness is enhanced. Share and discuss how to face their difficulties, coping with the disease and problems encountered while they are on medications. ANGER Duration/ frequency: 1% hours for 6 weeks/as needed/curriculum- based Participants: 10-15 residents Procedure: ae 23 Facilitated by a counselor. i jres are provided to the residents to answer pues icy demonstrated their anger before they came for treatment and while in the facility and how they go through it. Participants are selected based on interview and attitude showed while in treatment. roup is an avenue for the residents to know their eer feelings and acquire new knowledge and information on how to deal with their feelings on different situation and personalities.PRE-RELEASE INTERVIEW Participants: Resident/s to be released from jail, IWDO, Admin and OD Duration: 1 hour Procedure: / 1. IWDO should coordinate with the Paralegal Officer to monitor the status of the case of the residents. If possible, immediate member of the family is/are present before the residents will be released from jail. Do a pre-release interview to conduct an assessment of the resident's potentials and map out plans after his release from jail. 2 IWD should coordinate with service providers for his/her referral for aftercare.