MASK THERAPY
VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE
This therapy believes that each individual uses defense mechanism to cover their true personality for their own benefits , for other people to accept them when they are interacting or communicating with them. A strategy of distorting reality used by the ego to defend itself against the anxiety provoked by the conflicts of everyday life. And defense mechanism will lessen the self- confidence of an individual because they don't express and show their real personality for other people to accept them for what they are. Their environment is the big factor why they act and think of that therapy, their environment become judgmental in that case they never show their own to be not neglected and to be accept to the society. Too much expectation to them from other people motivates them to strive through defense mechanism.
DEVELOPING MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR
The Maskirian therapists believe that maladaptive behavior is being develop in developing a defense mechanism. This maladaptive behavior is being develop because they don't want to disappoint other or even their selves. When people loss the sense of courage in facing the real life situation they become inferior. They exaggerated feelings of weakness and a belief that they can't over come one's difficulties. But when people succeed in using defense mechanism they gain courage and sometimes they become superior. They achieve their ultimate goals in striving that motivates an individual to keep his or her true personality. The use of unrealistic striving is for the benefits of everybody.
FUNCTION OF THE THERAPISTS
Maskirian therapists helps the clients to lead to their perspectives. Therapists also function as educator to help the clients to built strengths for their personality. The Maskirian, works to establish and maintain an accepting and encouraging the clients to face real life situation.
GOALS OF THERAPY
Maskirian therapists goal is to help people to develop a sense of accepting behavior. To decrease a sense of inferiority and change it to a better one. Developing socialization with others by showing what you are without keeping your personality and to be unrealistic.
MAJOR METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
The therapeutic techniques that maskirian therapists use are the following:
· BACKGROUND
- gathering information about the clients
· TRACING
- looking for the reason why the client react and act like that. The possible reason in clients action.
· INTERPRETING
-give your clients a situation and let the client react on the given situation and as therapists you will give your interpretation.
· REFLECTION
-the therapists will give a scenario and let your client reflect in the given scenario. And it also develop sense of realization.
APPLICATION
Maskirian therapy has been applied to a wide variety of clinical issues. This approach can be applied and illustrated to the case of Xander.
In the classroom scenario, Xander is one of the grade IV students, studying in an exclusive private school, with a full scholarship in their school administrator. This is a big opportunity for Xander because his parents are unable to send him to school.
Xander is one of the many children who is wishing for a wealth, but unfortunately his not one of them. As the school year start, it is a big adjustment for Xander. Coping with others is a hard time for him, specially they are not in the same level. He is neglected by somebody that as time goes by he didn't take it anymore.
One of Xander's classmate talk to him, " Hi Xander, I though your a poor guy, I'm a right? and if yes, you don't have place here specially being our friends." Then Xander think, then immediately said, " Of course not, I'm not one of them, I have lots of toys and gadgets and eat delicious foods same with you and to all of you, is that enough? he replied. "That's fabulous, now your one of my and our friends" then he smiled.
But as the issue grow, Xander never take it anymore, he has no alibi to think off. So the therapists talk to Xander, Maskirian therapists let Xander realize the whole situation. Xander's replied is , " I do that for alibis, for my environment to accept me for what I'm".
Then as Xander realize all things, he become responsible and felt a keener of achievement and face the reality of life.
