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International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience | ISSN: 1522-4821 | Volume 20
November 26-27, 2018 | Los Angeles, USA
Psychiatry, Mental Health Nursing and Healthcare
World Summit on
Applied Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health
International Conference on
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Operationalize Erik Erikson’s theory of development to empower your life for current and future success
Paula Rainer
Argosy University Virginia, USA
Statement of the problem:
People are not aware of the impact of their social development of the personality on their ability to achieve
healthy relationships and personal success. This workshop will utilize Erik Erikson’s stages of development to empower the life of your
clients. Erikson’s theory of development has eight stages that span across someone’s life time. The family of origin, school, intimate
relationships and extended peer groups impact the development of people. The purpose of the Erik Erikson Stages of Development
is to assist clients in their understanding of past and current developmental stages in their life and gain insight into where they
might be stuck in certain areas in their life (Vogel-Scibilia, Cohan McNulty, Baxter, Miller, Dine, Frese III, 2009). Erikson’s theory of
development identifies socialized developmental experiences throughout the life that mold the personality, social development and
perspective of identity juxtaposition to others. This is a powerful theory that helps lead clients to the discovery of their development
from birth to their elderly years. This theory provides a look at people’s past and a guidebook for their future. Erikson’s theory will help
the client to discover areas of life that need to be unlocked to actualize satisfaction, peace and fulfillment. The tools of this workshop
will help the client to transcend psychological roadblocks that have been unconsciously in their pathway to success. This workshop
demonstrates a life journey inventory to identify previous experiences that have developed resiliency or stagnation in a person’s life.
The discovery of this information will be utilized as a weapon of knowledge, power and transformative change. Upon completing this
workshop, you will have an innovative tool powered by Erikson to assist clients with the knowledge that they always had the power to
move their life forward regardless of internal or external barriers. Finally, this workshop will provide counselors with a guide to give
clients for future planning for an internally empowered life.
plrainer@argosy.eduInt J Emerg Ment Health, Volume 20
DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821-C5-024