Week 2, Assignment 2

This week’s assignment was a bit challenging.  There were lots of information that ultimately lead me to very useful data.  I am currently doing some research for one of my classes and had difficulty deciding the area I wanted to concentrate on; however, the research we did this week led me to decide on the topic.  My research will focus on Human Validation Therapy.  The sources of information were endless, however, when utilizing what I’ve learned, I was able to narrow down my results to less than 2000.  I was overwhelmed with the sources of information and took me a good 2 hours to narrow down the articles I wanted to use.  I realized that “Inadequate research is merely to gather data and synthesize it” (Research Strategies), therefore,  in order to be successful at gathering information, it is important to remember to take your time and think outside the box and be creative. 

Virgina Satir is a pioneer in Transformational Systemic Therapy and was one of the founders of the family therapy movement. Her beliefs provided her with an unshakable confidence that human growth is natural and are moving in a positive directions.  This is a topic I would like to explore further.