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Healing Mother Wounds - New Hope CE Exam For Credit

 
     
 
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New Hope CE Notes, June 30 2001
Dr. Bill Gaultiere
Director of New Hope & Psychologist with ChristianSoulCare.com
(714) 971-4213, DrBill@CrystalCathedral.org

If you're taking this class by CE Notes or tape then complete this exam and turn it into Sheila on T-5 or at SheilaS@CrystalCathedal.org in order to receive credit. 

1. 
Mother's Day should be a happy day for everyone.
F
2.  People often relate to themselves like their mothers did.  F
3. The most important way for mothers to care for their young children is to be nurturing. F
4.   The Bible teaches that God is a Father who is not "mother-like." F
5.  Honoring a parent benefits the parent, but not the child. F
6.   Dr. Bill says that the key to parenting is responding well to second chances. F
  1. Forgiveness is God's way to help us to integrate the realities of _______ and ________.
  2. How does Dr. Bill explain the meaning of honoring your parents?  (He suggested three important aspects.)

    1.    ___________________________________________
    2. ___________________________________________
    3. ___________________________________________

 

9. Match the categories of people with their description.  

Women who don't get flowers                              Caring for sick child
Mothers who don't get flowers at church       Feel they've failed
Mothers embarrassed to get flowers                  Unresolved childhood
Mothers who don't get flowers from kids           Infertil
People who don't send Mom flowers                  Not honoring Mom
                                                   

10. Respond to each of the following caller/chatter comments.  Offer a reflecting feelings response that puts words to what the person is feeling.  Then offer a collaborating on an action step response that you'd use later in the conversation to help engage the person's problem solving abilities. 

46-year old woman who never had children
"I'm never going to church on Mother's Day again!  I cried from when I walked in the door until I left.  First, the greeter said, `Happy Mother's Day!' and gave me a flower and I had to tell her that I'm not a mother.  Then they had all the mothers stand up for special prayers.  And the sermon was all about how special mothers are.  How is that supposed to make me feel?"
Reflect feelings: ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Collaborate on action step: ____________________________________
__________________________________________________________

31-year old mother with 3 children ages newborn to 4
"How am I supposed to celebrate Mother's Day?  I'm nursing my baby and my other two children are sick!  I missed the church service this morning.  Now it's time for dinner and everybody's hungry."
Reflect feelings: ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Collaborate on action step: ____________________________________
__________________________________________________________

49-year old mother with two adult children
"Just what I needed.  Someone else telling me what I should've done for my kids.  I know I wasn't a very good mother.  I just wish I didn't have to be reminded of it again on Mother's Day.  It's too late for me to do anything about it now."
Reflect feelings: ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Collaborate on action step: ____________________________________
__________________________________________________________

62-year old mother
"My son didn't even call me today.  I know he's busy, but you'd think he could find time on Mother's Day.  And my daughter just talked about all her problems and then said she needed to go."
Reflect feelings: ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Collaborate on action step: ____________________________________
__________________________________________________________

16-year old girl in the chat room from England
"my mum hates me.  my stepdad sexually asulted me a few years ago.  and i told my mum but she did'nt believe me."

Reflect feelings: ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Collaborate on action step: ____________________________________
__________________________________________________________

54-year old woman
"I'm thinking about my mother.  When I was 4 we were in a car accident and she pushed me out of harm's way, but she died.  It's been 50 years and people say I should just get over it, but whenever there's a special occasion I wish she were here with me."
 
Reflect feelings: ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Collaborate on action step: ____________________________________


 
     
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