The Fusion Model in practice: A case study

? Let me present Jo who came along with panic attacks and loss of hope about her future. Jo is based on a true client, anonymised for ethical compliance.

In outlining what happened with Jo I will be able to give a brief illustration of how the model moves effortlessly from counselling into coaching and provides a?blueprint?and?toolbox of skills?that allows practitioners to safely and?easily integrate the two previously separate paradigms of counselling and coaching.

Jo

Jo was a successful makeup artist with her own business. However, when she started to tell me her story, she broke down as she recounted increasing anxiety and panic attacks which now dominated her life, effectively taking away her ability to work.

Problems began after her mother unexpectedly died of a stroke whilst driving to work.?Now Jo found that, whenever she got behind the wheel of her own car, her head pounded, her breathing got tight and she thought she would pass out. She’d had several dramatic trips to A&E but all the tests revealed no physical problem and no issues with her brain, heart or blood pressure. However, she was now having up to 8 episodes a day, avoiding driving and putting off family outings and holidays. She feared for her health, her sanity, the future of her business and her relationship.

The starting point for working with Jo was to ask her to fill out?Fusion’s Continuum of Wellbeing?feedback?sheet, which links innate needs to subjective wellbeing, giving an?‘ok?or?‘not ok’?overview that helps the practitioner quickly assess whether the work is likely to have a stronger counselling or coaching bias.

The Model

Based on?Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, the Fusion Model acknowledges that?all human beings have a range of physical and emotional needs and, if those needs are met in balance, life feels good.

The Fusion?SAFE SPACE?algorithm used on the?Continuum of Wellbeing?feedback sheet cites?Safety and security, the receiving and giving of Attention, Fun with family and friends, Emotional intimacy, Status, Privacy, Achievement, Control and Engagement with life?as essential for emotional wellbeing.

Jo’s feedback clearly showed she was currently in the ‘not ok’ zone. She did not feel safe in her own body, was not giving attention to others, had stopped having fun with family and friends, lacked her previous status, had little sense of achievement and felt she had lost control of her life; all because of the endless anxiety and distressing daily panic attacks.

Tomorrow: The sessions

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