Dr. J has been a School Psychologist in the Twin Rivers USD for the past 23 years. My school office hours currently are 8 am - 4 pm. I enjoy being a school psychologist, working with students, parents, teachers, administrators, as well as being the Highlands High School Golf coach for the past 12 years. I am a Licensed Educational Psychologist and work with private clients; most often consulting with Alta California Regional Center care-homes. My philosophical approach is that every individual has to develop, maintain, and improve upon two distinct relationships; primarily one with themselves and then secondarily, one with others. However, the primary foundational relationship development has to be with one's self. My philosophical approach is follows the 4 C's of trust. I am available to expand those thoughts , however, during the Corona-virus medical crisis, currently we can only carry an on-going discussions by contact at my district email at homer.johnson@twinriversusd.org.
· The relationship with self is a perception of an individual’s sense-of-self that comprises a collection of beliefs, morals, expectations, self-imposed boundaries, values, and ultimately establishes one’s choices made around their purpose in life.
· Ultimately, the individual has to take 100% responsibility for his or her own thinking, feelings, and reactions.
· Thus, the relational self is an individual’s self-perspective that includes various judgments developed around their reflective practices in regards to their own distinguishing characteristics of past, present, and future self, interactions with others, and self-identity to discover the concept of “Who I am.”
· Healthy relationships are built on a foundation of secure attachments, developed in the context of social and/or cultural commitments which are created as a result of involvement with others.
· For that reason, positive collective engagements meeting the social and/or cultural relational expectations that support mutual commitments have the propensity to develop and grow progressively entrenched relationships, as group members perceive they are experiencing relational trust.
· Whereas when one or more people in the relationship grow into interpersonal dissatisfaction, decrease their communication, and avoid self-disclosure, the spiraling deterioration continues to worsen as individual’s drift apart by a loss of trust, betrayal, and a discernment of relational mistrust, eventually terminates the relationship.