discuss about Structural Family Therapy and how I would go about the process of having a family in a therapy session. Structural Family Therapy was developed by Harry S. Aponte (Psychotherapy.net.). Structural Family Therapy is about dealing within the environment of the family. It was mainly developed from coming in contact with poor people and families such as Blacks and Puerto Ricans. It focus on people who come from devastated communities and families. Structural Family Therapy is all about being active
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In Strategic Family Therapy‚ the therapist’s role in this theory is that the therapist is a consultant‚ an expert‚ and a stage director (Bitter‚ 2014). The therapist is in control. The therapist’s responsibility is to develop a plan or a strategy for solving the client’s problems. In the initial phase of therapy‚ the goals are established‚ a plan is developed‚ and therapeutic strategies are designed to address the problems. The therapists that called into the counseling sessions‚ allow for the plan
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John‚ Sally‚ and their daughter Mary came into therapy wanting to help deal with current issues relating to Mary’s depression and self-harm. They had discovered that Mary had been occasionally cutting herself as well as isolating herself in her room for long hours. Sally had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer‚ which was successfully operated on‚ and was in remission. From an object relations perspective much of the family’s relationship and way of dealing‚ or in this case not dealing with
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Experiential Family Therapy (EFT) emerged from humanistic psychology and focused on the “here-and-now” experience. Techniques from expressive therapies were incorporated into systems thinking‚ linking the emotional impact of the individual with family interactions (Anderson‚ Berry‚ & Roger‚ 2013). Like most forms of therapy‚ EFT goal is to strength the family unity by using active experiences. Additionally‚ emphasis is placed on the self-esteem development or increase of each members involved.
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Professional Identity: Marriage and Family Therapist Liberty University Abstract The attitude‚ body language‚ motivation‚ and values which define a person’s work have a lot to do with one’s professional identity. A person’s professional identity has to do with knowing who they are at the current point in time and knowing who they want to be in the future. Knowing and understanding what that professional role is‚ brings not only pride to self‚ it also challenges the person to promote growth
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Introduction The first interview in the therapy process is done in order to build alliance with the family (Nichols‚ 2012). It is also important during the first interview to develop a hypothesis identifying what could be maintaining the presenting problem for the family and outline expectations for the treatment process (Nichols‚ 2012). This paper will discuss how building an alliance‚ developing a hypothesis‚ and outlining expectations of treatment applies to the Vargas case study. Building Alliance
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Ethical Analysis of Vignette 5 In considering the potential ethical issues and related theory in Vignette 5 a number of issues have been outlined and discussed below. Ethical Issues In investigating potential ethical issues of Vignette 5‚ Carla had knowledge that Simon was divorced which may have been an act of self disclosure on Simon’s behalf. In considering whether this disclosure was in Carla’s best interest‚ this could potentially be identified as an area of contravention of the Australian
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Jason Crenshaw 09-09-2013 Marriage and Family Development Outline Chapters 6 & 7 Chapter 6: Romance‚ Love and Loving Relationships. Loving and Liking Love as both as emotion and a behavior 1. Self-Love 2. Friendship Love and Friendship 1. Enjoyment 2. Acceptance 3. Trust 4. Respect 5. Mutual support 6. Confiding 7. Understanding 8. Honesty What is Love? Love is an elusive concept. Characteristics of Love 1. Love is Multifaceted 2. Love is based on respect 3. Love is often demanding Caring‚ Intimacy
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Marriage and Family Reaction Paper 1 October 12th‚ 2014 Theoretical Perspectives on Families (also known as paradigms) are sets of concepts and assumptions about how families work and/or how they fit into society. The two different perspectives that I am going to discuss are the Feminist perspectives and the Family Development Theory. (Reference: Textbook) Feminist perspectives: Due to the feminist movement between the 1960’s-1970‚ new ways of thinking have arose. There are more conversations and
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Marrone Professor Miller Levy SOWK 544 18 September 2015 #1 Joseph In Joseph’s vignette‚ one has to ask: “What is the social worker trying to accomplish?” According to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics‚ the task of the social worker is to augment human well-being and focus on meeting the client’s basic needs‚ while empowering him/her (p.2). It is ironic though because in the vignette this is breached. Since the supervisor already suspects abuse‚ I as the social
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