Introduction
My practicum site is with a company called Systemic Effects, which focuses on Marriage and Family Therapy. Due to my inability to sit in on sessions with clients, my observation was during a meeting between one of the therapist and a website designer that was going to help market the company. The licensed marriage and family therapist that I was observing has a bachelor’s degree in business, a master’s degree in mental health, and a PhD in marriage and family therapy. Due to this therapist’s degree in business, he is responsible for starting up Systemic Effects and maintaining the marketing and management aspect of the company. In addition, he is also a therapist for the company. The designer for the web page works for a company …show more content…
I learned about their educational backgrounds, past job experiences, how Systemic Effects came about, and about their family’s. However, during this conference meeting to rebrand Systemic Effects, I was also able to learn about the demographics of the cliental, what they specialize in, and the community outreach the company is involved with. This specific person that I had the opportunity to observe informed me that he specializes in trauma and has many contracts with different cities in Florida. For example, he has a contract with Miami, and after the Parkland Shooting, he went to South Florida to assist the victims. Systemic Effects prides itself on EMDR therapy, which stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and reprocessing. This technique “stimulates [our] inherent information processing system and allows the traumatic experience to be properly processed” (Feener, 2004). This form of treatment is often used with those who experience post traumatic stress disorder. PTSD is most often associated with those in the military, but can be caused by a variety of events. The therapist that I observed was in the NAVY and is very passionate about helping service members re-acclimate to civilian life after deployment and work through their PTSD. If I had not attended this conference meeting, I would not know what the foundation for what Systemic Effects is built on, or what is valued to the company. I would also not have known what EMDR was or how it can help a client. It is important to know this information when in a work environment so you can better suite your cliental, as well as be able to represent the company properly. All of this information that I learned was given to the designer of the website in order to portray it on the website to potential clients as
My practicum site is with a company called Systemic Effects, which focuses on Marriage and Family Therapy. Due to my inability to sit in on sessions with clients, my observation was during a meeting between one of the therapist and a website designer that was going to help market the company. The licensed marriage and family therapist that I was observing has a bachelor’s degree in business, a master’s degree in mental health, and a PhD in marriage and family therapy. Due to this therapist’s degree in business, he is responsible for starting up Systemic Effects and maintaining the marketing and management aspect of the company. In addition, he is also a therapist for the company. The designer for the web page works for a company …show more content…
I learned about their educational backgrounds, past job experiences, how Systemic Effects came about, and about their family’s. However, during this conference meeting to rebrand Systemic Effects, I was also able to learn about the demographics of the cliental, what they specialize in, and the community outreach the company is involved with. This specific person that I had the opportunity to observe informed me that he specializes in trauma and has many contracts with different cities in Florida. For example, he has a contract with Miami, and after the Parkland Shooting, he went to South Florida to assist the victims. Systemic Effects prides itself on EMDR therapy, which stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and reprocessing. This technique “stimulates [our] inherent information processing system and allows the traumatic experience to be properly processed” (Feener, 2004). This form of treatment is often used with those who experience post traumatic stress disorder. PTSD is most often associated with those in the military, but can be caused by a variety of events. The therapist that I observed was in the NAVY and is very passionate about helping service members re-acclimate to civilian life after deployment and work through their PTSD. If I had not attended this conference meeting, I would not know what the foundation for what Systemic Effects is built on, or what is valued to the company. I would also not have known what EMDR was or how it can help a client. It is important to know this information when in a work environment so you can better suite your cliental, as well as be able to represent the company properly. All of this information that I learned was given to the designer of the website in order to portray it on the website to potential clients as