Psychoanalyzed Client Analysis

Before going into this session with this simulated client, it was essential for me to find the proper theoretical approach that helped me unravel as much information about Rebekkah Gray and her family background. Each theory looks at a specific point in the client’s life and analyze how each specific event shapes her behavior and understanding of her environment. There were many theories to choose from: Psychoanalytical Therapy, Adlerian Therapy, Existential Therapy, and Person Centered Therapy. In preparation for this session, I was quite unsure on which theory would best fit my approach for assessing this client, and as time began to work against me things began to get frustrating. I wanted to pick a theory that corresponds with my personality and will come more natural without me thinking to hard about what questions to ask. When looking at Persons Centered Therapy; Motivational Interviewing, I found that this approach is more directive in motivation for change. I knew that when working with adolescents it is …show more content…
It is a way to interact with substance-using clients, not merely as an adjunct to other therapeutic approaches, and a style of counseling that can help resolve the ambivalence that prevents clients from realizing personal goals. Motivational interviewing builds on Carl Rogers' optimistic and humanistic theories about people's capabilities for exercising free choice and changing through a process of self-actualization. The therapeutic relationship for both Rogerian and motivational interviewers is a democratic partnership. Your role in motivational interviewing is directive, with a goal of eliciting self-motivational statements and behavioral change from the client in addition to creating client discrepancy to enhance motivation for positive change (Davidson, 1994; Miller and Rollnick,