Maudsley Family Therapy

As a therapist I wanted to assess the impact that religion and tradition had on my clients. And, explore how Maria and Andrea were making meaning of their world now that they were living in a single parent household. While collaborating with this family one of the interventions applied during the therapeutic task, was mapping the effects of the problem from being a conflicted mother and daughter, to a mother and daughter in a relationship with conflict. Furthermore, Maria viewed herself as…

Strength perspective model gives older adults control to take care of themselves and to make the decisions. The model believes that older adults have the rights to make choices because they are the expert on their lives and know what are the best fits for them. Often, professional authorities focus on finding solutions to the problems that their clients presented. Instead, professional authorities should focus on what their clients are looking for. They will work together throughout the…

Secondly, the social worker acts as a member of the therapeutic alliance between the client and herself (Rehgr & Antle, 1997). These roles can often conflict, as the social worker has a responsibility to help the client with the issues that he or she presents with, as well as an obligation to the agency to perform the required intervention (Pope & Kang, 2011). Thus, at the first session, it is important for the practitioner to clarify the responsibilities that the he or she has to the agency,…

One of the main ideas behind collaborative family therapy is that the family is the expert. According to Sutherland (2007), collaborative therapists do not try to facilitate change in clients or to elicit a particular outcome, direction, or answer from the clients; the therapeutic goals and tasks emerge from within…

Because I came into this counseling program to better help those individuals who suffer from addiction, I want to be able to balance my personal experience with addiction and my long history of sponsorship with my newly acquired clinical mental health counseling skills. I realize that addiction can be an amazingly difficult problem to treat. I know that it takes a strong minded, experienced sponsor to help individuals find their way to sobriety. I also believe that recovery must go beyond just…

Introduction I have come to understand Narrative Therapy as a way of being, a practice that involves an abundance of curiosity and respecting that insider knowledge we each possess about ourselves and our identity (Laura Beres, personal communication, January 10, 2017). Michael White described narrative therapy as something that should not be reduced to just a method, but instead is perhaps “an epistemology, a philosophy, a personal commitment, a politics, a practice, a life’” (Furlong, 2008, p…

this assignment, Banner Behavioral Health in Phoenix, Arizona was contacted in which Santiago was interviewed. Santiago expressed a preference for psychoeducation therapy and support when dealing with groups suffering with Substance Use Disorders (SUD). The interview encompassed both personal preference and experience with group therapy and contributes to the code of ethics practiced by the facilitator. Questions were formed around goals for group treatment, limits pertaining to content and…

What is a dual relationship? There are several types of dual relationships that can cause ethical problems between therapists and clients. Not all dual relationships have to be between a therapist and a client: it can involve friends, relatives, peers, local communities, etc. A dual relationship is when a therapist assumes multiple roles with a client. Dual relationships occur when: (Thoma and Houser, 2013, pgs 26, 113, 180, 119) - The relationship takes place simultaneously between the…

Ethics within groups is a contentious topic that has continued to elicit mixed reactions from different stakeholders. All the major ethical issues related to individual counseling are also applicable in group therapy, but these issues might be more complex in group therapy because of significant differences that exist between the two modalities. Counselors and other professionals dealing with groups must thus be aware of the different ethical issues that might affect the manner in which they…

would be designed for military personal and their needs. This intervention theory would combine psychotherapy and therapeutic therapy together. Psychotherapy therapy is based upon providing a comfortable environment where the client feels relaxed and comfortable about opening up. He or she would be able to talk about what has happened to him or her. Therapeutic therapy utilized recreation and other activity place interactions to address the person’s needs. This is usually done with clients…