The short-term goals are: 1) Help the couple to describe the details of their current financial situation by externalizing the financial problem from their relationship. The therapist provides nonjudgmental support by being sensitive and empathetic especially toward their feelings, and explores their current financial situation and struggle. Assist the causes of their financial struggle by reviewing their history of spending and income. 2) Help them to verbalize their feelings of depression, hopelessness, and shame, which are related to their financial status, especially for Tommie. The therapist explores Tommie’s feelings of hopelessness that associated with the financial problem, and assesses the depth and seriousness of Tommie’s feeling of discouragement as the result of financial problem. Use of enactment in order the couple talk to each other directly and hear each other’s feelings. It is important for both of them to have enough understanding of the other partner’s feelings and inner struggles. 3) Identify personal features that make undisciplined spending possible for Tommie. The therapist assesses Tommie’s depression level and the …show more content…
The therapist assesses the client level of insight and find an agreement between the couple in which covers both of the partner’s concerns. It is vital for the therapist to recognize the level of the motivation to change in both partners together as well as separately. Assess Tommie for any related disorder such as depression to an adjustment disorder. Assess for any issues of age, gender, or cultural differences that could help the couple explain the problem and the behavior that are related to the problem, and help the couple to better understand each other’s behavior. Determine for the severity of Tommie’s depression (mild, moderate, severe), and assess constantly the level of severity to be efficacy to the
of the therapy, the client meets the therapist to describe specific problems and to set goals they
Many children await the day when they can be considered grown up. For them it represents a time where they possess more rights and privileges. However, for middle children which are between the ages of 7 through12 this time may seem more like a nightmare because it marks the time when they undergo physical and mental changes. These physical and mental changes have a major impact on their development. The subject in this scenario is a little boy named Mark who is being bullied at school by a group of older boys to the point that he has received bruises from the encounters. As a result, Mark dislikes going to school for the fear of being embarrassed or hurt and the looming threat of recurring bodily harm if he asks for help from the teachers. This situation has become so serious that Mark is barely eating and has withdrawn himself from his peers in efforts to avoid the boys who are bulling him. After examining the above scenario, this paper will explain Mark’s different issues based on signs of biosocial, cognitive and psychosocial development and discuss what should be done to help Mark succeed in his current situation based on research.
Gehart, D. R., & Tuttle, A. R. (2003). Theory-based treatment planning for marriage and family therapists. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.
1. Which firms are the “identical twins” of the Collinsville investment? Using the β’s for those assets and the methodology learned in this course, determines the appropriate discount rate for the Collinsville investment.
The applicants are morally correct as long as their action promotes their long term interest. If their action produces or will produce for them a greater outcome of good, versus evil in the long hall than any other alternative, than that action is the right one to act on, and the individual should take that to be a moral act. An Assessment of Morality by Ethicsinbusiness.net
According to the researchers the increased value results from an opportunity to utilize a specialized resources which arises solely as a result of the merger (Jensens & Ruback, 1983; Bradle, Desai and Kim , 1983). For creating operational and financial synergies managers believe that two enterprises will be worth more if merged than if operates as two separate entities. Thus, the two companies, A and B:
1. What is meant by the globalization of human capital? Is this inevitable as firms increase their global operations?
IgG – funtions in neutralizing, opsonation, compliment activation, antibody dependent cell-mediated cytocity, neonatal immunity, and feedback inhibition of B-cells and found in the blood.
On August 15, 2016, Mr. Tom Turner, a 21-year-old African-American, was referred by his probation officer for a drug evaluation. Mr. Turner had been charged with driving under the influence for a second time, and his recent blood alcohol content was .14. He completed the Alcohol Safety Action Program. Turner is single and works full-time as a dental assistant.
Graduates with a Marriage and Family Therapist are trained mental health professionals who have a family-oriented perspective and treatment approach.
It takes very special people to want to make a difference in people’s lives, to want to help them to be better. Some people seek to become counselors after overcoming a most important life challenge. The individuals that seek the profession of marriage and family therapy do not think of this work as a job or career, more typically a constellation of life experiences that demand explanation and a sense that others seek one out for assistance and emotional sustenance become driving forces leading one to counseling profession (An Invitation to Counseling Work).
The Goals and interventions of the Strategic family therapy will apply to Ana’s case because the primarily goals of therapy are to change family dynamics to eliminate or reduce risk taking behaviors. For example, this therapy may bring Ana unconscious thoughts to the conscious level, if she allows the counselor to explore her communication with her family and husband. Ana will experience this though several interventions of the therapy, such as reframing and restructuring. Ana will also experience this through problem solving patterns and her transition into being a mother.
Therapy is often said to be just as much of an art as it is a science. Namely because there is so much that goes into it. To create a successful therapeutic relationship, there are some key elements that need to be a part of the formula. Each therapist may end up having a different recipe, but it is important that a therapist knows what ingredients he or she may need and what they can add for it to be successful. Throughout this paper, this writer will discuss characteristics she hopes to embody as a therapist, as well as the values and skills she wishes to bring with her into a therapeutic relationship.
Based on this conceptualization, the first main goal for therapy is to increase differentiation in both Jack and Diane. By raising differentiation in Jack, his emotional reactivity will be reduced, he will be able to differentiate thoughts from feelings and he will increase and his ability to give think when he is emotionally charged. Achieving this goal will allow Jack to recognize that his outbursts are due to emotions of stress and frustration at work. He will also be able to not only recognize his emotional outbursts and reactivity but also develop the ability to give thoughtful consideration to matters even when he is upset. By raising differentiation in Diane, emotional dependency and need to conform will be decreased and her solid self will develop instead of emotionally following
In the vignette, it is mentioned that the client Julie, a 34-year-old African American female, is calling about her son 12-year-old son Derik, who seems to be having an adjustment issue relating to her recent marriage to John. Although Julie indicated that she is calling on behalf of her son’s adjustment problem, she spends most of the time talking about her dissatisfaction at work and within her romantic life. When approaching this case through a solution-focused lens, I would stress to her that anyone who is concerned about the problem situation (Derik’s adjustment problem, although it is apparent there are other issues) should attend the sessions. In the initial intake phase, little information is taken, understanding that the client is the expert in what needs to change; as the therapist, my role is to help her access the strengths she already possesses.