Types Of Behavioral Therapy ( Cbt )

What we bring as a person to the counseling room determines the direction we take with our clients. Coming from what I describe as a dysfunctional family and my questions of why is my family the way it is, why do I behave or think the way I do I drown to the family counseling theory. Many people including myself have why questions about their family. Some of those why questions are, “why is my family like this, where did I get this habit from, will my family ever change? The family systems approach helps solve some of those why questions.

Lauren’s mother succumbed to the troubles of the world and was addicted to drugs while she was pregnant. Her mother’s addiction caused the severity of Lauren’s

Gladding, S. T. (2010). Family therapy: History, theory, and practice (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson.

Family is something that plays a tremendous role in our life. Even though the structure of families has changed over the years, it is important to acknowledge that there many families out there whether they are traditional families, nuclear family, stepfamilies or others which tend to have different types of problems in their families. Therefore, many families attempt to go to family therapy in order for them to obtain help in solving the different types of issues they might have at home. As stated in the book Family Therapy by Michael P. Nichols (2013), “The power of family therapy derives from bringing parents and children together to transform their interaction… What keeps people stuck in their inability to see their own participation in the problems that plague them. With eyes fixed firmly on what recalcitrant others are doing, it’s hard for most people to see the patterns that bind them together. The family therapist’s job is to give them a wake-up call” (2013).

Ashley is a young woman like many in today’s society born in 1985 to a single, teenage mother. However, her story is a success story. Therefore, she survived, although all odds were stacked against her. Due to her mother’s inability to provide for her, the Florida Foster Care System was her home from the tender age of 3 until her adoption at the age of twelve. During that decade, she resided in 14 different foster homes along with her brother. During this period, her brother and other children endured an abusive life which included beatings with a wooden paddle, starvation, made to drink homemade hot sauce, molestation and verbal abuse which led Ashley and her brother to attend a different school each time their foster home changed. She witnessed the tragedy of her uncle being shot and she experienced her own tragedy when thrown from a moving vehicle.

This paper evaluates the Structural Family Therapy model and its impact on the Emotionally Focused Therapy by Sue Johnson. This paper will discuss the concepts of therapy utilized within the Structural Family Therapy model and how Sue Johnson utilized many of its methods when constructing Emotionally Focused Therapy model. The history of family therapy will be evaluated and the goals of family therapy. Research has proven that due to these clinical practices, families and couples are allowed to evolved issues in which they face into healthy relationships by evaluating patterns in behaviors and past events in their lives. Therapy focuses on the correction of the dysfunctional family as a cohesive unit and does not place focus on the individual. Therefore we find the psychotherapy as a family unit deems to be more effective than previous practices of an isolated session with only the patient and therapist.

Tracey’s mental disturbance onset and frequency are correlated with family change or family crises. Thus, the most effective and “best fit” modality is the structural family therapy. Supported by our readings Walsh and class PowerPoint and (SOMETHING ELSE), utilizing a strength-based perspective can allow Tracey to safely uncover unhealthy and healthy patterns in her biological family and new foster family. Once this is accomplished, this modality will guide the social worker through the family’s subsystem and the cohesiveness and adaptability of each family member characteristics. The social worker could explore parental authority and leadership in African American families and explore how that may be similar or different to what Tracey may

The Moore family is a family that is made up of three generations, starting with the grandparents, parents, along with the children. The Moore family also consist of multiple racial groups, such as African American and Caucasian that causes divided within the family because of the cultural differences within each group. The Moore family is made up of Jessica, Caucasian mother, Ed, African American father, Derrick, adopted African American son, Terrence, Jessica’s biological biracial son, and Debbie, Ed’s biological biracial daughter. With the listing of the both husband and wife along with the children, it is clear that this family has encounter a few life transitions, trajectories, cohorts, turning points, and life events. Understanding life course perspective will assist with understanding the family dynamics that are displayed within the Moore family. Life transitions, trajectories, cohorts, turning points, life events, along with other terms will be defined and discussed to fully examine the Moore’s family behavior and life events that guided their family’s development. With all of the issues that the Moore family has encountered both Jessica’s and Ed’s marital problems may be seen as the core of their family’s dysfunction, therefore, this will be explained under the life course perspective.

Have you ever seen a homeless child, sitting on the edge of the road, who is too modest to ask or take, money or clothes from anyone, and just thought to yourself, “somebody out there should take this child in?” Chances are that one of you in this room has seen that, because one out of every thirty kids in the United States falls under this unfortunate category. As this independent study rises, the amount of foster parents meeting proper qualifications continues to decrease by around five percent every year (Martha White: “One in Thirty”). Whatever your view on this is, the contradiction of those two statistics can be traced back to about eighty percent of all foster families have had or currently do have an issue with substance abuse (“Facts

The family is made up of five people: Claudia, the IP; Carolyn, mother; Laura, the sister; Don, the brother; and David, the father. The family is coming into therapy because there have been mounting concerns about Claudia and her behavior—acting out, staying out late, some fairly typical teenage stuff. For the purpose of this paper, I will be starting at the beginning where the family is first coming into therapy. I will first school that I will apply is Structural Family Therapy and the second school is Bowen Family Therapy.

The goal of each session is to manage anxiety and increase the client’s level of differentiation, incorporating “I-statements” (Goldenberg, Goldenberg, 2013, p. 227). The evaluation interview begins with a telephone call between a combination of family members (Goldenberg, Goldenberg, 2013, p. 223). A therapist is to remain neutral and avoid being triangled into family issues. Sessions focus on symptoms in relation to the presenting problem (Goldenberg, Goldenberg, 2013, p. 223). The counselor gages each member’s perspective of the issue, while remaining aware of patterns of emotional functioning (Goldenberg, Goldenberg, 2013, p. 223). Sessions conclude with intentions to understand third-generation family systems. This part of the technique

One theory that would be implemented with Ana is behavioral therapy (BT). According to Shillingford-Butler and Theodore (2013), BT provides positive reinforcement for appropriate behavior and penalizes students to reduce unwanted behavior which can be effective for students with ADHD. Therefore, the counselor would implement BT with Ana by using contingency contracts, modeling, and homework to work on specific skills (Henderson & Thompson, 2011). Presenting concerns that would be addressed with Ana within the context of BT include having a hard time focusing on tasks and forgetting to turn in her homework. According to BT, both problems would fall under the category of performing a task (Henderson & Thompson, 2011). The counselor could support

Becvar, D. & Becvar R. (2009). Family therapy: a systemic integration. (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.

The different type of Mental Health services is psychotherapy, supportive therapy, cognitive therapy, interpersonal therapy, behavioral therapy. The Cognitive therapy is used for general anxiety because it mainly treated by decrease individual faulty perceptions and negative attitude and how they react to life situation and help the patient test the validity of the reaction. The supportive therapy can help for severe depression because it mainly gives advice and reassurance, making suggestion, discussion of alternative behavior and problem-solving techniques, which this reduce isolation because this is the main cause of depression. The treatment of people who suffer PTSD is psychotherapy or both with medication because the disorder develops

The objectives that will bring us closer to accomplishing this goal follow. One, Fitch, Sinclair, and I open discourse between them as a couple, in order to get them comfortable with communicating about simple topics. Two, we approach more sensitive subjects, especially unplanned pregnancy, safe sex, continuing the relationship when Fitch’s Amish family arranged her marriage with her boyfriend, and future implications of the relationship. Three, we will find and apply tools and techniques to use in the future to maintain communication established in therapy. Also, to aid Fitch in bringing her brother back home, Katie, her family, and I will complete similar therapeutic interventions on a family basis instead of on a couple’s basis. To elaborate, Fitch, Sinclair, and I will have couple’s therapy sessions, and Katie, her family, and I will have family therapy sessions for twelve weeks. In couple’s therapy, we will also create a plan to facilitate future communication by having Fitch and Sinclair write to each other at least once a week. Addressing family issues, I would have Fitch’s father practice active listening during therapy and at home, so Katie and her mother can feel more comfortable speaking with him. Again, we will know we have completed our goals when Fitch and Sinclair are able to communicate more effectively, and when family matters at home are