Couple Co –Therapy Couples counseling in therapy helps couples of all types recognize and resolve conflicts while helping the couple improve their relationships. Through marriage counseling‚ one can make thoughtful decisions about rebuilding their relationship or going their separate ways. This paper will expound on my experience with counseling a couple. I was excited and scared at the same time. In addition to being apprehensive about remembering the skills and theories learned in class Counseling
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Couples Therapy Demonstration Self-Evaluation: Adam & Steve Session 3 What were you (and your co-therapist) trying to accomplish during this counseling session? Stephanie and I were attempting to maintain a structured counseling session that would incorporate previous sessions and advance the utilization of the couple’s treatment plan. We started the session by recapping the last session and bringing back an element that helped the couple strengthen their bond. Accordingly‚ we also wanted to make
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Emotionally-Focused Therapy Related to Attachment Theory Jordan Gies Metropolitan State University PSY 2150 To love and be loved in return is essential for an individual’s happiness. In accordance with many other aspects of life‚ marital status as been linked to influencing ones life in a positive way; making it happier (Stack‚ Eshleman‚ 527). The problem with this is that not all marriages stay healthy and good. With divorce rates raging from 40%-50% in the United States‚ there ends up being a
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Grape Family Anne Reynolds SOWK 545 February 14‚ 2013 Victoria Winsett The Grape Family Family Composition The Grape family in the movie “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” consists of five siblings: Larry‚ Amy‚ Gilbert‚ Arnie‚ and Ellen. The mother and father are now deceased. The father committed suicide sixteen years ago in the family’s basement at the age of forty. The mother recently passed away from complications due to morbid obesity‚ her age unknown. This is a Caucasian family that
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The Family Crucible Christine Lovejoy Activity 7 Dr. Brown As I was reading The Family Crucible‚ I felt as if I was in the therapy session with Carl Whitaker. The book provides an excellent example of family structure‚ and how the system can quickly break-down. The book also provides a detailed account around family relationships‚ personal attitudes‚ values‚ and psychological existence that affect our everyday roles for example‚ the role of a spouse‚ friend‚ and family member (i.e. Sister
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Experiential therapy uses expressive tools and activities‚ such as role playing or acting‚ using props‚ arts and crafts‚ music‚ animal care‚ guided image‚ or various forms of recreation to re-enact and re-experience emotional situations from past and recent relationships. This type of therapy can be beneficial for couples or individual therapy and through developmental learning styles that can be used for personal growth. Experiential therapy was designed to identify with humanistic values‚ understanding
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Book Critique Two: Family to Family Presented to In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for: Bibliographical Entry Pipes‚ Jerry and Victor Lee. Family to Family‚ Families Making a Difference. Lawrenceville‚ GA: Jerry Pipes Productions‚ 1999. Author Information The authors of the book are Jerry Pipes and Victor Lee. Content Summary In the book‚ Family to Family‚ Families Making a Difference‚ the writers detail the major
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For its time‚ narrative therapy was considered radical and unlike past therapies used. The major contributors‚ Michael White and David Epston‚ put aside the main idea and view of the preceding and dominate psychological theories and focused on the person’s story. Both White and Epston were influenced by French post-structural philosopher Michel Foucault. His ideas were largely based on existentialism‚ which gave worth to a person’s own experience. Narrative therapy became a tool to help people
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Eating Disorders and the Family Environment Ashley Gallagher (210331007) SWOK 2035 Professor Lackstrom Section A - Fall Term Final Essay December 1st‚ 2012 Eating disorders are considered to be psychosomatic illnesses that can impair both overall health and psychosocial functioning of individuals‚ primarily in females although the occurrence of eating disorders in males is becoming more frequent. Eating disorders and the analysis of family relationships and interactions is a popular topic
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This paper will evaluate the effectiveness of Brief Narrative Therapy in treating abused women who are in shelters. In addition to living with violence‚ many women who seek shelter have been living in poverty‚ dependent on humanitarian aid‚ and suffering from trauma. Being abused undermines virtually every aspect of a woman’s life; her physical as well as her mental health. Psychiatric effects may include depression‚ suicidal thoughts‚ dissociation‚ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder‚ eating disorders
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