Pursuit of HAppiness
Running Head: PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Pursuit of Happyness: Using Solution-Focused and Narrative Therapy Approaches
PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Abstract
Pursuit of Happyness is a movie where a man, Chris Gardner is a salesman that goes from one medical facility to another trying to sell portable medical x-ray machines. When his sales do not go as planned, Chris and his family end up losing their home, his wife leaves, and he is left to provide for his 5 year old son. As the movie progresses, Chris and his son must go from living in a motel, to a homeless shelter, to living wherever he could find to sleep. In my paper, I will present the issues of the family, challenges that they faced, and the use of Solution Focused Therapy and Narrative Family Therapy to aid the family in addressing their presenting issues and finding ways to communicate their feelings of abandonment and sadness.
PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Pursuit of Happyness: Using Solution-Focused and Narrative Therapy Approaches
In the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, Will Smith plays Chris Gardner, a salesman who is trying to sell portable x-ray machines to various physicians. In the movie, Gardner was a struggling salesman that was having a difficult time selling the machines. In the movie the biopsychosocial issues that were affecting the family was that the wife, Linda was on the verge of leaving her husband Chris and their 5 year old son Christopher. The family was faced with financial issues and these issues eventually ended up with the family being evicted from their home. The mother left her family, which eventually became homeless and living in poverty. Chris and his son Christopher were homeless throughout the movie and were forced to move from one location to another.
In the movie, Chris and his son moved from a motel room to a homeless shelter before being forced to move from one location to another after having to leave the homeless shelter. According to Macdonald
Pursuit of Happyness: Using Solution-Focused and Narrative Therapy Approaches
PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Abstract
Pursuit of Happyness is a movie where a man, Chris Gardner is a salesman that goes from one medical facility to another trying to sell portable medical x-ray machines. When his sales do not go as planned, Chris and his family end up losing their home, his wife leaves, and he is left to provide for his 5 year old son. As the movie progresses, Chris and his son must go from living in a motel, to a homeless shelter, to living wherever he could find to sleep. In my paper, I will present the issues of the family, challenges that they faced, and the use of Solution Focused Therapy and Narrative Family Therapy to aid the family in addressing their presenting issues and finding ways to communicate their feelings of abandonment and sadness.
PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Pursuit of Happyness: Using Solution-Focused and Narrative Therapy Approaches
In the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, Will Smith plays Chris Gardner, a salesman who is trying to sell portable x-ray machines to various physicians. In the movie, Gardner was a struggling salesman that was having a difficult time selling the machines. In the movie the biopsychosocial issues that were affecting the family was that the wife, Linda was on the verge of leaving her husband Chris and their 5 year old son Christopher. The family was faced with financial issues and these issues eventually ended up with the family being evicted from their home. The mother left her family, which eventually became homeless and living in poverty. Chris and his son Christopher were homeless throughout the movie and were forced to move from one location to another.
In the movie, Chris and his son moved from a motel room to a homeless shelter before being forced to move from one location to another after having to leave the homeless shelter. According to Macdonald
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