Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Analysis

When choosing the precise setting it is important that the site is comfortable and convenient for both parties. It would be beneficial if the site was quiet and had internet connection. This would allow the clinician to have all the resources they needed during the session. Case 7 Al saw Dale and his wife for several sessions of couples counseling. The day after one of their session, Dale called Al in an agitated state and said he “would not live without his wife.”

AMS Counselor met with Paient for a unscheduled individivial session. Counselor assisted Pt. to clarify his goals and discuss strategies for changing. Counselor encouraged Participant to verbalize a realistic description of his medication compliance, which he failed to do so yesterday. Pt. reported that he has been regularly taking his methadone medications as prescribed by AMS Doctor and responding as expected.

When therapist asked client about the alternative behavior, client reported that he tried to talk to the aunt about his oldest sister bossing him around, but his aunt tried to avoid it because she does not want to fight with her. Client reported that he feels angry 2-3 times a week because he argues with his foster sister and feels bad about it. When therapist processed with client his feelings about being stressed by his family. When therapist psycheducated client about the types of anxiety and having anxiety related to study or any future plan is okay since is not preventing him from functioning. apist acknowledged the clients role play.

Cliff Schuman, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. A psychotherapist who works with individuals, couples and families, Cliff blends a background in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and evidence based relational therapeutic approach of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to aid individuals, couples and families in understanding underlying emotions that block us from living our life to its full potential. Cliff provides a warm and genuine setting to explore these challenges in collaborative partnership that allows for growth, expression and action toward the goals of our cherished life.

The text book, The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom with Molyn Leszcz begins with the preface of the fifth edition. In the preface, Irvin D. Yalom introduced Molyn Leszcz as his collaborator and how they met at Stanford University in 1980. He then discussed how they both worked hard collaboratively to combine old and new material to make this edition. Their goals for this edition were to prepare student therapists for the present-day workplace and to keep the current methods from decaying, so that students can gather wisdom and techniques of the field when they get the opportunity to utilize those methods as therapists. Yalom briefly talked about what each chapter in the text would discuss.

A Case Study with Case Formulation and Counselling skills for Children Formulation is one of the core skills practiced by psychologists. The development and maintenance of the client's problems and needs are elicited through a framework drawn on from psychological research and practice. It integrates knowledge acquired through assessment using 'psychological, biological and systemic factors and procedures'. Formulation may involve many hypotheses by drawing on various theoretical models, and provides a foundation for the development of the appropriate psychological intervention (DCP 2010 cited in DCP 2011). Variations of the formulation technique have been applied to develop frameworks specifically for family therapy (Carr 1990).

The client could not understand; yet he was feeling uncertain and this interpretation pinpoint the reason why by connecting his past to his future. 4. What do you think was effective about the therapist’s approach in this session? The session was more open and free formed.

Weekly Integrative Group Analysis 2 1. GOALS: My three goals for the group session are: • Be willing to accept silence after a conflicting situation. • Be willing to voice my thoughts and opinions, without the need for reassurance. • Learn to express my emotions, rather than showing all is well and pleasant, in all situations.

Introduction The purpose of this discussion paper is to discuss a specific issue of the client, Laura, and the intervention model of Attachment Theory. Key features of the intervention model will be addressed, as well as the manner in which the model will be applied to a specific issue experienced by the client. Each of these aspects will be discussed in regards to their helpfulness in the intervention. Issue Statement

According to our reading experiential therapy is use to facilitate creative experiences for family (Hecker, 2015). Furthermore therapist are to use their own personality, spontaneity and creativity in symbolic experiential family therapy (Hecker, 2015). Carl Whitcher a pioneer of this approach objective was to trigger anxiety among the families. According to Cag & Acarb (2015) while working with families, Whitaker teased them through free behavioral and emotional means to provoke them. I believe this technique could potentially cause more harm than good if the family is not capable of handling the therapist probing.

Though it has certain boundaries and limitations, a lot of times Marion may expect the therapist to act as the expert, instead of having to conduct the conversation themselves (Winslade & Cotter, 2002). For these reason, Narrative Therapy can be challenging especially if Marion will not be a good talker or not articulate. There are so many factors, but the only way the therapist can work well with Marion is to make her feel with an amazing self-confidence coupled with intellectual capacity and other narratives will be expressed properly. The therapist can also program some agenda for Marion to support a framework to her narrative to make her tell her stories easier. But the most important aspect of Narrative Therapy is to empower the client (Flaskas, 1999).

However, in some scenarios, deviance in a member of the family is a sign of underlying family dysfunction, the therapist needs to make an alliance with each one of the family members. Managing couples and family therapy can be demanding, along with having advantages and disadvantages. For a beginner therapist, just meeting with the family can be a challenge. Some families can be more noisy and confrontational than an individual therapy session. All to often, couples and families are sent to therapy involuntary, which leads to a high rate of termination in the beginning phase of treatment for the family.

Others in the group are exposed to these behaviors, and this often inspires and provoke and promote change in others in the group. According to M.U.S.E. (2018) it is mainly a support technique. Three objectives and goals for family therapy is to allow each person to have a say about the situation honestly. Family unit can discuss what is bothering them to help them understand the roles of each person in the home and identity how everybody can work through the dysfunction together to have a healthy functioning home. New behavioral skill is learned to correct negative behaviors in the home (M.U.S.E., 2081).

Before reading the textbook Emotional Intelligence I was already aware of the several areas of deficiency. I lack assertion, I feel awkward in certain social situations, and I struggle with bouts of low self-esteem. All of which, were confirmed through the Emotional Skills Assessment Process. The book provided an opportunity for me to explore my emotional mind and understand the definition of emotional intelligence, how to repair it, and how to monitor and manage it. This book taught me that our minds are shaped by how we process and relate to important events and feelings we experience in life.

During these sessions, issues present themselves, and the therapist coaxes the situation so that family members come to recognize and appreciate the socially impaired interactions taking