Current Trends And Integrative Models Of Family Therapy (Obj. 8.2)

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Review the provided literature regarding current trends and   integrative models of family therapy. Research two evidence-based or   integrative models of couples or family therapy and compose a   6-12-slide PowerPoint presentation to be shared with your class. Be   sure to include the following elements for each of the two models:

  1. A brief overview of the model
  2. The target demographic     and presenting concerns the model addresses
  3. The research     supporting the model
  4. Please note: Online students need to     include detailed speaker notes of what would be said if giving the     presentation in person.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment,   solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources   should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be   found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to   beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for   successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the   directions in the Student Success Center.

Counseling Biopsychosocial Assessment based on the trauma scenario

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Identifying Information Client Name: Nicole Gibson

Age: 25 years old

Ethnicity: African American

Marital Status: Single mother

Children: 2 children, ages 5 and 6

 

Background Information Nicole Gibson is a 25-year-old single mother who has two children, a boy and a girl, aged 5 and 6, respectively. Nicole works for a nonprofit organization supported by AmeriCorp that offers self-improvement programs for at-risk youth. Green House is an organization designed to teach young people home-building skills while they earn minimum-wage salary and an annual stipend of $4,000 to pay for college tuition and books. Additionally, the program provides paid time off to pursue a GED or high school diploma along with individual or group counseling opportunities several times a week. Nicole also participates in a program that allows her to live independently in a low-income housing unit while attending school and working. Nicole is raising her two children on a salary of $800 per month and an infrequent child-support check of $200 per month. She has no telephone or car and must travel by public transportation to work and the day-care center. Traveling from her apartment to work, including dropping her children at the day-care center, requires her to take six buses each way every day. Nicole must get up at 4:30 a.m. in order to get her children to day care and herself to work by 8:30 a.m. She gets home at 7:30 at night, despite the fact that she finishes her work day at 4:30 in the afternoon. As a case manager at the housing unit, you meet Nicole during a home visit. Nicole expresses a desire to obtain counseling to assist her with her life skills and family-of-origin issues that have made it difficult for her to function well at work. You agree to see her for counseling once a week for 2 hours. One hour will be used to assist Nicole with life skills such as parenting and home maintenance skills. The second hour will be utilized for counseling.

 

Progress Note from Your First Session with Nicole: As a child, Nicole lived in New Orleans with her parents and older sister, Marcia. Nicole’s parents remained married until she was a teenager. Nicole’s father sexually abused her from the time she was 8 years old through her mid-teens. He forced her to have sexual intercourse with him approximately three times a week. Several of her father’s friends were allowed to sexually abuse her as well. Nicole’s mother was physically, verbally, and mentally abusive, often striking her, calling her names, reading her private journals out loud to other family members, and watching her in the bathroom. On one occasion, Nicole’s mother struck her across the face with a belt buckle, leaving a permanent scar above her upper lip. On another occasion, Nicole’s mother took a poem that Nicole had written and submitted it to a magazine under her own name. Her mother claimed a prize but never acknowledged the fact that it was Nicole’s poem. Her older sister was also physically and verbally abusive to her. Nicole left home when she was 18 years old and married the father of her two children. She referred to this as “getting married to escape hell,” stressing the fact that although she couldn’t stop the “torture” of her family situation, she could leave it behind by getting married. She stated that she left the marriage because her husband was a very “passive” person, and she didn’t want to turn into someone like her mother. Before her marriage, she fell in love with a man named Douglas with whom she now has an estranged relationship. Nicole and Douglas were never sexually involved even though they have been intimately involved on and off for about 8 years. Nicole stated that sex makes her feel “dirty, ashamed, and sick to her stomach.” She hasn’t spoken with or seen Douglas for about 6 months, as he will not return her calls. Nicole has severed all ties with her family of origin since if she speaks with them she will only end up “feeling like dirt and getting real mad.” Although Nicole is not involved at the present time in an intimate relationship, she does find support at her job with coworkers and has one close friend, Vickie, in whom she can confide. Nicole has had difficulties at her job, however. She stated that she gets very upset when anyone gets “in her space.” When the pressures at work become more than Nicole can handle, she feels angry and panicky and “just wants to be left alone.”

 

During the first session, Nicole stated that she didn’t want to do anything but lie in bed. She stated that she often cries all weekend, becomes easily angered by her children, and often resorts to yelling and spanking them. Nicole also stated that she was having difficulty doing chores (e.g., going to the Laundromat or grocery store, cooking, cleaning). There were piles of laundry in her bedroom and trash everywhere, including old food, which reeked. She stated she has had difficulty sleeping at night due to recurrent nightmares of “childhood stuff” and always feels “too tired.” She avoids any situation that reminds her of “family stuff” but is afraid that she’s turning out just like her mother. Nicole possesses a great deal of intelligence and has the ability to seek out support and help when it is needed. She also has a very good sense of humor that she displayed throughout the interview.

 

**What diagnoses are you considering at this time?

**What will be your primary area(s) of exploration at the next session?

 

Second Session with Nicole: Nicole begins the second session with you by describing a situation that occurred during the week at work. A male coworker asked her if she would like to go out for dinner after work one evening, and when Nicole declined the invitation, the coworker lightly touched her shoulder and said, “Oh, come on Nicole, you need a little fun in your life.” Nicole states that she overreacted to this gesture by swinging at the man and striking him on his chest. She tells you she doesn’t know what came over her, but she felt like she was warding off an attack of some kind and couldn’t tolerate having this man touch her. When you ask her if this type of thing has happened on other occasions, she admits that she doesn’t like to be touched by anyone. “It even bothers me sometimes if my own kids grab me when I’m not prepared for it.” Nicole states that she was so upset by this incident that she stayed home from work the next day because she was just “too tired” to get there on time. “My supervisor gets real mad when I’m late, even though I tell him I can’t do anything about it if the bus isn’t running on time. I just didn’t want to deal with it the other day.”

 

You ask her why she thinks she reacted so strongly to her coworker’s touching her the other day.

 

Nicole pauses for several moments and then sighs deeply. “I think it’s related to all that ‘childhood stuff’ with my father. I just can’t get it out of my head. I think it’s going to haunt me for the rest of my life.” Nicole describes several depressive episodes to you in which she felt she just couldn’t move because it took too much energy. During those times, she would forget to eat and would be unable to get to sleep until early in the morning. Her children would constantly ask her, “What’s wrong, Mommy? Why can’t you play with us?” Nicole states that her children’s comments made her feel like a “terrible mother.”

 

When you ask her about her goals for the future.

 

Nicole states that she really doesn’t have any goals, although she would like to go to college and become a teacher. She says she isn’t sure she’ll live long enough to complete an education.

 

**What are some of Nicole’s strengths?

**Are you concerned about the potential for Nicole to commit suicide? If so, how would you assess the potential for danger in her situation?

**What resources might be available to assist Nicole?

**What would be your preliminary diagnosis for Nicole?

**What cultural and psychosocial factors may be impacting this diagnosis?

Social And Cultural Diversity Paper

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Social and Cultural Diversity Paper: Outline (Objective #4.1, #4.2)

Refer to the “Social and Cultural Paper Instructions” for a detailed explanation of the requirements for the Social and Cultural Diversity Paper that you will be developing throughout the course.

In preparation for writing this paper, write an outline that contains the following:

  1. Introduction
  2. Definition of cultural diversity
  3. Main body containing the content guidelines provided in “Social and Cultural Paper Writing Instructions”
  4. Conclusion

APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Upon receiving feedback from your instructor on the outline, you should begin working on the first draft immediately, even though the draft is not due until Week 7.

Social and Cultural Diversity Paper Instructions 

Overview

The Social and Cultural Diversity Paper (1,000 to 1,200 words) requires the student to identify and reflect on possible personal biases regarding gender, religion, sexual or gender orientation, race, socioeconomic status, disability status, or culture. The purpose of this paper is to raise the student’s personal and professional level of awareness regarding the subject of diverse populations.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Process Schedule

The Social and Cultural Diversity Paper assignment will be accomplished in a five-step process, with individual steps submitted and graded regularly throughout the course, according to the following schedule:

1) Outline (Due Topic 4)

2) References (Due Topic 5)

3) First Draft (Due Topic 7)

4) Final Paper (Due Topic 8)

Content Guidelines

When constructing this paper, use a three-part structure according to the following guidelines:

Part 1: Personal Reflection

The first part of the paper requires you to identify information from your own personal history. Use the following questions to help guide your reflections:

1. Identify your personal biases and how those biases may present challenges to you as a mental health professional. Remember, everyone has biases. The point is not to project them onto your clients.

Note: It is preferred you discuss your cultural biases.

2. Describe your personal history by documenting experiences with discrimination you may have experienced and how your cultural background impacted these experiences.

3. Identify memories of contact with those who were culturally different than you, and your experiences associated with these differences. Be specific.

4. How has your life experience affected how you may relate to persons different than you? Be specific.

Part 2: Racism and Discrimination

The second part of the paper requires you to demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of racism/discrimination. Use the following questions to help guide your reflections:

1. Distinguish between stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination.

2. What does it mean to be a subtle racist? Please include a referenced definition and example.

3. Why could there be significant differences in perceptions and values of members within the same ethnic group? Be specific.

Part 3: Multicultural Competence

The third part of your paper requires you to review and reflect on multicultural competence as a professional. Use the following to help guide your reflection:

1. What did you learn about the importance of cultural sensitivity in providing professional services to clients?

2. How do communication styles differ across cultures?

3. How might strategies to build rapport be differentiated based on culture?

4. What resources could help you to become more informed regarding cultural diversity? Cite resources you can use to dispel your personal biases.

5. Provide an example of cultural bias in counseling/psychological research and support your answer with at least one scholarly reference.

6. How could you apply your learning to your future practice as a mental health and wellness professional?

Access and open the Snake Anxiety SPSS data set.

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Before you begin the assignment:

· Read Chapter 14 in your Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics textbook.

· Review the first half of the video tutorial (up to 6:43) for helpful information to answer the questions in this assignment. Please disregard the second half of the video that discusses conducting a repeated-measures analysis (ANOVA), as this is not needed for this assignment.

· Access and open the Snake Anxiety SPSS data set.

An overview of the data set:

This data set represents hypothetical data from a study that examined the level of anxiety that people with a snake phobia felt in three different scenarios. The same people were tested in each scenario. That is, each person experienced all three conditions.

Here is some more information about the variables in this hypothetical data set:

· Number: This is the ID number of the participant

· See_Distance: This is participants’ anxiety (scores could range from 40 to 100, with high numbers indicating higher anxiety) when they saw a large snake that was about 20 feet away.

· See_Close: This is participants’ anxiety (scores could range from 40 to 100, with high numbers indicating higher anxiety) when they saw a large snake that was about 5 feet away.

· Touch: This is participants’ anxiety (scores could range from 40 to 100, with high numbers indicating higher anxiety) when they touched a large snake.

Questions:

1) Briefly explain in your own words the difference between a between-subjects design and repeated measures design.

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2a) Examine the means of the three anxiety conditions.

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2b) Describe the differences that you see between the means.

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3a) Conduct a dependent samples t-test on See_Distance and See_Close.

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3b) Report the results of this test in APA style. Refer to this webpage for help with formatting your results in APA style.

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4) Make up and describe a specific experiment that would call for a repeated measures ANOVA. Be sure to describe each level of the independent variable(s) and to describe the dependent variable. Explain why a repeated measures ANOVA would be necessary for this experiment.

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