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Conceptualization Paper
I’m giving you here most of the things that you will need to get the paper done
You will write a conceptualization paper of a chosen movie character/case, this will be your “client.”
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I have chosen the movie (it is kind of funny story)->(the movie URL: https://openload.co/embed/MPJFcciI6A0 ) the character has depression and some other issue . You will need to see the movie to describe the client problem. He is 16 years old.
We need to choose one therapy to help this client, and it should work with him. in the class we caver some therapy like(Existential therapy, Person-centered therapy) and those all work with him but we need to choose one only.
Then we look through it and put two goals and three strategies. Not list them need to explain each strategies. Include 3 key concepts of theories relate to the character. Need to focused on his self-care include sort term care goal and long-term goal.The therapeutic strategies will be used to achieve these goals. I have attached the PowerPoint for the therapy(you will need to use only one therapy (chapter 6 or 7 the third file is just to help you ) ).
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My professor notes regarding to the structure of the paper
Requirements: 8 page max, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt. font, APA style.
Identifying Information:
Identifying information of the client (about 4-5 sentences long): age, gender, race, marital status, living situation, and education.
Conceptualization of the Problem:
Therapist’s conceptualization of the problem: You must include two goals and three strategies for therapy with this client. For example: Your understanding of the problem utilizing your choice of one of the theoretical models studied in class. Your explanation of the presenting problem should include some central themes and dynamics of the client’s personality. You must describe the client’s problem as explained by the chosen theory.
Include at least 3 key concepts (total) of the theories that specifically relate to the character. “Therapy with this client will focus on increasing his self-care. Better self-care would include….A short-term self-care goal would be… and a longer-term goal would be…. The following therapeutic strategies will be used in order to achieve these goals: 1) The client will explore and assess his current self-care regimen. 2) The client will explore ways to increase his self-care behaviors in his daily life.” ***Make sure to explain how you would conduct each strategy, do not just list each one.
Conclusion:
What would it be like to work with this client? Challenges/Rewards?
Person-Centered Therapy Chapter 7
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Person-Centered View of Human Nature
At their core, humans are trustworthy and positive
Humans are capable of making changes and living productive, effective lives
Humans innately gravitate toward self-actualization
Actualizing tendency
Given the right growth-fostering conditions, individuals strive to move forward and fulfill their creative nature
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Person-Centered Therapy (A reaction against the directive and psychoanalytic approaches)
Challenges:
The assumption that “the counselor knows best”
The validity of advice, suggestion, persuasion, teaching, diagnosis, and interpretation
The belief that clients cannot understand and resolve their own problems without direct help
The focus on problems over persons
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Person-Centered Therapy
Emphasizes:
Therapy as a journey shared by two fallible people
The person’s innate striving for self-actualization
The personal characteristics of the therapist and the quality of the therapeutic relationship
The counselor’s creation of a permissive, “growth-promoting” climate
People are capable of self-directed growth if involved in a therapeutic relationship
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Therapy is a Growth-Promoting Climate
Congruence
Genuineness or realness in the therapy session
Therapist’s behaviors match his or her words
Unconditional positive regard
Acceptance and genuine caring about the client as a valuable person
Accepting clients as they presently are
Therapist need not approve of all client behavior
Accurate empathic understanding
The ability to deeply grasp the client’s subjective world
Helper attitudes are more important than knowledge
The therapist need not experience the situation to develop an understanding of it from the client’s perspective
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Six Conditions **Necessary and sufficient for personality changes to occur
1. Two persons are in psychological contact
2. The first, the client, is experiencing incongruence
3. The second person, the therapist, is congruent or integrated in the relationship
4. The therapist experiences unconditional positive regard or real caring for the client
5. The therapist experiences empathy for the client’s internal frame of reference and endeavors to communicate this to the client
6. The communication to the client is, to a minimal degree, achieved
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The Therapist
Focuses on the quality of the therapeutic relationship
Provides a supportive therapeutic environment in which the client is the agent of change and healing
Serves as a model of a human being struggling toward greater realness
Is genuine, integrated, and authentic, without a false front
Can openly express feelings and attitudes that are present in the relationship with the client
Is invested in developing his or her own life experiences to deepen self- knowledge and move toward self-actualization
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Application to Group Counseling
Therapist takes on the role of facilitator
Creates therapeutic environment
Techniques are not stressed
Exhibits deep trust of the group members
Provides support for members
Group members set the goals for the group
Group setting fosters an open and accepting community where members can work on self-acceptance
Individuals learn that they do not have to experience the process of change alone and grow from the support of group members
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Person-Centered Expressive Arts Therapy
Various creative art forms
promote healing and self-discovery
are inherently healing and promote self-awareness and insight
Creative expression connects us to our feelings which are a source of life energy.
Feelings must be experienced to achieve self-awareness.
Individuals explore new facets of the self and uncover insights that transform them, creating wholeness
Discovery of wholeness leads to understanding of how we relate to the outer world.
The client’s inner world and outer world become unified.
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Conditions for Creativity
Acceptance of the individual
A non-judgmental setting
Empathy
Psychological freedom
Stimulating and challenging experiences
Individuals who have experienced unsafe creative environments feel “held back” and may disengage from creative processes
Safe, creative environments give clients permission to be authentic and to delve deeply into their experiences
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Limitations of the Person-Centered Approach
Cultural considerations
Some clients may prefer a more directive, structured treatment
Individuals accustomed to indirect communication may not be comfortable with direct expression of empathy or creativity
Individuals from collectivistic cultures may disagree with the emphasis on internal locus of control
Does not focus on the use of specific techniques, making this treatment difficult to standardize
Beginning therapists may find it difficult to provide both support and challenges to clients
Limits of the therapist as a person may interfere with developing a genuine therapeutic relationship
Existential Therapy Chapter 6
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Existential Psychotherapy
Born from philosophy
A phenomenological philosophy of “humanness”
Humans are in a constant state of transition, evolving and becoming
Clients are searching for meaning in their subjective worlds
Common questions/sources of existential angst for clients
“Who am I?”
“I will die.”
“What does it all mean?”
“Will I die alone?”
“How am I going to get to where I want to be in my life?”
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Existential Therapy A Philosophical/Intellectual Approach to Therapy
BASIC DIMENSIONS OF THE HUMAN CONDITION
The capacity for self-awareness
The tension between freedom & responsibility
The creation of an identity & establishing meaningful relationships
The search for meaning
Accepting anxiety as a condition of living
The awareness of death and nonbeing
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The Capacity for Self-Awareness
The greater our awareness, the greater our possibilities for freedom
Awareness is realizing that:
We are finite–time is limited
We have the potential and the choice, to act or not to act
Meaning is not automatic–we must seek it
We are subject to loneliness, meaninglessness, emptiness, guilt, and isolation
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Identity and Relationship
Identity is “the courage to be”– We must trust ourselves to search within and find our own answers
Our great fear is that we will discover that there is no core, no self
Being existentially “alone” helps us to discover our authentic self
Relatedness– At their best our relationships are based on our desire for fulfillment, not our deprivation
Relationships that spring from our sense of deprivation are clinging, parasitic, and symbiotic
Clients must distinguish between neurotic dependence and the authentic need to be with others
Balancing aloneness and relatedness helps us develop a unique identity and live authentically in the moment
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The Search for Meaning
Meaning– like pleasure, meaning must be pursued obliquely
Finding meaning in life is a by-product of a commitment to creating, loving, and working
“The will to meaning” is our primary striving
Life is not meaningful in itself; the individual must create and discover meaning
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Anxiety – A Condition of Living
Yalom’s four givens of existence create anxiety: mortality, isolation, meaningless, and freedom
Existential anxiety is normal – life cannot be lived, nor can death be faced, without anxiety
Existential therapists help clients develop a healthy view of anxiety
Anxiety can be a stimulus for growth as we become aware of and accept our freedom
Anxiety can be a catalyst for living authentically and fully
We can blunt our anxiety by creating the illusion that there is security in life
If we have the courage to face ourselves and life we may be frightened, but we will be able to change
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Goals of Existential Psychotherapy
Helping clients to accept their freedom and responsibility to act
Assisting people in coming to terms with the crises in their lives
Encouraging clients to recognize the ways in which they are not living fully authentic lives
Inviting clients to become more honest with themselves
Broadening clients’ awareness of their choices
Facilitating the client’s search for purpose and meaning in life
Assisting clients in developing a deep understanding of themselves and the ways they can effectively communicate with others
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Relationship Between Therapist and Client
Therapy is a journey taken by therapist and client
The person-to-person relationship is key
The relationship demands that therapists be in contact with their own phenomenological world
The core of the therapeutic relationship
Respect and faith in the clients’ potential to cope
Sharing reactions with genuine concern and empathy
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Application to Group Counseling
Provides an ideal environment for therapeutic work on responsibility
Clients are responsible for their behavior in group
Group settings provide a mirror of how clients may act in the world
Through feedback members learn to view themselves through another’s eyes
Members learn how their behavior affects others
Builds interpersonal skills
Provides members with the opportunity to be fully themselves while relating to others
Creates an opportunity to relate to others in meaningful ways
Provides an opportunity to explore the paradoxes of existence
Learning to experience anxiety as a reality of the human condition
Making choices in the face of uncertainty
Discovering there are no ultimate answers for ultimate concerns
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Limitations of Existential Psychotherapy
The individualistic focus may not fit within the world views of clients from a collectivistic culture
The high focus on self-determination may not fully account for real-life limitations of those who are oppressed and have limited choices
Some clients prefer a more directive approach to counseling
The approach may prove difficult for clients who experience difficulty conceptualizing or have limited intellectual capacities
The approach does not focus on specific techniques, making treatments difficult to standardize
Limited empirical support
