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Assignment: Applying Humanistic/Experiential and Emotionally-Focused Theories
The theories you studied last week target patterns of behaviors, but they also incorporate thoughts and feelings in the moment and over time. You continue your application of theories to couple and family counseling by examining the systemic-emotional aspects of relationships, the patterns of interaction between couples and families, and the meaning associated with those interactions.
For this Assignment, you again watch media of counselors demonstrating counseling, this time using humanistic/experiential and emotionally-focused theories. As you develop treatment plans based on this week’s theories, ask yourself how you recognize emotion in the relational dynamics of the couple or family. Also, consider how you might know emotional changes have occurred and how you would measure progress.
The Assignment (3–4 pages)
Based on the theory demonstrated in one of the humanistic/experiential media resources:
- Define the problem.
- Formulate a theory-based treatment plan including short-term and long- term goals for the couple or family.
- Describe two theory-based interventions you would use and justify your selection.
- Explain one anticipated outcome of each.
Based on the theory demonstrated in the emotionally-focused media:
- Define the problem.
- Design a theory-based treatment plan including short- and long-term goals for the couple or family.
- Describe two theory-based interventions you would use and justify your selection.
- Explain one anticipated outcome of each.
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THEORY APPLICATION
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Applying Humanistic/Experiential and Emotionally-Focused Theories
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Humanistic/Experiential Theory
Experiential theories in psychotherapy center on how individuals encounter and emphasize
the person as an entirety rather than a side effect. Fundamentally, advisors see mental troubles as
a result of individual's failure to come up with self-directed, meaningful, and positive choices
concerning how they lead their lives. In common, the experiential approach emphasizes of positive
behavior of individuals and their characteristics. Too, the approach empowers individuals to utilize
their characteristic charges to attain development, shrewdness, and fulfillment (Williams, 2012).
Subsequently, it makes a difference in changing an individual's behavior depending on the mental
challenges they relate.
Within the humanistic hypothesis media resource, the therapist utilizes Satir's approach
amid family treatment. Satir's practice centers on self-actualization in a perfect world that
originates from life encounters within the display. Johnson uncovers he is filled with outrage and
needs to turn absent from his repulsive behavior toward others. He concedes to his mother almost
the behaviors, going ahead to inquire on the off chance that he can see an advisor. Concurring to
Satir's approach, the short-term objective is to create a more secure environment where Johnson
can have the flexibility of expression (Carlson et al., 2017). In other words, Johnson will have
space to associate with individuals with who he can share his life encounters. Too, Johnson ought
to be made a difference to realize and recognize the root cause of outrage by joining dynamic
tuning in and sympathy. The objective will be accomplished through the approval of feelings.
Hence, Johnson will know when to control his relations' anger (Allan & Johnson, 2017). The longterm objective of Satir's approach is to a...
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