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Read "Topic 7: Vargas Family Case Study."
Part 1: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT): Review the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Manual located in the topical materials. Identify a specific presenting concern that one of the Vargas family members has identified this week. Create a “transcript” of the session where the therapist uses solution-oriented language to identify a solution to the problem. The transcript should be 500-750-words in length. Use the SFBT Manual transcripts as an example.
Part 2: Narrative Therapy: Identify one member of the Vargas family whose dominant story could use some re-writing. Consider the course of treatment and write a mid-treatment letter to the identified family member. See your book and the Dulwich Center for examples. The letter should be 500-750-words in length.
- http://dulwichcentre.com.au/
- http://www.theinstituteofnarrativetherapy.com/Using%20therapeutic%20documents%20-%20a%20review.pdf
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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Solution-focused brief therapy is a type of intervention used by psychotherapists whereby it is
mainly goal-oriented and the patients’ reactions to specific and intelligently pre-formed questions,
are keenly observed by psychotherapists. In this type of intervention, psychology therapists mainly
focus on the solution, or rather how the patients want to feel after their problem has gone.
Psychotherapists use compliments and questions as their main tool in conducting solution-focused
brief therapy (Teater, 2013). Psychology experts were applying this method try as much as
possible to allow and help their patients identify their strengths, positive new development, and
growth. This intervention method will be beneficial to the members of the Vargus family.
Assuming that one of the Vargus family members has complained of having a problem with his or
her anger management. When he or she becomes angry, he or she becomes violent, destructive
and can use very abusive and offensive language to others.
Using the Solution-focused therapy to help this fellow of the Vargus family, my focus would not
be on his problem but rather...