The solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) approach believe clients hold the key to their own success, therefore our job as therapists is to guide or help them to construct goals. According to Metcalf (2011) solution-focused models have a worldwide appeal among practitioners because of their simple and practical ways of working with people. As a therapist using SFBT specific guided questions, client have a chance to think about how they been coping or coped in the past. This line of questioning help demonstrate to clients their strength and how in the past they were capable of coping with challenges in their lives. Additionally I think it’s very important we as therapist or human service workers do not go into the therapy session with any preconceived
On this date worker spoke with Ms. Rosalita Thomas at Meadowview Nursing Home in Bessemer. She stated her father Mr. Roosevelt Thomas was at the nursing home receiving 21-day therapy due to muscle weakness, malnourishment, and dehydration. According to Ms. Rosalita, her father called her on June 30, 2016 and asked her to come get him. When she arrived, she asked to take her father out to lunch. According to Ms. Rosalita Thomas, Donnie was intoxicated and would not allow Mr. Thomas to leave with Ms. Rosalita Thomas.
Therapist met with the client for individual therapy at school. Therapist did a check in regards to symptoms, mood, thoughts, emotions, coping skills, the goals that he achieved, and behaviors since the last session. Therapist processed the client's negative thoughts. Therapist used open-ended questions to address any concerns the client may have. Therapist encouraged the client to keep motivated during the stressful time, especially when he has negative thoughts, which stats usually with negative thoughts, argue with his sisters, or with his aunt, or if he has been triggered by any internal or external thoughts.
While this model focuses on the intervention of client-based determined goals and addresses denial/resistance, its philosophy promotes positive effects, helping clients to build on their own capacity and
The use of ADHD medicine in our society has taken an alarming rise in the recent years. This rise appears to be continuing in the upcoming years. According to Rose: “The New York Times looks at a new report that finds a steep rise in young adults taking medicine for ADHD. The number of people twenty- six to thirty-four years old receiving drugs for the disorder doubled to six hundred and forty thousand between 2008 and 2012” (Charlie Rose).
Developed by Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), is a behavior based, goal oriented, treatment system that focuses on the present and future, rather than past experiences, to find solutions to problems (Goodtherapy.org, 2016). This paper will explore Solution-Focused Therapy, its core constructions, approach, and techniques. Core constructs Berg and de Shazer (as cited by Fiske, 1998), used three principles to direct their philosophy when creating SFBT: (1.) “If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it” (p. 186). (2.)
Phase One (Sessions 1 through 3) • The session 1 and 2 consists of the assessment of the client’s clinical problems and background information. Questions relate to her clinical problems, including (a) the nature of her problems (depression and difficulty with making decisions), (b) reason of seeking psychotherapy, and (c) previous attempts to deal with the problems. For the background information, the client’s histories are assessed in the areas of intimate/family relationship, educational/vocational activities, past history of psychological treatment, and physical condition. Session 3 primarily consists on the further functional assessment around her coping skills (e.g., avoidance) in the areas of interpersonal relationships. Phase Two
a) Your answer to professional lens i. Selective use of theory When beginning a professional relationship with Rita, I would use a mix of solution-focused brief therapy and strengths-based theory. I would use these interchangeably as I further get to know Rita. I believe these theories would be the utmost effective because it will focus on Rita’s strengths including her resilience that she has demonstrated many times before. Moreover, the strengths approach would capitalize on Rita’s capacity for change, her ability to move forward and overcome her recent diagnoses and giving Rita courage and power that she needs to persevere (Heinonen & Spearman, 2010). Additionally, the strengths-based approach would provide Rita with the idea of wellness and support and ensure that improving Rita’s quality of life will contribute to other gains in her life such as relationships with friends, family and her community (Heinonen & Spearman, 2010).
Paul is seeking treatment for his family, in order to improve the relationship he has with his daughter. He wants to find solutions for balancing work and home life, and finding the best care for his mother. He is not sure if that involves continuing care at home or trying to find an assisted living facility. Paul and his daughter, Alvonne, moved in with his mother, Jenna, after Paul and Alvonne’s mother divorced. Paul is hard working and determined to take care of his family the best he can, even if that means working 60 plus hours a week.
Therapists must access their own internal process such as their feelings, attitudes and moods. Therapists’, who are not receptive to the awareness of their flow of thoughts and feelings, will not be able to help clients be aware of theirs (Kahn, 1997, p. 40). Though congruence does not mean that therapists have to share personal issues with clients, a therapist must not conceal their inner process from the client, and not be defensive but transparent (Kahn, 1997, p. 41). By being open sometimes a therapist learns more not only about their client but about themselves
Proficient use of skills and techniques, leads to the achieving of one’s ultimate goal. The objective with effective therapy is that you are equipped to generalise skills and coping strategies to a variety of events and circumstances. Clients are thus equipped with strategies for relapse prevention, resulting in long-term
Within this paper I am going to explore and discuss what a worldview is and the dissimilar purposes it roles in counselling. Then I will explore how my worldview interacts with the solution focused therapy (SFT) approach, and in additional I will also look into the historical development of solution focused therapy and the possible place it have in my worldview today Worldview is a word used to describe the way you perceive life, or things around you. We all have different worldview in regards to our traditions and personal experiences they all come from the way we are all brought up to believes. In all-purpose our worldview is what we practice to understand life around us. It a belief that people acknowledge and surround themselves with.
As I learn more about counseling theories, I realize that it is important for a counselor to not act as an expert on a client’s life, rather, this role is solely
Tim further explained that “I make it a policy never to do anything for the clients that they can do for themselves”. Tim identifies his clients’ strengths and work around that to enhance and empower them. Although, strength based proposed to work with the clients’ strength it must be elaborated that the approach must be a partnership with both client and social worker; it is a collaborative approach. People are seen as being experts on their own situation (Poertner & Ronnau, 1992; Saleebey, 1992c; Sullivan & Rapp, 1994; Weick et al., 1989) then
Firstly, I need to identify the causes and formation of the difficulty situation of my client. I should not involve my own personal emotions when analysing the situation. Next, clarification of the situation is essential. The clients should figure out themselves on how to face the situation. An effective counsellor listen more than talks, and what they do say gives the client a sense of being heard and understood.
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is based on the theory that a child’s response to a particular event depends on how that event is perceived by the child (Flannery-Schroeder & Lamb, 2009). As a consequence, the child reacts not to the event, itself, but to their perception of that event. In addition, the child’s response to an event can subsequently affect their behaviours and attitudes. In the context of conduct disorders, CBT attempts to change a child’s antisocial behaviour by altering the way that they perceive or interpret an event (i.e. perceptual distortions and hostile attributional biases; McCart, Priester, Davies, & Azen, 2006). Common techniques involved in CBT are problem-solving strategies, self-instruction, modeling, role-play,