LCSW: So socializing and spending time with your children would make you relaxed (less stress)?
In order to assess the symptoms of stress and worry management in Peter, the Worry Management Inventory (WMI) was explored and given to Peter as homework (Hunter, C.L., Goodie, p.76, 2009). Results of each homework were greatly integrated into the helping process. This use of scale helped Peter or Mrs. William identified progress in listed problems or challenges. Mrs. Willism often struggled with identifying exceptions to their problem (s). To assist, the LCSW asked her to “imagine as a scale from 0 to 10. 10 represents how you want things to be when the problem is solved and 0 is the opposite. Additional changes were applied given the severity of Mrs. William’s scale progression.
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The genogram served beneficial to Mrs. and Miss. Williams because both individuals had unresolved issues with their individual family systems that affected how they interacted and most importantly for Peter, communicated with one another. One presenting issue surrounds Mrs. William’s disapproval of Peter’s mother moving in with them.
Analyzing the family system allowed the couple to understand Peter’s closeness with his mother as well as Mrs. William’s distance to Peter’s mother. While highlighting integrational themes, the LCSW praised Peter for entering counseling and Mrs. William for her willingness to participate in the treatment process, despite their doubts, as this serves as a common strength. The LCSW utilized this strength to examine the additional strengths and effective coping mechanisms discovered throughout the genogram.
The LCSW connected previously identified exceptions with patterns in the Genogram to challenge views that are limiting. The LCSW helped Peter developed a sense of control over a situation that previously appeared
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Madison is at-risk for anxiety, in addition to clinically significant levels of self- control. Furthermore, she identified feelings of depression, low self- esteem and anxiety. Reports of Madison’s behavior display high levels of stress with taking exams. Although her personal adjustment composite was within the average range, Madison demonstrates her difficulty with her self-esteem, which can impact her school and home
Explore the family’s hobbies that can help them focus on pleasant and productive patterns, but still guiding each member to explore and practice independently. I will provide educational resources of how exercise can be a way to relieve stress as well a way to cope with challenging situations. I will allow each family member to explore this concept independently. Also, I will explore the family’s healthy and unhealthy habits. As we explore this avenue,
Wes mentioned in his book that, “The moves from Baltimore to the Bronx to Valley Fore didn’t change my ways of thinking. What changed was that I found myself surrounded by people-starting with my mom, grandparents, uncles, and aunts, and leaders to a string of wonderful role models” etc. (Moore, 2010: p.179). Wes’ life was defined by Minuchin’s structural family system. Although the family was not set in a traditional therapeutic fashion, the intertwined family involvement and strong link and connectivity with each other catapulted Wes’ outcome and course of his journey to differ from The Other Wes.
Therefore, in conversations, individual ideas matter along with acknowledging and validating all family members’ feelings. My mother’s inability to have a child had a level of stress in the family unit early in the marriage. Thus, there became a less adaptive, somewhat differentiated marriage for a short period. Subsequently, after agreed upon in the decision to adopt, the more adaptive and well-differentiated marriage level strain was lower.
Many authors choose to write about characters who experience adversity. In “ How it Feels to Be Colored,” Hurston shows that there will always be difficult times, but being able to learn and take an advantage out of the adversity will show a great benefit. Taking a bad experience and being able to know your worth even if most do not will give you an advantage, Hurston says, “ How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” Hurston uses a sense of humor towards discrimnation, The effects of adversity are prominent in my mother’s life.
As indicated earlier, traditional therapy methods focused mostly on the individual. The system’s theory method includes the family. The Geno-grams provides framework that includes the family into the therapy process, and helps in indentifying the relationships between family members and the external environment (Cierpka & Sprenkle, 2005). In the case study, if Gustavo was to be focused on solely without including the family members, it would not be easy solve the problem.
Understanding the internal structure of a family, the assessment must look at six different aspects of the internal family structure: family composition, gender, sexual orientation, rank order, subsystems, and boundaries (Wright & Leahey, 2013). Each different aspects contributes a piece to the internal structure of the family. Within the family composition, assessing the family unit or system, whether or not members are blood related, does the family contain children, the future commitment obligations (if any), and any caregiving functions to unit members (Wright & Leahey,
If the family members cannot think through their responses to relationship dilemmas, a state of chronic anxiety may be set in place. According to Brown (1999.), the primary goal of family systems therapy is to reduce constant tension by enabling knowledge and awareness of how the emotional system functions; and by improving levels of differentiation, where the aim is to make changes for the self rather than on trying to change others. As per Richardson, Gilleard, Lieberman, and Peeler (1994), The short-term goal is to foster better relationships between family members of the different generations by understanding the family system with its rules and balances of power and to mobilize the system by reconstruing these rules and having the family observe its own
However, we are beginning to see the birth of a rebuttal to conventional wisdom. Some are beginning to argue that the debilitating conditions that we have diagnosed as illnesses or imperfections could be great sources of strength, which leave the inflicted better off than they would have been without it. On the other hand, many argue that these conditions create a frustrated mind, which damns progress and leads to civil
Brice Family The following case conceptualization was created to better organize the therapist's assessment and treatment plan for the client, the Brice family. Once the psychotherapist has crafted a case conceptualization, they are better situated to provide a reasoned and systematic approach to the treatment plan intended to help the clients realize their mental health goals. (Sperry & Sperry, 2020) Case Conceptualization The Brice family presented to therapy expressing concerns centered around the behavior of their oldest daughter Claudia.
After engaging with the readings and videos about transgenerational family therapy, I learned of the benefits of using techniques such as process questioning and genograms during counseling sessions. Although I have created a genogram in some of my other courses throughout my academic career, I have never practiced explaining the purpose of a genogram to a client family. During the planning phase of completing my genogram role-play script, one challenge I encountered was determining how in-depth my approach to explaining the purpose of a genogram would be due to the word count limit. After taking on a client’s perspective and reviewing the assigned materials, I was better prepared to create my genogram role-play script. In particular, reading the case study in the Ballard et al.
In mapping this communication, the eight principles measured by Brown may become apparent not only to the therapist, but for the first time, the family may be able to see just how their functions are impeding the balance of their family and condoning strong exhibitions of universal traits within particular family members. The Bowen family therapy approach is invested in the intergenerational processes that are prevalent between generations (Bohlinger, 2010). By increasing differentiation between family members and between the generations, if possible, giving each triangle meaning rather than repetitive opportunities at increasing anxiety (Bohlinger, 2010). Focusing on this historical perspective, the origin of the family and environmental factors that surround the progress of this family, the genogram focuses itself on growth and self-actualization as the ultimate goal for the intervention (Nichols,
When examining the relationship between Jamie and her stepfather Gary, it was noted that Jamie had a difficult time adapting to the changes and still does not believe that she has a positive relationship with her stepfather. When Helen and Gary got married the family experienced a change in who held power within the family. Jamie was once in a position where she had a level of influence within the family system and after several years of Jamie fulfilling this role, Gary was now in a position where he had more control. The decision of Helen and Gary to change the power dynamic in the family was difficult for Jamie to adapt to. Jamie’s identity in the family was based off of her perceived vision of the roles she fulfilled.
After I reviewed all the stages for an interview, I figured that I would be comfortable with all of the six stages. I know that I will be comfortable with all of them because my interviewee will be somebody I am very familiar with. It is not going to be uncomfortable or intimidating to conduct an interview with someone you know. In the case where it is somebody that I was not familiar with then I would use the first stage. I would be most comfortable with the arrival stage because it involves small talk.