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By Day 4
Post a brief explanation of one challenge you may encounter if you attempted to integrate the theory you selected with your lens of couple counseling in your future professional practice. Then, explain how you might mitigate this challenge.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 6
Respond to two of your colleagues’ postings and provide an additional strategy to help mitigate the challenges identified by your colleague.
Select and respond to a colleague who selected a different theory and title your posting as follows: “Integrating [X] theory into [Y] theory”
Colleague 1:Jessica
The theory that I selected for this week’s assignment was Experiential Therapy. In experiential Therapy the therapists focuses on what the family is experiencing and how the behaviors are impacted by those experiences. Psychotherapy.net. (Producer). (n.d.).
Experiential psychotherapy focuses on the role of experiencing or in the change process. Experiential therapists are concerned with clients’ being aware of their own experiences to make meaning and help them understand their worlds and to develop more satisfying ways of being with themselves and others. However, experiential practitioners are more focused on guiding in their approach (Watson et al., 2011).
one challenge you may encounter if you attempted to integrate the theory you selected with your lens of couple counseling in your future professional practice
One challenge that may come up when using the experiential therapy is someone that is in denial about their behavior and how it impacts the family.
Then, explain how you might mitigate this challenge.
The way that I would handle this type of behavior is to have everyone in family identify negative experiences or patterns of their family members, so that one person doesn’t feel left out in the session.
Colleague 2:Adriana Owens
I selected emotional focused theory as a theory I plan to utilize in my future professional practice. There are several challenges in the EFT. While using this theory, I may encounter some clients/patients who are hesitant to reveal their emotions; some may be standoffish. However, the one challenge I feel I may encounter is someone not being receptive to change. According to Gurman et al. (2015), it “looks at distress in relationships through the lens of attachment insecurity.” However, the positive to using emotional focused theory coincides with CBT skills when needed. If someone has specific phobias or anxiety disorders, those are emotions, and utilizing CBT will help assess those feelings.
While working with this theory, adults have inherited their correct ways, so that rechanneling emotions would be challenging. The positive for me, I am great when it comes to rapport building. Within this theory, rapport building is highly encouraged.
Mitigating the Challenge
Incorporating interventions with our clients after the first session may be beneficial. As social workers, we do have several documents so, being aware does not overwhelm our clients. Session one could consist of reviewing the agency’s policy, gathering their expectations, and informing them of their expectations, which leads to the room to get a feel of the client, rapport building. Also, keep in mind, every client is different, so having more than one way to interact with clients is highly important.
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