Theoretical Orientation With Case Study
Running head: THEORETICAL ORIENTATION WITH CASE STUDY
Theoretical Orientation with Case Study
Argosy University
Human Growth and Development - Final
December 15, 20XX
Theoretical Orientation with Case Study
The Clients
Danielle is a 30 year-old African American woman who presents with a well-maintained appearance. She is an only child who comes from a two-parent household. Danielle is college educated with a degree in English Literature from a well-respected state university. She has been teaching high school English for six years, and is an avid participant in her school’s community outreach program. She has been married to Richard for nine years, and regularly attends a Christian-based community church.
Richard …show more content…
The therapist would then employ an intervention that focuses on aiding their basic communication pitfalls. Our therapist is utilizing these skills as simply an initial symptom relief, helping them to truly listen to one another instead of merely hearing. Yet, when looking at our couple in particular, and realizing the external pressures which are creating the disengagement between the two, it becomes important to look at the bigger picture. If basic communication were addressed solely, this couple would again return to this place of bickering and misunderstandings, and if a repetitive cycle is induced a divorce is likely to transpire. Thus, the question of why our clients do not understand one another must be asked so that the real therapy can begin. The therapist will use a modified Western orientation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to encompass an African-Centered foundation. A completely conventional treatment would not address the cultural background of our couple and their unconventional needs. A culturally specific treatment would not value the fact that our couple lives and deals with a pervasive, Eurocentric world that is presented to them day by day from the time they wake up until they lay their heads on their pillows at night. Thus, the cognitive behavioral theory will work to change the maladaptive thinking patterns that are causing the negative emotions in their marriage. Through homework and validity testing the couple will be able to recognize that most of their troubles are not with each other specifically, and begin to work on their displacement of feeling and how it affects their emotional state when with their spouse. Both orientations resolve with cognitive restructuring whereby CBT seeks to replace their maladaptive thoughts that are distressing them in their marriage by understanding
Theoretical Orientation with Case Study
Argosy University
Human Growth and Development - Final
December 15, 20XX
Theoretical Orientation with Case Study
The Clients
Danielle is a 30 year-old African American woman who presents with a well-maintained appearance. She is an only child who comes from a two-parent household. Danielle is college educated with a degree in English Literature from a well-respected state university. She has been teaching high school English for six years, and is an avid participant in her school’s community outreach program. She has been married to Richard for nine years, and regularly attends a Christian-based community church.
Richard …show more content…
The therapist would then employ an intervention that focuses on aiding their basic communication pitfalls. Our therapist is utilizing these skills as simply an initial symptom relief, helping them to truly listen to one another instead of merely hearing. Yet, when looking at our couple in particular, and realizing the external pressures which are creating the disengagement between the two, it becomes important to look at the bigger picture. If basic communication were addressed solely, this couple would again return to this place of bickering and misunderstandings, and if a repetitive cycle is induced a divorce is likely to transpire. Thus, the question of why our clients do not understand one another must be asked so that the real therapy can begin. The therapist will use a modified Western orientation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to encompass an African-Centered foundation. A completely conventional treatment would not address the cultural background of our couple and their unconventional needs. A culturally specific treatment would not value the fact that our couple lives and deals with a pervasive, Eurocentric world that is presented to them day by day from the time they wake up until they lay their heads on their pillows at night. Thus, the cognitive behavioral theory will work to change the maladaptive thinking patterns that are causing the negative emotions in their marriage. Through homework and validity testing the couple will be able to recognize that most of their troubles are not with each other specifically, and begin to work on their displacement of feeling and how it affects their emotional state when with their spouse. Both orientations resolve with cognitive restructuring whereby CBT seeks to replace their maladaptive thoughts that are distressing them in their marriage by understanding