Mr. Curry is an eighteen year old, African American male, born August 12, 1997. He currently resides with his mother and girlfriend. His current job is providing transportation for the disabled. He lives at 4584 N.W. 187 Street, Miami Gardens, Florida. The client was referred to the school’s family support specialist from an outside referral from an ex-coach from his middle school in which the client usually speaks to about his problems. This person contacted the school providing information about the client and his girlfriend having issues and there was police involvement. He was very vague and suggested that Mr. Curry speaks to a counselor before he gets himself into trouble. The client has a criminal background as a juvenile; he was arrested and placed on probation for lewd and lascivious act with a child under 12. The client attends ALS charter school, where students with low grade point averages or not enough credits for their grade level can …show more content…
The specific skills I decided to use were exception questions, coping questions, future focused questions and normalizing. Currently solution-focused therapy is increasingly being adopted in social work practice in schools, children and adolescent practice and domestic violence. (turner) Exception questions are used to find out about the times when the problem wasn’t present or less problematic. In order to help to find ideas the client may have used in the past to solve the problem. Coping questions help clients realize when they were coping with the problem and what they were doing to cope. Normalizing statements are allowing the client to know they aren’t the only person who has experienced problems such as theirs. Future focused questions allow the client to focus on the solution/future of how they want their life to be.
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This method is grounded in the strengths perspective, a perspective in which the worker center’s their sessions around the clients’ abilities, gifts, and strengths (Shulman, 2016). Instead of focusing on what is wrong with the client, the worker highlights what is right with the client building on their strengths instead of emphasizing their deficits: the client already has what they need to get better or solve their problem (Corcoran, 2008). The role of the worker in this model is to help the client recognize their potential, recognize what resources they already have, and discuss what is going well for the client and what they have been able to accomplish already (Shulman, 2016). Techniques commonly used in this model, although they are not exclusive to this model, include an emphasis on pre- and between-session change, exception questions, the miracle question, scaling questions, and coping questions (Shulman, 2016). These questions are used for many reasons: for example, the miracle question is used because “sometimes asking clients to envision a brighter future may help them be clearer on what they want or to see a path to problem-solving.” (Corcoran, 2008, p. 434) while coping questions are used to allow the client to see what they are already accomplishing, rather than what they are transgressing (Corcoran, 2008). All
Solution focused Brief therapy directs the Social worker and clients attention to the question like how they will come to know the problem is solved (De Shazer et al, 1986). This question can help the client to visualise a preferred future when all of their existing problems are solved. Social worker can help client to progress towards preferred future by formulating solutions towards the set goals which will help in building that future. In Solution focused therapy, practitioners asked questions with the intention of setting up a therapeutic process and to listen and understand clients’ words and meanings and then ask next set of questions by focusing on client’s words and phrases (SFBTA,
Case conceptualization and treatment planning is used by therapist to assist in determining a client’s diagnosis, goals, and treatment plan that is most effective in determining the issues surrounding the clients diagnosis. It is crucial that the client’s treatment plan is specific to the individual, is relational and appropriate to the needs of the client.
Adlerian therapy has a distinct influence on different therapies such as, existential therapy, person centered therapy, rational emotive therapy, cognitive therapy, and family systems therapy. This article explains the striking resemblance of Adlerian therapy to Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. There is an emphasis placed on encouragement in the Adlerian therapy that is similar to Solution Focused Brief Therapy. Adlerian therapy is commonly found in a plethora of current therapeutic approaches under a different name. Adler was not given the credit that was due to him in many of these approaches.
The theory that I chose to analyze in this paper is the constructivist approach with a dual use of both the Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT) and Narrative Therapy. In my worldview change happens when an individual is motivated to persist and accomplish their goals. In my own personal philosophy, I am optimistic that every student is capable of discovering a solution that best fits in solving their problem and that everything we do in life is interconnected to helping us accomplish our ideal goals. I plan to work with first generation college students after completing the Educational Counseling program at USC and see the Constructivist approach to best accommodate the needs of first generation college student population. I see every
His parents separated when he was 15 years old and have been legally divorced for one year. He currently resides with his mother who maintained a relation with a man that died a year ago. The client indicated that he recognizes this person as his stepfather and he was sad to know about his death. He did not reported whether his father has re-married or not. Mr. Karson informed that he has an older sister who is a social worker and lives independently. He also reported a twin brother that resides with his father. According to the information provided by the client, he does not get along well with his mother moreover, he has a good relationship with his father. Mr. Karson has never been married and has no children of his own.
Christopher S is a 22 year old Caucasian male who voluntarily chose to attend the 31 day program at the Greenhouse American Addiction Center. The client was admitted to the facility dealing with opiate, cocaine, and alcohol use. His heavy drug use was compiled with feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression which stemmed from his childhood and adolescence. Over the course of his adolescence, he had many confrontations with the police and has now earned himself a pretty lengthy criminal background. He is currently facing many charges from forgery to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Christopher is about 5’5 with brown hair and brown eyes. Christopher reports “having a stable childhood only when he was living with his mother and stepfather, but he reports 8 years of molestation and abuse which was inflicted by his biological father which whom he had to visit in another state every summer” (personal communication,
The client L.M. is a 58 year-old female, whom identifies herself as Caucasian, and speaks only English. L.M. is divorced and has a son who is married and has two children that live in Parker, AZ. L.M. denies any relationship with mother or father, and denies having any siblings. Per a court ordered admission on October 7, 2015 to the Mountain Health and Wellness, Sub Acute Facility (SAF) located in Yuma, AZ. for a clinical evaluation. L.M. was brought in because she was found in the middle of the street, having delusions such as being raped by the “Hells Angels and the Devil”. She was found by court to be a danger to herself and others. She made threats about hurting herself, “I’m going to fucking blow my head off”, and hurting others, “I took a knife and killed everyone” (Mountain Health and Wellness, 2015). L.M. was noted as, “emotional liability, having
...p their own solutions to problems. Clients may need some guidance, education, or direction depending on their abilities and how the therapy is going. It is then that I want to be able to help them feel more empowered and recognize that they can make changes with effort on their part.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy is a unique approach to therapy that neither focuses on the past nor the future but on what is possible now. SFBT is a post modern approach to therapy that became popular in the 1960's and 70s based on the theory that posits small progress can lead to long term change. This approach was created by...creatorsThe clients and the counselor collaborate to establish realistic goals that can be reached in a relatively short period of time. The counselor works to create an environment where clients can be honest. SFBT believe that analyzing problems is not needed in the process of change. Behavior change is seen as an integral part of change in clients therapeutic process. Both the counselor and the client come together to create goals to incite a change in behavior.
The counselor accomplishes the above by expressing empathy, developing discrepancies, going along with resistance and supporting self-efficacy. Moreover, the counselor guides the client toward a solution that will lead to permanent posi...
A social worker must have the knowledge and skills to apply to intervention strategies that can address key issues through a wide range of tools (Miley, O’Melia & Dubois 2013, p. 7). To devise an intervention plan for the case study, Miley’s (2013, p. 112) four step model is utilised.
Effective crisis intervention must follow ethical principles which ensure that client is not placed in further harm also that the decisions and opinions of the client are respected throughout the process and the intervention upholds a rights-based approach. This involves good listening communication skills, observing, understanding, genuineness, respect, acceptance, non-judgment and sensitivity demonstrating empathy, among other support provided by counselor. A number of specific strategies can be used to promote effective listening during crisis intervention. These include using open-ended questions - “what” or “how” questions. They are used to encourage sharing of information from a client about their feelings, thoughts and behaviors, and are particularly useful when exploring problems during a crisis. Closed-ended questions usually begin with action words such as "do", "does", "can", "have", "had", "will", "are", "is" and "was". These questions can be used to gather specific information or to understand the client 's willingness to commit to a particular action. Using close-ended questions that seek specific details and are designed to encourage the client to share information about behaviors (such as the specific actions or behavioral coping strategies used by the client), as well as “yes” or “no” responses. Restating and clarifying what the client has said can help the counselor conducting the crisis intervention to clarify whether he/she has an accurate understanding of what the client intended to say, feel, think and do. Restating can also be used to focus the discussion on a particular topic, event or issue. Owning feelings and using statements that start with “I” in crisis intervention can help to provide direction by being clear about what will