Under the Same Moon tells the story of a mother who travels to the United States to experience the “American Dream”. Rosario leaves her five year old son with his grandmother in a small Mexican Village. Rosairos leaves her son with her ill grandmother and uncle. Rosarios uncle does not display any type of loving or affection. It appears that the uncle only wanted the money that Rosario was sending for her son. Eventually Carlitos grandmother passes away and he is left to live with the uncle. Carlitos does not want to live with his uncle and decides to embark on a journey to find his mother. Under the same Moon displayed several ethical and moral issues throughout the movie. Rosario and Carlito both enter the United States illegally forcing …show more content…
According to Bitter (2014) “Cognitive Behavior Family Therapy (CBT) is considered to be the a mainstream approach of family practice and prominently appears in all the major textbooks in the field”. “Cognitive therapy, as it applies to families in general, developed as an extension of its application to couples in conflict in the early 1980s (Epstein, 1982)”. The approach maintains that the family-related cognitions held by individuals play an important role in shaping what they expect from family life and how they experience, function in, and react to it”(Schwebel & Fine, 1992). Utilizing the Cognitive Behavior Family technique is a great deal of listening to each family member. According to Bitter(2014) “the role of the therapist is to identify and correct faulty or distorted thinking”(Bitter, 2014, p.389).This family though broken and struggling in oppression situation they displayed a good resilient spirit. Rosario and Carlitos show a great deal of strength and no matter what obstacle arose they did not allow it to hinder their process. The movie ended with mother and son finally being reunite and one conclude that all the struggles were for a good
Experiential Family Therapy is a therapy that encourages patients to address subconscious issues through actions, and role playing. It is a treatment that is used for a group of people in order to determine the source of problem in the family (Gurman and Kniskern, 2014). Experiential Family Therapy has its strengths and weaknesses. One of the strengths of this therapy is that, it focuses on the present and patients are able to express their emotions on what is happening to them presently. The client will have time to share everything about his/her life experiences one on one without any fears. As a result, it helps the client in the healing process because, he/she is able to express their feelings freely and come out of the problem. Therefore, in this type of therapy, the clients are deeply involved in solving their issues. It helps clients to scrutinize their individual connections and to initiate a self-discovery through therapy, on how their relationships influence their current behaviors (Gurman and Kniskern, 2014). By examining their personal relationships through experiential family therapy, family members are able to
A major theme in The Illegal is loss of innocence. The first example occurs when the main character, Keita, was only ten years old. He was doing chores at his local church when a group of terrorists
This demonstrates to us that no matter how much your legal or moral laws are violated, what matters is how you as an individual react to the situation, justly or unjustly. This movie is centered around the notion that if you are a person of ethnic background, that alone is reason for others to forsake your rights, although in the long run justice will prevail
Structural therapy focuses on the family as a whole. It is concerned about how the issues effect the family relationships and connections. This theory concentrates on how well the understanding is amongst the family members and counselor. The members of the family are prompted to understand how the issues were created, where did the issues come from, when the issues started effecting their family, and what the family needs to overcome their issues. Its focus is to help others understand and improve negative behavior. The structural therapy concentrates on the interaction and boundaries of families with separating the whole family into smaller groups. The subsystems will create a clearer understanding of what issues are hurting their family environment (Gladding, S. T. 2010). The counselor is concerned about the members interaction because this reveals how strong the relationships and connections are in the home. The boundaries are important because they create an understanding that there are limits and order, and the boundaries can be diffused, rigid, or clear (Gladding, S. T. 2010). The counselor is expected to identify techniques so members can understand which boundaries are clear, positive, and healthy (Gladding, S. T. 2010).
Margot, the main character, remembers the sun from her childhood on Earth, and is tormented because of that. In The Other Foot, it is about a colony on Mars, where a white man in coming for the first time in 20 years. The man is faced with hatred and anger when he arrives. There are many comparable characters in each story, such as Margot and Hattie, due to their
They didn’t have a visa. Therefore, they couldn’t enter the U.S. legally. They were stuck in Argentina for two years. Until her father finally found "coyotes" that would smuggle Andreu and her mother back into the U.S. for a certain amount of money. They were dependent on smugglers for weeks, but they had no choice if they wanted to be back in the U.S. and reunite again as a family.
Miguel and Rosa have agreed to address the following issues during their treatment. First, they will develop appropriate strategies for managing anger. Second, increase their understanding of ADD and parenting techniques. Third, expand the current support network of their family. We will begin their process by implementing the Brief Strategic Family Therapy model. This therapy allows the family to address their issues collectively and individually. With this approach Miguel and Rosa will address their maladaptive behavior, by developing good communication skills and by helping them to define the family strengths. This therapy will also address Christopher’s aggressive and antisocial behavior, by coaching him in a new behavior. This style therapy along with couple’s therapy and support groups will provide Miguel and Rosa with the tools needed to promote health communication in their relationship, also with how to communicate with their
Ruth, whose dreams are the same as Mama’s, get deferred when the family are forced into there small apartment and there lack of money. Since she has no money she can not help her family as much as she would like to.
System Theory addresses individual needs, expectations, and attributes of the people living in the society. CognitiveBehavioral Theory focused on the mind, thoughts, feelings and emotion while system approach concentrates on the how the individual minds and thoughts function in the society. The Cognitive Behavioral Theory identifies patterns of irrational, self-destructive thought and action that influence emotions (Walsh, 2013). Both methods aimed to address dysfunctional behaviors and hope to ensure change on the individual and the family as a whole. The use of System Theory and Cognitive Behavioral Theory is to create a balance between the individual person and the family. Both methods serve as the therapeutic tool used in preserving the disparity within the family and treating individual mental health related problems (Kerr, 2000).For an individual to function effectively in society, the individual must be cognitively balanced. However, both approaches take into account individual’s functionality within the
The intervention process used in contextual family therapy involves framing the discussion to properly address everyone separate story and they move the discussion to the collect desires of the family (Sude, 2015). Interventions that the therapist can use involve given verbal permission for the client to express feelings, thoughts and perspectives. The therapist then uses the intervention process to explore the nature of the clients individual and family conflicts.
The story of this poem tells about a young boy that is lured in by the sensuousness of the moon, and then dies because of his own desire for her. The symbolic meaning is much more hidden and disguised by the literary elements of the poem. The storyline and aspects of the literal story add meaning when searching for the figurative meaning. The warning learned from this poem is that infatuation with anything can lead to a downfall. The moon seemed to offer a comfort that attracted him, but it was only a disguise to lead him to death. The passion the young boy felt for the moon can easily be modified to describe the passion a person can feel for anything. The young boy saw safeness in the moon that brought him closer to her. Any obsession will seem to offer the same comforts that the young boy also saw, but this poem warns that death can always disguise itself.
My theoretical approach to family therapy is very integrative as I believe families cannot be described nor treated from a single-school approach. I view humans through a humanistic and existential lens but am more technically structural and solution-based. With this integrative approach, I believe I will be the most effective in helping families grow and reach their goals.
“Cognitive-behavior therapy refers to those approaches inspired by the work of Albert Ellis (1962) and Aaron Beck (1976) that emphasize the need for attitude change to promote and maintain behavior modification” (Nichols, 2013, p.185). A fictitious case study will next be presented in order to describe ways in which cognitive behavioral therapy can be used to treat the family members given their presenting problems.
Structural family therapist have exemplified within the context relational therapies that uncovers stressors in relationship between individuals (Vetere, 2001). Structural family therapy has been known to be called “interventive approach” because of the “intensity” to encourage clients to change (Hammond & Nichols, 2014).
Nichols, M. P. (2011). The essentials of family therapy. Boston, Ma.: Allyn and Bacon. (Original work published 5th)