PSY 632 COUPLES THERAPY
In this assignment, you will demonstrate that you have reviewed the required materials in the course resources section for Week 1. You will reflect on the readings, videos. write an academic essay following the instructions below.
Instructions
Consider the couple from the "Angry Couple" video posted in Week 1.
In an academic essay format, please respond to Prompt 1 (mandatory) and choose 2 of the 4 remaining prompts (#2, #3, #4, or #5) for a total of 3 prompts. Answer them in one integrated APA-style paper:
Prompt 1: (mandatory)
Review Goal Setting: Case Conceptualization, p. 61 in Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy. How would you present to the couple your understanding of the relevant couple, individual, and environmental factors that significantly influence the couple’s relationship, as outlined on page 61? Name two goals that you would include in a treatment plan (you do not need to do a complete treatment plan)
Choose 2 of the following 4 prompts below.
Prompt 2:
Review “The Therapeutic Relationship,” p 58 in Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy. Show how you would create a therapeutic alliance with both members of the couple.
How could you use “empathic reflective listening” to form an alliance with each partner, even though they may be in conflict?
Prompt 3:
Review "Adapting CBCT to Address Cultural and Diversity Issues," pp 68 -69 in Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy.
What are the cultural and gender implications for this couple? (Everyone has a culture; What kind of pressures might be exerted by norms of this couple’s social location and culture?) Demonstrate awareness of how culture and gender differences affect thinking and behavior in this couple and how your own biases might affect your thinking regarding this couple.
Prompt 4:
Describe the Cycle that you see the couple caught up in. In couple therapy, we think in terms of circular causation rather than linear. How would you communicate your "formulation" to the couple? A formulation is a verbal map of how each member triggers a reaction in the other. It is presented in a way that validates each member's emotional responses and avoids attribution of blame or pathology to either member.
Prompt 5:
Pick ONE of the interventions from Process and Technical Aspects of CBCT pp 62 -67, choose either Guided Behavior Change, Skills-Based Behavioral Interventions, Interventions with Cognitive Processing, Intervening with Cognitive Content, Heightening the Experience and Expression of Emotions, or Managing and Decreasing intense emotions. Describe how to use the intervention with the couple.
Format for an Academic Paper
Please use APA style with 3-5 appropriate citations of your sources.
Length: This assignment must be 3-5 pages (excluding the title and reference page).
References: Include 3 scholarly resources.