Assignment Description:
My modern model – Structural Family Therapy.
My postmodren model – Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.
In this assignment, you will complete a model description for the postmodern model of family therapy selected in the Unit 3 assignment.
Examine the potential implications of using the model with your case; analyze how the attributes and assumptions of the model would shape your conceptualization and treatment considerations for the case.
Please review your course project information and the Postmodern Model Description and Case Analysis scoring guide to fully understand the requirements of this assignment.
Note: Only the requirements for the Model Description and Case Analysis need to be included for this assignment. The Case Study from Unit 3 assignment does not need to be included in this assignment and that is not reflected in the scoring guide.
In six or more pages, provide a brief overview of the history of the selected model and its founders. Discuss essential ideas of the model, including assumptions and methods of the approach, as well as how these aspects factor into potentially conceptualizing and working with your case. Expand fully on the initial fit between the case and model that was touched upon in the Unit 3 assignment.
Explore how the presenting issues in your case might be understood with your chosen model as well as how the model might be beneficial in working with the case.
Cite professional and academic sources (textbooks, peer-reviewed articles, books by original theorists), and be sure to address the following topics and implications for your case.
In your Model Description (four or more pages) and Case Analysis (two or more pages) be sure to discuss:
History, Founders, and Essential Ideas
History, development, and founders of the approach.
Essential ideas of the model.
Model Characteristics:
.Include analysis of how these requirements are conceptualized in the model.
.Role of the therapist.
.Theory of change.
.The target of intervention. Examine what or who is being targeted to effect change when the model as a whole is being used to intervene in a case.
.Assessment.
.The model’s ideas of normalcy, health, and pathology.
.How the model might work with and be sensitive to the cultural and diversity factors.
.How the underlying assumptions and tenets of this model align with it being a postmodern approach to therapy. Analyze whether this is a strength-based or deficit-based model and provide a rationale for your selection.
.Examples of intervention from this approach.
Case Analysis:
.What are the benefits of using the chosen model in this case?
.How the case would be conceptualized according to the model.
.Analyze how specific interventions from the model might impact the case.
.When looking at the model chosen for your case, how do you attend to and account for the diversity and cultural factors?
Note: Incorporate the model characteristics into your case analysis as needed. A successful paper will demonstrate that you understand the main ideas of the approach as well as the underlying assumptions implicit in the model.
Sources:
Use at least four references to complete this assignment, two of which should be the required textbooks for the course. Please remember to use original sources throughout to support your assertions and conclusions.
That means if you are discussing structural family therapy, for example, you will want to cite the work of the founder (in this case, Minuchin). Support your ideas with research, textbook citations, and and reference include:
.Family Process.
.Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.
.Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies.
.Journal of Family Psychology.
