Your assignment must illustrate knowledge of the concepts through an original personal and/or professional integration of the text material. All assignments MUST be typed, double-spaced, in APA style, and must be written at graduate level English. The content, conciseness, and clarity of your answers will be considered in the evaluation of your work.

You must integrate the material presented in the text in your own understanding, and cite your work according to APA format. Legal and ethical issues, and issues of culture and diversity must be addressed in context to the question presented.

Your responses should be approx. ½  page per question.

The entire assignment must be 3-4 pages total plus a title and reference page.

1.  In communications family therapy, resistance and symptoms were treated with a variety of paradoxical techniques, known as therapeutic double-binds. Define and give an illustration of a therapeutic double-bind. Why were they considered so powerful?

2.  What was the positive impact of research on family dynamics and schizophrenia? What was its negative impact?

3. Some would argue that there is a radical divergence between family systems therapies and the more traditional psychotherapeutic approaches. Others would challenge this view, arguing that there are many points of similarity and that the differences are exaggerated. Which position do you agree with and why?

4.  What is essential to accomplish in the first session in order to establish a productive therapeutic alliance with a family?

5.  Why is it important for a clinician to develop a therapeutic hypothesis, and what are some of the elements that such a formulation should include?

6.  Why is traditional couples therapy considered potentially dangerous in the treatment of cases involving marital violence?  What are some of the arguments in favor of treating violent partners together in couples therapy?

References:

Nichols, M.P. & Davis, S.D.   (2017).   Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods .   (11th).   New Jersey   Pearson.     ISBN 9780133826821

This assignment focuses on vignette analysis and direct application of course concepts to the persons and situations presented in the vignette for each question.   All discussions must take into account legal and ethical considerations, as well as issues of culture and diversity that may pertain to the situations presented below. Legal/Ethical and Cultural information is included throughout the course text. You are encouraged to use other resources for ethics and culture as needed.

Use the reading assignments thoroughly in an integrative discussion. All assignments MUST be typed, double-spaced, in APA style, and written at graduate level English. You must integrate the material presented in the text and cite your work according to APA format. Use of the internet and the University Virtual Library is encouraged, but the majority of your work should be based on the reading assignments.Please keep your responses focused on what is presented in the vignette. Do not add information but use your creativity to support what you see in the vignette as written.  Avoid elaborations and assumptions. This assignment should be 5-6 pages total

Pauline and Miriam are a lesbian couple in their mid 20’s. Pauline is Japanese-American and Miriam is from Italian descent.  The couple was referred for family therapy by their adoption agency.  They are in the process of adopting 2 children, both female. The girls are natural sisters, ages 2 and 4.  They were abandoned by their drug addicted, natural mother 8 months ago. The natural father is unknown.  As part of the adoption process, they are required to participate in 10 family sessions to assure the health and well being of the children. Both women are well-educated professionals.  Pauline complains that Miriam is an indulgent parent, “she buys them whatever they want and can’t say no”.  Miriam says that Pauline, “is ridiculous. She expects the girls to be perfect. After all they’ve been through, they deserve to be spoiled”.  During the session, you notice the sisters start to scuffle with each other.1. Utilizing the information in the reading assignments, in consideration of ethical, cultural and diversity factors, discuss how you would formulate therapy for this family?
2. Briefly discuss your treatment of this family with regard to each of the following:-  Solution-Focused Therapy-  Narrative Therapy-  Postmodern Approaches

References:

Nichols, M.P. & Davis, S.D.   (2017).   Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods .   (11th).   New Jersey   Pearson.     ISBN 9780133826821

Your writing should illustrate knowledge of the concepts through an original personal and/or professional integration of the assigned text material.

All assignments MUST be typed, double-spaced, 1” margins and in APA format. It must be written and proof read at the graduate level. Each answer should be numbered and be 1-2 pages long. This tells you about how much content to include and is not meant as a word count. You must integrate the material presented in the text and cite your work according to APA format.  1. “Practice makes perfect.” Most coaches pound this into their athlete’s heads.

In some sports, perfection can be achieved: bowling, perfection can be achieved by scoring 300. In other sports, perfection cannot be achieved: running, you can always get a little faster. In the sports that perfection can be achieved, how can you coach self motivation? Is it easier to coach self motivation in sports that can never be maximized to perfection?

Discuss self motivation strategies. Use personal examples to show application. 2. Coaches can always teach skill, but find teaching heart a little more complicated. Discuss different methods and techniques to teach passion. Include how passion can make or break an athlete.

Use personal examples to support your ideas. 3. In recent years, the term “Comfort food” has become a common house hold term. This eludes that food can alter moods. Can you use this theory to alter the moods of your athletes? Discuss how food interacts with the athlete.

Include discussion on anorexia, bulimia and obesity. 4. An injury is very hard to recover mentally from. Discuss the theory of goal setting and how it plays importance to mentally recover from a physical injury. Include ideas on how to use it as a motivational strategy during rehabilitation.

References:

Roberts, G. & Treasure, D.   (2012).   Advances in motivation in sport and exercise.   (3rd).   Champaign, IL   Human Kinetics.     978-0736090810

1. What are some of the implications for the development of prevention programs designed to delay the transition to fatherhood posed by the research outlined in “Teenage Fatherhood and Involvement in Delinquent Behavior?”

2. Describe the two explanations that have been offered for the link between teen fatherhood and earlier involvement in deviant behaviors, as set forth in “Teenage Fatherhood and Involvement in Delinquent Behavior.”3. As detailed in “Truth and Consequences at Pregnancy High,” describe the Living for the Young Family through Education (LYFE) program at Grace’s school.

3. As described in “Truth and Consequences at Pregnancy High,” what are the two reasons why there is little stigma in the South Bronx about having a child at a young age?

4. In the Taking Sides Issue Do Reality TV Shows Portray Responsible Messages about Teen Pregnancy?, Kramer cites that the US has the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the industrialized world.  On the other hand, young people in Scandinavian countries are among the least likely to become pregnant as teems.  Research sexuality education in countries such as Sweden and compare and contrast them to the methods that are used in the United States.  Explore why you believe the methods that have been proven effective in European countries are not being applied in the United States.

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  Assignment 1

Subfields of Psychology

Read Chapter 8 in your course text and review the subfields listed in Table 8.3. Locate an additional outside source that lists subfields in psychology or a related field that includes one or more subfields not listed in Table 8.3. Cite the additional source according to APA guidelines in your initial post:

• Which three subfields in      psychology that most interest you?
• What personal characteristics      (knowledge, skills, abilities) do you possess that might make these areas      a good fit for you?
• Which three subfields interest      you the least?
• If you were challenged with      creating a new subfield, what would be the name of your subfield and what      would it consist of?

Assignment 2

Identify the next step in your academic and/or professional career after graduation. Whether applying to a graduate or professional school or for employment, it is common that applicants are asked to write personal statements. Unfortunately, some applicants have developed habits frowned upon by admissions committees and potential employers (e.g., divulging personal or sensitive information about problems or crises).

• Consider the prompt: Tell us about yourself and why you are      interested in a position in our graduate program (or organization).
• Review the advice in section      8.4 in your text and write a two-paragraph answer to the prompt. Your      response should be of the quality to be submitted with an actual      application.