application 1

As a marriage, couple, and family counselor, you will be required to be aware of and be able to evaluate the mental health services provided in your community, from treatment to primary preventative interventions. For this Assignment, select one issue from the following list: substance abuse, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, child/adolescent drug/alcohol abuse, or depression. Identify a resource in your own community that provides primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions for the issue you selected. Then, consider any gaps that may exist in the interventions provided and how you might address them.

Reference: Albee, G. W. (1959).  Mental health manpower trends. New York: Basic Books.

The assignment (2–3 pages)

· Analyze primary, secondary, and tertiary couple and family counseling interventions provided by community resources. Remember that “primary services” focus mainly on preventative efforts and those services geared towards early intervention. “Secondary services” can be described as those services, such as screening, assessment, and intervention in which direct care is provide for active concerns and issues. “Tertiary Care” is defined as specialized care and/or services provided to a client family upon referral, such as vocational rehabilitation, case management, and specialized aftercare.”(Ballard, n.d.)

· Identify the issue you selected.

· Describe the community resource you selected related to this issue, including the primary, secondary, and/or tertiary intervention(s) it provides for your community.

· Describe any gaps that may exist in the interventions that the resource provides.

· Explain how you might address these gaps. Be specific.

Learning Resources

Required Resources

Readings

· Course Introduction (located in the left navigation bar)

· Course Text: Gurman, A. S., Lebow, J. L., & Snyder, D.  (2015).  Clinical handbook of couple therapy (5th ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

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. Chapter 1, "The Theory and Practice of Couple Therapy: History, Contemporary Models, and a Framework for Comparative Analysis"

Note: To access this week's required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the  Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

· Article: Albee, G. W., & Ryan, K. (1998). An overview of primary prevention.  Journal of Mental Health, 7(5), 441–449. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

· Article: Case, E. A., & Lindhorst, T. P. (2009). Toward a multi-level, ecological approach to the primary prevention of sexual assault: Prevention in peer and community contexts.  Trauma, Violence, & Abuse,  10(2), 91–114. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

· Article: Hansen, J. T. (2009). Self-awareness revisited: Reconsidering a core value of the counseling profession.  Journal of Counseling & Development,  87(2), 186–193. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.