Family Counseling Paper

Family Counseling Approach Paper

Paper Instructions

During this course you will write two papers on therapeutic approaches appropriate for family counseling. Your paper will provide both a broad overview and personal integration. Choose an approach from column one below for assignment one and for your second paper, choose an approach from column two below.

HSMF 601

Assignment #1 Options

Object Relations Therapy

Bowen’s Family System Therapy

Contextual Therapy

Symbolic-Experienctial Family Therapy

Emotionally Focused Therapy

Assignment #2 Options

Structual Family Therapy

MRI - Family Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Solution Focused Brief Therapy

Part I: Choose an approach from column one above for assignment one and for your second paper, choose an approach from column two. Your paper will present a broad overview of the selected approach and should identify leading figures, historical and current issues related to the approach, development of the theory, concepts, and unique techniques related to your chosen approach. Please include headings for each of the areas covered in your paper in order to provide clarity and organization.

You must use at least four (4) scholarly references as a basis for your paper, including books and journals that are written to or for scholars. You may use the course textbook as a primary reference. Your sources must be cited in current APA format in both the body of your paper and your reference page. Part I of your paper requires a minimum of 4 full pages.

Liberty University provides a helpful tutorial on finding appropriate sources for this assignment. Use the link below to watch this 5 minute video:

https://watch.liberty.edu/playlist/dedicated/74370641/1_g7lv1vh8/1_7ji7c53i

Part II: This second section of your paper will provide your personal beliefs and opinions regarding the selected approach , including how your faith and family background might influence how you would integrate the use of this approach in a counseling context. Explain what aligns between your worldview and this theory and what does not. If your view is something other than Christian, discuss how your view might interact with your counseling approach. Consider what techniques, assumptions, and concepts unique to your selected approach might need to be addressed in order to align with your worldview. The use of first person is allowed in this section only. Part II of the paper must be a minimum of 1 page. The entire paper (Parts I and II) will be a minimum of 5 pages.

Each assignment should be written using APA formatting, include a title page and a reference page, and the body of the paper should be a minimum of five pages.

· Paper #1 is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module/Week 4.

· Paper #2 is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module/Week 7.