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Vignette One

California Southern University

Vignette One

Question 1

Jack is unwilling association with women is due to his fear to get trapped in their love. This is a result of his mother’s unconditional love. His mother consistently gave him a warm, unconditional love. She constantly attempted to draw Jack under the care of her while securing him. She didn't give Jack time to act naturally and to communicate. Jack was limited to a life with instructions and reliance to his parents. Jack may have built up his character further from the time he began lacking parental control because of his folks' separation. He likewise built up an existence of self-will in his connections with the people around him. Jack lack of self-will made him feel less worth. Several drives might have originated to explain Jack’s view of his life as just an image and nothing more than that. Such drives include a feeling of anger and resentment. He was too reliant on his parent’s instructions thus lacking an opportunity to grow as an independent individual. Jack has chronic worry emanating from ruminative thoughts and an anticipation to failure.

The most probable explanation to his condition is presence of an aggressive drive. Aggression is basically a typical psychological feature in males. The organizing feature in males results from hormones within their body (Parsons & Zhang, 2014). Male species always feel the urge to control and organize issues around them. Jack’s mother did not allow him to experience control thus slow development of anger. Aggression might be resulting from a response to hardships, threats and injuries. Jack developed a hostile aggression that developed from fear, anger, frustrations, feeling of loneliness and pain. He developed a character of unwillingness to become vulnerable to people surrounding him. Jack lacked enough parental care since the divorce withdrew his mother’s unconditional love. The divorce did not stop her from loving him. Explain. These experiences are related to Jack’s current relationship with women. He relates lack of love to all women using his mother as a reference. Jack struggles to be independent since his mother overprotected him.

Question 2

Jack describes his father as a controlling and cruel person who had archaic ideas. Jack’s rejection of his father has a number of underlying psychological aspects. The feeling of hate towards his father is apparent and it resurfaces in Jack’s adult life. He deals with sadness, anger and rejection. Jack felt the need to escape from his father’s control thus creating a defense mechanism. He developed a defense mechanism of defiance. At the end, he ended up becoming the exact opposite of what his father wanted him to be. An over controlling father led to anxiety symptoms and thus Jack feels the urge to rebel. There are certain psychological factors and aspects involved in the way Jack rejects his father’s wishes. The factors include hatred and the need to defy his father’s wishes. His father always pushed him to school and sports. This made Jack to develop resentment towards his father. The resentment might have developed from the anxiety Jack had in his childhood. He might have had different wishes that are different from what his father was asking of him. Jack developed an unconscious state which controls his thoughts and desires. The influence from his unconscious self-results in both psychological disturbances and distress. Jack has feelings and defenses which grew due to his over controlling father. psychoanalytic counseling theory can be used to explain Jack’s defiance. This sentence could be deleted. According to the theory, an individual with repressed childhood memories has issues in adulthood. The issues could be in thinking, behavior and relationships with others. Give specific examples. Expand on this. Jack has emotional struggles due to interpersonal problems with his father. Expand with more specifics. Jack’s repressed childhood feelings towards his father are transferred in adulthood. Right. Expand He chooses to go against his father’s wishes just as a sign of defiance. This is very general. Citation?

Vignette Two

Question 1

In the case of Javier and Alice there is a connection between their current lives and their parental education. The two have totally different goals which escalates into constant conflicts. So as to bring harmony to their different perspectives, it is imperative to encourage them to adapt feelings of respect and satisfaction. As a therapist, I will ensure that the couple understands that the session is meant to discover positive methods of expression thus fostering acceptance and mutual respect. Javier and Alice have different expectations from the therapy. Javier expects to understand Alice more so as to make her happy while Alice wants to find a solution to Javier’s strictness issues. The couple sees fault in each other’s point of view. Their family background will contribute to therapy technique by allowing the couple to perceive each other differently. They should concentrate on self-awareness and individual behavior instead of focusing on early habitual patterns and family background.

Question 2

Both Javier and Alice have made a mistake which could be the cause of their current situation. Javier is over controlling and has a feeling of superiority. He believes that his Alice must follow his orders without second thought. Javier does not see Alice as an individual capable of making sound decisions. He feels that his decision is the best option in all circumstances. His state can be traced from childhood where he faced physical and emotional limitation. He extends the same treatment to his wife and children. Alice on the other hand has a feeling of inferiority. The feelings extend from her family background. She is worried that her actions would destroy the marriage though she knows that it would better her family living standards. She has therefore developed negative ways of coping with inferiority feelings. Alice is discouraged by both her parents’ upbringing and Javier’s strictness. The Adlerian psychology used in this case will involve four stages. The initial stage is to establish a therapeutic relationship with the couple (D'Andrea, Ivey, & Simek-Morgan, 2017). Then an assessment of their backgrounds and other aspects will be helpful in adopting new thoughts. This writer will then offer an insight on how their past is influencing current choices. This writer will then offer then an opportunity to select the most accurate theory for each of their situations. The final stage of this technique is to help them develop strategies capable of improving their life. This is very general. Tell me how you will make sure that your goals and the goals of Alice and of Javier are in alignment. How might you go about this? What if Javier and Alice have different goals? How might the fact that he is a Latino and she is a Pacific Islander be significant in setting goals?

Vignette Three

Question 1

The most effective therapy technique to help Paul accept his fate is cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The assignment states “ how you might proceed with Paul within an Existential/Person Centered frame of reference.

Paul’s mood and actions are directly related to his thoughts. Paul is seeking acceptance of his fate. Paul has existential problem since he needs to accept his fate. in therapy it is imperative to pay full attention to the client’s issues. Right, but that’s very important in all modalities of therapy. This creates confidence to share more information. Paul expresses his desire for acceptance which means that he is ready to move on from his condition. He is in an early stage of considering change. Paul is in contemplation stage. He is ready to start a healthy behavior. The therapy session should therefore help him transit into the next stages of change i.e. preparation, action, maintenance and termination. This writer will first inform him of the changes his body will undergo. This will be accompanied by an explanation that he will be able to continue with all daily activities without any difficulty. Paul needs to accept that having the condition does not interrupt his professional life. Self-acceptance will help him accept his new life. He can live his life to the fullest if he commits himself to the positive things in life. he should could Try to stay away from “should”. It can be perceived as judgmental or critical. choose to focus on the things that make his life happy and worth living. Self-awareness increases the likelihood that he is less worried of what the society views him. He also needs to accept taking prescribed medication and eating a healthy diet as recommended by his physician. With self-awareness and professional medical help, Paul may live his life to the fullest.

This needed to be rewritten from the Existential/Person Centered frame of reference.

Question 2

There is a high possibility of helping Paul live a fulfilling life despite his condition. At this age with an incessant advancement in medicine and technology, AIDS can be controlled using drugs. ARV’s offer a patient the opportunity to live a normal healthy life (Khalsa, 2014). When the drugs are correctly taken combined with physical exercise and a healthy diet, the patient can live longer. Yes, right. Tell me how this works to find meaning in his life in the face of death. Since Paul is ready to accept his condition. No, he’s coming to you for help in that. Paul is seeking counseling to help him deal with accepting his diagnosis without resentment and hostility. He is filled with rage over his fate; he keeps asking why this had to happen to him. living a better life is a likely possibility. This was directed at you to give you direction on how to develop this answer. Start a new paragraph here. Some of the ethical issues is privacy and right to appropriate information. Expand. Start another new paragraph here. Further cultural issues such as his beliefs about use of drugs, certain foods and attitude due to cultural identity. What about the culture surrounding his sexual orientation and layered over that as one who is living with HIV? Develop and expand. This writer is inclined to provide Paul with all information about his condition. This might raise some ethical issues since some information might cause emotional distress to my client. Further, all information discussed during the therapy session must be confidential. This is an ethical standard upheld by all therapists. This was directed at you so you would expand on that. Accepting change and moving forward in a positive direction is where he is struggling and seeking help and support. The client needs care and support for better acceptance of the new changes.

Do you see any possibilities for helping Paul find meaning in his life in the face of death?

Laura, this is only slightly improved over the first one and does not exhibit Master’s level work, in depth and detail, analysis nor development. Grammar needs improvement as well. There is a lack of understanding of feedback. 64%

References

D'Andrea, M., Ivey, A., & Simek-Morgan, L. (2017). Theories of counseling and psychotherapy: A multicultural perspective. New York: SAGE Publications, Inc.

Khalsa, A. (2014). Preventive counseling, screening, and therapy for the patient with newly diagnosed HIV infection. Am Fam Physician, 271-280.

Parsons, R., & Zhang, N. (2014). Counseling theory: Guiding reflective practice. New York: SAGE Publications.