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Brent, a 50 year old married male is having anxiety about his young adult daughter Rachel, who in the past year has graduated from high school and is now freshman at a large university. Brent is worried that his daughter will not be successful academically and may make poor choices in deciding to drink with peers or even be a victim or date-rape. Brent's wife Susan is less worried. She believes that Rachel has a good head on her shoulders, and that as a teenager, she did well in high school and has overall not been known for foolish behavior.   

Using search engines and Rasmussen resources, research Gestalt Therapy, an older confrontational treatment model that looks at incongruences between the client's verbal statements vs the client's body language, including facial expressions. While some human service workers and counselors may borrow elements of Gestalt Therapy, very few would identify themselves as Gestalt purists. Please Reference your source.
 

Explain the Gestalt Therapy methods and why it is rarely used in a pure form. Rather than using a Gestalt approach, you don't have to write no more than a couple paragraphs. In a 1-2 page paper, discuss which contemporary service model you believe to be the most appropriate for the above case scenario whether its brief solution, CBT, Task Center, whatever you pick talk about that model and justify its use with the scenario  given.  Why? Be specific. Give examples.

Rubrics:

Paper is 1-2 pages in length 10 pts

Description and Discussion of Gestalt Therapy is provided 30 pts

Identification of a contemporary model and justification for its use is included  50 pts

Spelling, Grammar, and Mechanics 10 pts