CNL-500 Topic 6: Comparison Worksheet Theory 2022

CNL-500 Topic 6: Comparison Worksheet
Directions: Choose two family systems theories (Bowenian, Structural, Strategic, or Satir) and one individual counseling theory
studied in this course (any theory studied in topics 1-5) and compare the three theories.
Part 1: Create a hypothetical family. Develop a scenario that has caused this family to seek counseling. The scenario should be 150-
250 words in length. Be sure to include the following in the scenario: 1) Identify the members of the family; 2) The problem/focus of
therapy; 3) Family rules which enabled the problem to continue; and 4) rationale for who the identified patient (IP) is.
Family Scenario:
It is a family of six members. The parents aging 50 year old mother, named Mary and father 65 Marcus and their children and grand
children. His own son Methew is 45 years old and his wife Fanny is 40 years old. They have two children one is Roger and he is 3
years old boy where as Jenny is 12 years old girl. The scenario that has brought the family to the psychological counseling.
The Son of Marcus was an import export businessmen when he married. But after his first child Jenny they faced loss in the business
and the business got sold off. This caused the family to invest in new business and the fund of the family got limited causing stress.
Jenny was only 3 years old So Methew thought of involving his wife fanny in the business and outdoor trips for business purpose.
This lead Jenny to stay with her grandparents for longer period of time. In this course of time Jenny became lonely and shy. She kept
waiting for her parents for days and when her parents come back she use to light up again. Now her mother and father started to give
very less time to her as they were very busy, they stayed only month a month with her in one year and this continued for almost 7
Years until jenny became 10 and she got her brother. In this period of time jenny became rude, monotonous, moody and stubborn.
Now when the family is well to do they don’t have peace in family and the grandparent of the family is blaming her parents for the
disturbance in the life of jenny. When they were not able to care about jenny they should have not done another baby as this has
caused her to feel lonely and unwanted. The love that her brother got was never given to her, which made her a jealous person. She
creates ruckus out of nowhere and tries to spoil any good moment in the family. She does not pay attention in the class and also fights
with other children in school. Her parents are helpless she is not ready to talk to her mother and father at all.
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Part 2: Complete the specific fields listed in the chart for each theory chosen. All sections will require a 50-75-word description
except for the section where you list the three treatment interventions. Include a minimum of six scholarly resources in addition to the
course textbook and in-text citation as appropriate. Include a full APA reference for the resources used below.
Multi-Person Family Therapy
(a session including more than
one family member present)
Single Person Family Systems
Approach
(a session using a family systems
theory with only one person present)
Individual Counseling Theory
(any theory of your choice from
weeks 1-5)
Theory
< Bowenian Theory> < Strategic Theory >
< The theory of the person and
development of the individual-
Structural theory>
Roles of the
Counselor and
Client(s) (50-75
words each)
The counselor will try to find
the emotional interdependence
in the family that has created
cohesiveness families require to
protect their members. At any
point heightened tension, can
disturb this process ultimately
affecting unity and teamwork,
and this can lead to problems so
they open up. The counselor
shall talk to the family member
individually or make an
emotional triangle to get to the
root of the problem (Barth &
Moody, 2019).. The counselor
will involve three member so
the family at a time to council.
This will control the anxiety
level in the family. They will
give true reply to support the
Strategic therapy is a theory that has
developed from combined method of
psychotherapy practices (Beyers,
Phipps, & Vorster, 2017). The
counselor will define the method to
the client and follow the five step
process which are - a brief social
stage, the problem stage, interactional
stage, the goal-setting stage and the
task-setting stage. The counselor tries
to know the communication or
problem-solving patterns by
evaluating individual in the family.
The counselor reframes or redefining a
problem scenario or using paradoxical
interventions in order to create the
desired change (Colapinto, 2015). The
client experience the change rapidly,
without intensive analysis of the
source of the problem. They have to
The counselor can approach the
individual in this technique with a
therapeutic technique. The councilor
will challenge the family about its
problem to be correct specially. The
counselor shall talk one by one
individually to figure out why a
particular scenario is prevailing for so
long in the family. A one point he will
ask the family to restructure by
alternating the relationships. The
therapist will teach the family about
the complementary role of everyone.
By changing the view and focus the
therapist may achieve the intensity.
The client gets the opportunity to
express their thoughts and feelings
about how they are affected.
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Multi-Person Family Therapy
(a session including more than
one family member present)
Single Person Family Systems
Approach
(a session using a family systems
theory with only one person present)
Individual Counseling Theory
(any theory of your choice from
weeks 1-5)
reason.
The client will cope in the
counseling. They have to follow
the instructions so that the
session can happen peacefully.
They will be telling the
reactions of individual family
members (Murdock, Theories of
Counseling and Psychotherapy,
2019)
be attentive and participate truly in the
sessions.
Individual explores their role in the
family and learns to switch the roles.
The theory focuses on the balance
between two forces (Murdock,
Theories of Counseling and
Psychotherapy, 2019).
Describe the state
of dysfunction
How would you
describe the
problem from each
theoretical
orientation? (50-75
words each)
The problem may be in any
level of generation in the family
(Murdock, Theories of
Counseling and Psychotherapy,
2019). The dysfunctions can be
singular or multiple. It can be in
one person or may in two or
three people (Negash &
Morgan, 2016). The problem
can also be in some kind of
particular theory that the family
has been following since ages.
The dysfunction will be that the
individually each family members
may start to blame each other
(Murdock, Theories of Counseling and
Psychotherapy, 2019). The individual
session lends an opportunity to speak
up the mind. The counselor frees the
person by making them analysis their
own problems by themselves (Shoup
& Baranovich, 2019).
The best theory its only about the
individual person. What they feel, why
they feel and because of what they feel
distresses, depressed or disassociate.
The two method are used by the
counselor to analysis the dysfunctions
of the individuals. The person may be
feeling depressed, hollowed, unhappy
or angry due to personal, family or any
third party reason (Murdock, Theories
of Counseling and Psychotherapy,
2019).
Process of Change
How is change
accomplished? (50-
According to Green & Dorr,
2016, to analysis if the
potentially leading any traits
passed on through generations.
As per Szapocznik et al. 2016, in this
the person is represents the smallest
stable network of human relationship
systems. The person may seem to be
The therapy interest in the pattern of
the hierarchy. To teach how to
communicate in more complex way in
the family. The family is taught to
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