Homework: Therapeutic Approaches for Disruptive Behaviors- Application: Therapeutic Relationships
Have you considered counseling a child who is unable to sit still or listen to what you are saying during a counseling session? What about a highly aggressive child or adolescent? How might you develop a therapeutic relationship with children and adolescents with disruptive behaviors?
You examine the effectiveness of counseling sessions with children and adolescents with a variety of disruptive behaviors. You also examine your own reactions to children and adolescents with disruptive behaviors and the potential influence of your reactions in the counseling process. Finally, you explore the development of therapeutic relationships as well as the missteps that might occur in the counseling process.
Learning Objectives
1. Analyze the influence of personal reactions on the therapeutic relationships
2. Analyze transformations of negative reactions
3. Evaluate counseling sessions
4. Evaluate therapeutic approaches
5. Analyze critical skills for therapeutic relationships in counseling sessions
Task (3 to 5 pages):
Part A: Ineffective Interventions
1. Identify the less effective counseling session you selected and explain why it was less effective.
2. Identify and explain the intent of the target goal in the counseling session.
3. Explain one ineffective aspect of the counseling approach and why.
4. Explain one misstep the counselor made that inhibited the development of a therapeutic relationship and why.
Part B: Effective Interventions
1. Identify the more effective counseling session you selected and explain why it was more effective.
2. Explain one intended goal the counselor was attempting to accomplish in the counseling approach and why.
3. Explain one ineffective aspect of the counseling approach and why.
4. Explain two critical skills the counselor demonstrated that promoted the development of a therapeutic relationship and how those critical skills were used.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.