You will be tasked with creating two treatment plans:
- One treatment plan utilizing the Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach.
- One treatment plan utilizing the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach.
There will be a section to describe how you would address the crisis elements contained in the vignette and a section where you will explain why you think one approach is a better fit for the fictional client in the vignette.
This assignment should be approximately 8-10 pages (not including the cover page and references list).
Be sure to take a moment to review the rubric attached.
Here is an overview of the sections of the paper:
- Provide a brief conceptualization for why the client in the vignette has a problem based on IFS & CBT
- Create two treatment plans: 1 IFS and 1 CBT using theory specific language.
- Be sure to include headings to designate the beginning, middle and end stages of therapy
- Describe what additional considerations need to be looked at when working with minors?
- For example, what is the likelihood of effectiveness if the caregivers do not participate?
- Would this client be a good fit for receiving services via telehealth? Explain.
- Describe how you would address the crisis elements in the vignette.
- Analyze and decide which of the two approaches you think is the best fit for the client in the vignette and explain why.
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Week 7 Vignette
Sophia is a 15-year-old child who is referred to counseling by her school nurse because she keeps getting into physical altercations with other students. While in the nurse’s office for a scratch to her face Sophia disclosed that her parents plan to divorce. She confided in the nurse, (who shared with you) that she felt like the once stable ground beneath her seemed to have shifted and she is grappling with confusion, anger and a torrent of emotions. After signing the consent forms, her father tells you he is worried because Sophia stays in her room all the time and when she rarely emerges seems to be in a “foul mood” or irritable. He tells you that she has lots of scratches on her arms that she claims are from the fights at school. He says although Sophia’s mother recently left the home, they both share the same concerns.
It is evident Sophia is struggling beyond her immediate family crisis. She is struggling at school and has withdrawn from her extracurricular activities and her boyfriend. Sophia tells you that the external chaos seems to mirror an internal one, where various parts of her personality seem to battle for dominance. She also has feelings of distress when she thinks it’s her fault her parents are divorcing because she frequently argues with them about going out with friends, what clothes she is allowed to wear and how often she is allowed to spend time with her boyfriend.
