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A child’s cry for love
Yara M Rosario
Bryant and Stratton College
HUSS125: Family Theory and Services
V. Suggs-Crudup
Week 2
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Introduction Jamie is a teenager that is displaying concerning behavior brought forward by her close friends,
parents and school counselors. Behavior such as sleeping in class, lac of motivation, decline in
grades, decreased social interaction and serious attitude problems at home. The teen has no
reported issues with drugs or alcohol at the moment but has limited her times with close friends
and has leaned more on drug-using peers. Jamie has expressed frustration and anger towards her
stepfather, Jack and blames him for these unhealthy behaviors. Jamie also admits to wanting a
better relationship with mom, Miranda, and has expressed the need for more visible and outward
expressions of her mother’s love, but feels Jack is in the way. Jamie has had no contact or
relationship with her biological father since he moved to a different state and remarried.
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Therapy and intervention
I think it is a good sign that Jamie expresses wanting to improve her relationship with her mother. We could also take this opportunity to build trust and a relationship with her stepfather as well and find the reason’s why she feels he is in a way, blocking a possible healthy relationship between Jamie and Miranda. Jamie would benefit from therapy by identifying her triggers, and the problems she finds in her stepfather Jack. By identifying the problems, we can then take steps into healing as a family and making sure each member is being heard and acknowledged. I believe that by using the family systems therapy approaches we can look at the family’s relationship, behaviors and patters within the therapy sessions and employ a strategy to assist with communication and problem solving. (
Good Therapy.org. (2016, August 5). Treatment Plan. Retrieved from Good Therapy - Treatment-Plan
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I would begin my first session allowing the family to introduce themselves briefly and giving Jamie the opportunity to speak on her concerns and feelings. I want to build a space where she feels safe and can trust anything we talk about there will be confidential and applied to her healing. Listening Skills Listening skills are very important in every relationship or interaction you have in life. Having listening skills in your professional life is an asset, it is important to not only communicate well but be prepared to listen in order to comprehend and work with others. You will find that employers are looking for people who hold value to listening skills because communication is a lot more than talking. You cannot display important attributes like empathy if you are not a good listener.
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Assessment Questions In preparation for my session with Jamie I have lined the three basic listening skills that I would like to display in our session to engage with Jamie in a deeper sense and also gain her trust. One of the ways I plan to display my listening skills is by paraphrasing I want Jamie to know that I am understanding correctly by capturing the essence of what she has said or how she has responded to my open-ended questions. For example, “Thank you for coming today Jamie and I appreciate you trusting me with this, from what I hear you are saying that you and your mother had a great relationship prior to your parents’ divorce and her remarriage?” I want to also summarize once Jamie has talked for a longer period of time, I want to be able to go back and summarize what I have heard again this allows me to clarify and display to her that I am actively listening and understanding what she is communicating. For example, “Jamie, you’re saying that after your parents’ divorce you not only feel alienated from your mother since she remarried, and
you have had no contact with your father since he moved to a different state and also remarried.”
Finally, I want to use confrontation when needed, this I will apply when I notice a discrepancy or
something that may need some attention when Jamie is done responding or speaking on a topic. For example, “Jamie, you said you feel that your stepfather is keeping you from building a relationship with your mother, but you also mentioned that you cannot tell me what exactly he is doing to hinder the relationship, nor do you have an interest to build any type of relationship with
your stepfather, Jack.” This will open up the possibility to Jamie to dig deeper in what exactly is
preventing her from building the relationship and seeing Jack, her stepfather as a blocking point to her relationship with her mother. These basic listening skills will allow Jamie and the other family members to take the lead in communicating what exactly they are feeling without me leading the conversation. I want to
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provide guidance but allow them to speak on their issues in a safe and open environment where discussions can be had that are proactive towards healing. Sample Treatment Plan
Goals of Treatment:
Significantly reduce or eliminate negative behaviors being displayed by Jamie, for example lack motivation, decline in grades, decreased social interaction with close friends, and sleeping in class. Also re-establish parental relationship and trust between Jamie and
her parents. Objectives:
Get Jamie to join her friends once a week in an activity outside of the home and school atmosphere, or join a extracurricular activity.
Find a tutor or afterschool program to assist Jamie with her academic goals.
Set time aside for Jamie and Miranda to do something together just the two of them.
Establish healthy communication habits by having dinner together every weeknight with no phones or outside distractions. Interventions: Individual therapy
for Jamie at least 2 times a week to explore, process and resolve Jamie’s feelings about her stepfather, Jack and the changes in her households’ dynamics and structure. Family therapy
once a week to explore and help family communicate and understand the dynamics, problems, and negative patters within the family’s structure. Gain the ability to use and reinforce positive communication and conflict resolution. Methods to assess progress:
Documenting progress towards goals and interactions in family/individual therapy. Summarizing how things are going within and outside of the therapy sessions.
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This treatment plan will build trust between Jamie and her parents, Miranda and stepfather Jack. By giving Jamie a space to have individual therapy where she can openly speak about what is bothering, triggering, or worrying her she can have a safe space to work through those thoughts and feelings before she interacts with her parents. Bringing the family together for therapy will help all of those involved to establish healthy communication skills and strengthen the family dynamics. The objectives area aligned with providing Jamie the support needed to be successful in school, socially and also find a balance at home. Allowing time for alone time with mom will strengthen the bond and also provide Jamie with something to look forward to. Nightly dinner with discussions will provide a safe place for daily communications to happen rather than an emotional dump on a specific day. Integrating stepdad with dinner interactions, while setting some time aside for just Miranda and Jamie to catch up with also display Jack as an additional support system rather than a barrier to Jamie’s mother.
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References
Good Therapy.org. (2016, August 5). Treatment Plan. Retrieved from Good Therapy - Treatment-Plan