Application: Crisis with Individuals, Couples, and/or Families

Many people do not pair the word crisis with the words couples and families. When considering the impact of issues such as suicide, significant illness, death, job loss, addiction, and relationship violence, a crisis is indeed what has happened within a couple or a family. Such an event affects all involved, singularly and collectively. Family systems theories teach that there is a recalibration period after an event occurs for which the collective unit must make adjustments and acclimate to the change, whether that event is positive or negative. When one part of a system is changed, the other parts are impacted as well. For crises that have a family impact, it is important to work within this framework to help the family adjust and recover.

To prepare for this assignment:

Review all of the assigned text chapters and articles in this week?s Learning Resources, focusing on types of crises and effective intervention strategies. Pay attention to the cultural, ethical, and legal issues related to the treatment of individual, couple, and family crisis survivors.
Identify two types of crises experienced by individuals, couples, and/or families. One of these MUST be the crisis of suicide.
Select two research articles from the library that discuss interventions for each of the crises you chose (totaling four articles).
Think about the merits and limitations of the interventions discussed in your articles and that you would implement in your own practice and why.
Consider the cultural, ethical, and/or legal issues related to counseling survivors of the two crises you chose.
Cite the articles you selected in correct APA format.
Explain the merits and limitations of the interventions discussed/recommended in the articles.
Explain which intervention(s) you most likely would use in your own practice and why.
Explain the primary cultural, ethical, and/or legal issues related to counseling survivors of the two types of crises you chose.

Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are required to provide a reference list and to appropriately cite, in APA style, all references used within your assignment.