Clinical Techniques
Order Description
Briefly research on each of the following Clinical Techniques, using quotation like the examples below.
Choose one of the techniques and research thoroughly 2 pages, providing informative outline, history and application using quotations.
Use reliable resources (you can use the references used on the 2 examples) preferably books that are accessible in the United States.
Use 3 pages for the rest brief research/ quotation on the other theories.
Adlerian Theory
Behavioral Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Computer Assisted Therapy
Integrative Theory
Multicultural Counseling
Object Relations Theory
Psychoanalytic Theory
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Systemic Approaches
Must document the sources from where they received the Clinical Techniques.
Example:
1. Ordeal Therapy: “ls about absurd dilemmas people find themselves in and the absurd
solutions offered them in therapy.” All the cases are real as is reported by the author and the
unusual techniques used were successful, i.e. they work. However, these techniques should be
used only by the great master therapist who is comfortable using them.
Haley, Jay. (1984). Ordeal Therapy. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, p. xi.
Example:
2. Client-Centered Therapy: (lIs a maturepresentation of the nondirective and related points of
view in counseling and therapy.” (lIt deals with maladjustment or assists the human being to
meet in an adequate and rewarding way the problems of modern living.” It works in
personality adjustments and interpersonal relations. It could be applicable to play therapy,
group-centered leadership and administration, group-centered psychotherapy and student
centered teaching.
Rogers, Carl. (1965). Client-Centered Therapy. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.