Write a paper in which you will apply a single, selected family therapy model or approach to a real or hypothetical case study. Choose one of the following models of marriage and family therapy as the focus for your project: Solution-focused brief therapy.
Case Study-At least 2 pages
Provide a hypothetical case study (you must use a couple or family, not an individual) to which you will apply your chosen model or approach (selected from the models mentioned earlier). This should be a case that you create yourself. You can also use a couple or family from a well-known movie or novel, but do not use your own family or relationship. In the case study, include information such as:
•    Individuals involved.
•    Ages.
•    Cultural and diversity factors.
•    Relationships.
•    Current life situation of the family.
•    Family perspective on presenting issues and problems.
•    Transitions that the family or couple are undergoing or anticipating.
•    Individual, family, and community strengths and resiliency factors.
Keep in mind that what you choose to describe in your case study may be contingent on the family therapy model you have selected to apply. The case study should provide a rich narrative description of the dynamics occurring within the family or couple. This will allow you to provide a nuanced application of the model to the case later in the project, as well as to make general connections to your selected model in this assignment.
Model Description and Application- 9-12 pages
our Model Description section should be 6–8 pages and provide a brief overview of the history of the selected model and its founders. The essential ideas of the model should also be discussed. Your consideration and exploration of the selected model should be more general at this stage, somewhat similar to how a textbook might examine the concepts, assumptions, and methods of a model.
Application of the model to the case study should be avoided in the model description and should appear in the model application section of this assignment. Cite original sources, and be sure to address questions such as:
•    What is the role of the counselor or therapist?
•    What is the theory of change?
•    What is the target of intervention?
•    What is the assessment from this approach?
•    What does this approach say about normalcy, health, and pathology?
•    How might this model work with and be sensitive to the cultural and diversity factors in this case?
•    Is this a strength-based or deficit-based model? Provide a rationale for your selection.
•    What are some examples of intervention from this approach?
The Model Application should be 3–4 pages in length, discussing the case using concepts and ideas from your chosen model. Demonstrate that you can apply the essential ideas of the selected model or approach in the case and, where appropriate, discuss issues such as diagnosis, intervention, termination, and so forth. A successful paper will demonstrate that you understand the main ideas of the approach as well as the underlying assumptions implicit in the model. You may also include some hypothetical sample dialogue from the therapy.
Your application of the model to the case will re-examine some of the previously explored model concepts, though the emphasis will now be on how the model’s concepts and methods will be specifically applicable to your case. Please be sure to stay consistent with your chosen model. Your analysis of the selected model’s approach to diagnosis or assessment and its application to the hypothetical case study should address the following:
•    How will the role of the counselor or therapist influence how this case is understood and worked with?
•    What specific aspects of this case will be affected by this role?
•    How will change occur within the family or couple in the case, according to the theory of change?
•    What aspects of the case will be focused on to actualize change, given the selected model’s overall target of intervention?
•    How will this case be understood or assessed within the selected model’s framework?
•    The model’s assumptions around normalcy, health, and pathology might be examined here as they apply to assessing the case.
•    How might this model work with and be sensitive to the cultural and diversity factors in this case?
•    How is this model’s status as either strength-based or deficit-based relevant to understanding and working with this case?
•    How will the interventions from this approach be applied in this case?
•    What specific aspects or dynamics of the case will be addressed by these interventions?
•    How would you describe the approach to diagnosis or assessment of the model or approach selected and its application to the hypothetical case study?

Again, please remember to use original sources throughout to support your assertions and conclusions. That means if you are discussing structural family therapy, for example, you will want to cite the work of the founder (in this case, Minuchin). Support your ideas with research, textbook citations, and anecdotes. Examples of primary journals for research and reference include:
•    Family Process.
•    Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.
•    Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies.
•    Journal of Family Psychology.

Family Therapy Model and Application
•    Include a 1–2 page conclusion and reflection on the process of the model application.

Project Objective
To successfully complete this project, you will be expected to:
1.    Provide case study details sufficient to exemplify the main ideas of the selected model or approach.
2.    Demonstrate an understanding of how the historical context of the selected model and its founders relates to the essential ideas of the selected model or approach.
3.    Correctly conceptualize the role of the therapist or counselor, theory of change, and view of health or pathology applicable to the case based on the selected model or approach.
4.    Analyze and apply the underlying rationale of the selected model or approach to diagnosis and assessment.
5.    Suggest interventions that demonstrate an understanding of the underlying assumptions of the selected model or approach.
6.    Include a transcription and annotation of the therapist’s half of the interview that identify model concepts and micro skills used.