Couples and Family and Individual Counseling

1. Differentiate between Couples and Family and Individual Counseling. Provide a brief history of Couples and Family Counseling. What is General Systems Theory? How does this concept relate to couples and family counseling?

2. Describe the Models of family therapy as presented by the author of the textbook.

3. List and describe the theories of Career Development as presented by the author of the textbook

4. What does group counseling and family counseling have in common? (be specific). Who is credited with being the forerunner of group counseling? What are the most important ethical issues in group counseling?

Leadership

Respond to the following:

Jennifer Haddad Connell

How employees feel is important, and I think this includes the feeling of inclusion and value from top leadership. Attitudes within the company start with top management; it’s important the leaders set examples and promote positivity and I think think is an important first and basic step to supporting employee satisfaction. Let’s consider the concept of authentic leadership.

Authentic Leadership is a concept that is gaining momentum in research because of corporate benefits that include increased corporate efficiency, job happiness among workers, enhanced communication, and shared information (Fusco, et. al, 2015). Research into support of authentic leadership development is relatively new; interest in the field began after the large scandals such as Enron and its accounting firm, Arthur Anderson, in 2001. One of the traits of an authentic leader is confidence.

Through developing the authentic leadership development model, leaders not only learn the importance of embodying the quality of being confident, but also qualities of high ethical standards emerge and are required traits. It is important now and in the future that confident leaders are trustworthy. The confidence that draws people to leaders should be truthful and non-harming to others with whom business transactions are made. I think the field of authentic leadership development is a positive response to the disappointments we as a society have experienced from trusted leaders.

Class: Please continue the discussion the concept of authentic leadership. Do you think the effects of an authentic leader on employees of the organization can lead to increased job satisfaction and retention? Why or why not? Please discuss.

Fusco, Siobhain, and Palmer (2015). Authentic leaders are… conscious, confident, and congruent: a grounded theory of group coaching and authentic leadership development. International Coaching Psychology Review, September 2015 (10). pp. 131-148.

Note

APA format

175 – 265 words

Cite at least one peer-reviewed reference

Working to Resolve Conflict prior

Read Chapter 15

Working to Resolve Conflict prior to starting this assignment (Chapter 15 does not have its own folder within this course – lecture notes are attached)

Objective:

To create a self-improvement plan and to evaluate your plan.

Scenario:

You are a first-year teacher who is dreading an upcoming conference with the parents of one of your children, William. The last time you met with his parents, you brought up the fact that William needed to improve his social skills. You mentioned that he often teased and occasionally hit his classmates during playtime. The parents responded with raised voices and said that he is well-behaved at home and you should do a better job of disciplining him in the classroom—that was your job. You became defensive, and then the parents became defensive in turn, with everyone leaving the meeting in a huff. Your center director, having seen the parents storm out of the room, called you aside and asked you to reflect on how you might have handled the situation differently. She also suggested that you reflect on the idea of “hostility as a mask.” Next, she asked you to develop strategies for remaining calm and in control at your next meeting. She concluded by recommending that you make a self-improvement plan to address all three issues.

Assignment:

Create a plan for self-improvement in which you address behaving defensively with parents. Identify three questions that will help you reflect on your reaction and how you can handle similar situations better next time. Second, think deeply about the various dimensions of hostility, and write a paragraph in which you examine hostility from a psychological perspective. Last, write three strategies for remaining calm and professional when you are involved in potentially difficult conversations with parents in the future.

Meaning Reflection

Write and submit your own example of a meaning reflection.

Note

Submit your example using helper/client dialogue.  Focus specifically on the helpers reflection.  Write a few sentences of client dialogue, followed by a helper reflection.  Try to choose a more complex meaning.  Remember, concise, surface level reflection of facts is a paraphrase.   A meaning reflection instead focuses much deeper.  These are themes or ideas that the client may not even recognize clearly themselves.  Fears, motivations, attitudes, beliefs, patterns of behaviors, etc. are all food for meaning reflections.