Palm Beach State College Wk 7 Feminist Therapy Theory & Psychoanalytic Case Study Section A To Prepare: Review this week’s Learning Resources. Review the

Palm Beach State College Wk 7 Feminist Therapy Theory & Psychoanalytic Case Study Section A

To Prepare:

Review this week’s Learning Resources.
Review the feminist therapy video from this week’s Learning Resources. Take note of language and techniques used by the counselor that is specific to this theory.
Review the Psychoanalytic Case Conceptualization Example found in this week’s Learning Resources and use this document to prepare your initial Discussion post.
Select one of the case studies presented in this week’s Learning Resources, and answer the following points as if you were a feminist or transpersonal counselor. Use your Learning Resources and the notes you took on language and technique from the feminist therapy video to support your conceptualization and integrate examples from the case to support your post. Include the following:
Presenting Problem
Treatment Goals
Identification and explanation of at least two techniques and interventions
Expected Outcome

Post your feminist or transpersonal conceptualization: Choose one “Feminist or Trans personal Conceptualization.

case study

Dale

Dale is a 52-year-old White man who works as a prison guard in Arizona and was referred to counseling because he has had multiple verbal and physical altercations at work with inmates. In the past month, Dale has been involved in two physical altercations with prisoners, both of which were caused by Dale calling prisoners by racist names. Based on his work behavior, his supervisor referred him to counseling as a condition of his continued employment. Dale does not want to be in counseling, as he does not think that he needs to change anything, but he has attended the first session in order to maintain his employment.

Dale was a police officer for 18 years and was terminated from the police force due to racial profiling and his inability to work collaboratively with his minority colleagues. After termination, he served as a bouncer at a local bar for 4 years but quit to pursue a job with higher income and medical benefits for his painful rheumatoid arthritis. Dale has worked in the prison system for 2½ years.

Dale has been married twice. He was married to his first wife for 6 years and had one son from that marriage who is currently 21 years old. His son was raised primarily by his ex-wife, and Dale saw him on holidays and for 2 weeks during the summer. Dale no longer has contact with his son. Dale broke contact after his son brought home a Latina girlfriend; Dale states that the “Mexicans and Blacks are taking over his country but won’t take over his family.” Dale describes his ex-wife as a “lying whore” who he believes had multiple affairs during the marriage while he worked long hours as a police officer. He says she denies these accusations, but Dale says that “you can’t really trust women.” He also thinks she did a “terrible job” raising their son, and he described his son as a “big baby.”

Dale has been married to his second wife, Anne, for 3 years. Anne works as a clerk at a grocery store in their small town. Anne does not have any children. Dale describes Anne as politically and socially “ignorant” and “very religious.” He says he trusts Anne because of her religious beliefs and that she is afraid to go to hell for sinning. Dale states that it is Anne’s religious beliefs that allow him to trust her not to be like most women who have affairs, spend their husband’s money, and lie a lot. He states she “knows her place” as his “property” and doesn’t disagree with him. Dale was raised by his mother in a rural community where he was the eldest of four children; his views mirror those of his father, a man who worked as a laborer to support his family.

Dale states that he seeks out people who oppose his views so that he can try to convince them that the U.S.A. is a country for White, English speaking people only. When asked about this view, Dale shares that he grew up in extreme poverty and that “the lazy Blacks and Mexicans” got services and support while he had to “pull myself up by the bootstraps” to get to the middle class. Dale did not adopt extreme anger about these views until he started working in the prison, where many of the inmates are Black Americans and/or Hispanic Americans.

Section B

COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT (SECONDARY 7-12 GROUP)

you will complete the School Counselor Competency Assessment to establish your current skills, attitudes, and knowledge. As you are just beginning the school counseling program, you may have limited knowledge of the school counseling profession. This assessment is intended for demonstration purposes only; you are not expected to have mastery of knowledge or skills of school counselors.

To Prepare:
Complete the School Counselor Competency Assessment

Write a post in which you:

Provide an overview of your results. Do not indicate results of each item.
Indicate what areas you will need to improve and what areas you did well on. This is an example of what you are being asked to do in Weeks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
DO NOT apply psychoanalytic to any of the case studies.
Case Conceptualization
Case of Deidre
Presenting Problem: From a psychoanalytic perspective, Deidre appears to be experiencing
anxiety because of unconscious conflicts originating from her early childhood experiences, her
complicated family relationships, the untimely death of her father, and her abortion. Deidre is
experiencing a high level of guilt indicating that her ego is struggling to balance between the
instinctual drives of her id and the drives of her superego (Johnson, 2016). It could be that
Deidre is experiencing unconscious psychological conflicts surrounding the secret of her
abortion, her desire to feel safe with her boyfriend, Tom, and her need to remain loyal to the
values she learned from her childhood (i.e., to kill is wrong).
Deidre is using some defense mechanisms—including repression, avoidance, and
rationalization—that help her cope with her fears of abandonment. According to Johnson (2016),
these defense mechanisms, unconsciously employed to bolster Deidre’s fragile ego, could be
linked to her father’s early death and her fear of losing Tom.
Goals: The overarching goal of psychoanalysis is to bring unconscious drives into conscious
awareness allowing them to be understood and addressed (Johnson, 2016). A primary goal for
Deidre is to increase awareness of unconscious drives and past experiences as related to her
anxiety, drug and alcohol use, and feelings of guilt.
Interventions:
Free Association: During the counseling session, clients are encouraged to state any thoughts or
feelings that come to mind without censoring them. Then, the counselor assists clients to analyze
the underlying unconscious feelings associated with these disclosures (Johnson, 2016). The goal
is not to uncover specific memories, but rather to encourage self-exploration with the counselor
to achieve balance between the clients’ id, ego, and superego.
Analysis of Resistance: Resistance is considered to be an unconscious reaction by the client to
keep unpleasant or perceived negative experiences hidden (Johnson, 2016). These acts interfere
with the ability to accept changes that could lead to a more satisfying life. Common types of
resistance are changing the topic, refusing to talk, or giving up on counseling. These types of
behaviors imply that a client is unconsciously trying to avoid thoughts and feelings that are
perceived as threatening. Using analysis of resistance, the psychoanalytic counselor encourages
the client to consider what these thoughts and feelings might be as well as how they are an
important influence on the client’s mental health (Psychoanalytic theory and approaches, n.d.).
One example of Deidre’s resistance is keeping secrets from her boyfriend, Tom, and using drugs
as a way of coping with her anxiety.
Expected Outcomes: At the end of therapy Deidre would be empowered to make decisions
based on increased awareness of her unconscious drives and her anxiety will diminish. Her id,
ego and superego will be more balanced and healthier.
References:
This is an example of what you are being asked to do in Weeks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
DO NOT apply psychoanalytic to any of the case studies.
Johnson, A. L. (2016). Psychodynamic theory. In D. Capuzzi & M. D. Stauffer
(Eds.), Counseling and psychotherapy: Theories and interventions (6th ed., pp. 73-96).
Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
Psychoanalytic theory and approaches. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2018 from
http://www.apsa.org/content/psychoanalytic-theory-approaches.

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