DQs 1-4: Strategic Family Therapy Questions
Answer each question with 150 words each and use one scholarly source for each question.
1. Discuss the role of the therapist and perceptions of the therapist’s responsibility for change when using a strategic family therapy model; consider the therapist’s role in MRI, Milan, Strategic-Haley, and Strategic-Madanes.
2. Choose two strategic interventions, such as paradoxical interventions, you may consider to address issues when working with a family. What are some considerations to be made from the therapist’s point of view? Describe the process of considering these interventions. Discuss and explain.
4. Define the following assessments and provide an example when each should be used:
- Forensic assessment
- Therapeutic assessment
- Psychological assessment
- Personality assessment
This discussion question is informed by the following CACREP Standards:
2.F.7.e. Use of assessments for diagnostic and intervention planning purposes.
2.F.7.k. Use of symptom checklists, and personality and psychological testing.
5.C.1.e. Psychological tests and assessments specific to clinical mental health counseling.