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CNL-500 Major Counseling Theories

CNL-500 Benchmark – Major Counseling Theories Comparison Paper

Throughout the course, you have studied and written about a number of counseling theories that are used as the basis for the counseling profession. In this paper, choose a theory and compare it against each of the following three theories:

1. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)
2. Solution-focused
3. Psychoanalysis

Choose a theory that you have studied in this course. Do not choose one of the three theories listed above.

Compare your selected theory against the three theories listed above.

Write a 1,500-2,000-word paper discussing your theory comparisons. Include the following in your paper:

Part 1: Selected Theory

1. Founding theorist(s) for the selected theory
2. Standard interventions for the selected theory
3. At least three main concepts of the selected theory

Part 2: Cognitive Behavior Theory (CBT)

1. Founding theorist(s) for CBT
2. Standard interventions for CBT
3. Similarities and differences between your selected theory and CBT

Part 3: Solution-Focused Theory

1. Founding theorist(s) for solution-focused theory
2. Standard interventions for solution-focused theory
3. Similarities and differences between your selected theory and solution-focused theory

Part 4: Psychoanalysis

1. Founding theorist(s) for psychoanalysis
2. Standard interventions for psychoanalysis
3. Similarities and differences between your selected theory and psychoanalysis

Include at least three scholarly references in your paper in addition to the course textbook.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

This assignment assesses the following programmatic competency: 1.1: Demonstrate an understanding of the major counseling theories and principles.

This assignment meets the following CACREP Standard: 2.F.5.a. Theories and models of counseling.

1. Now that you have studied all the different theories of psychotherapy, what theory do you feel has the strongest approach for the population you may want to work with? Do you think that you will need to learn more than one approach? Why?
2. How can you, as a therapist, avoid becoming “stuck” in a particular theoretical framework? Identify specific ways to ensure that you continue to grow.

Student Sample Paper

Part 1: Bowen Family Systems Theory

Founding theorist(s) for the selected theory

Dr. Murray Bowen, a researcher and a psychiatrist, developed the Bowen Family Systems Theory (BFST) in the late 1960s. Since 1913 to 1990, Dr. Bowen was researching family systems theory as he also interacted with diverse clients. According to Dr. Bowen, the BEFT was developed in the basis that the functioning of human beings occurs as a single emotional unit and the idea that it is easier for a therapist to understand patients and their problems only when he or she views them within the family ties and relationships ties (Aaron, 2018). Dr. Bowen also argued that dependence between members of a family enhances treatment effectiveness when the client’s family gets engaged during the treatment process.

Standard interventions for the selected theory

According to (Murdock, 2015), the main objective of Bowen family systems therapy is to separately assist the client from his or her family.