Cognitive-behavior Family Therapy
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A girl and her family come to your counselling practice because she has been restricting her food intake, and her parents are worried. They have been monitoring what she eats, and they realize she ingests far too few calories each day. The mother has begun to spend mealtimes begging, pleading, and cajoling her daughter to eat, with very little success; the father has become increasingly frustrated and withdraws from the situation. How might you conceptualize this family, using a cognitive-behavioural approach? What cognitive and/or behavioural interventions might you use? please include a valid reference article. Thanks
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This solution discusses the use of Solution-focused therapy for a girl who is exhibiting signs of anorexia, and how this therapy can assist with family to design an intervention and develop a strategies to intervene.
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I think in this case, the best therapy for the girl would be solution-focused therapy. This therapy could incorporate the entire family, and would focus on the present and the future other than on the past issues of her restricting her food intake. The key would be to develop a treatment plan emphasizing the health and positive change of the girl and by educating the family as well as the girl on the importance of being healthy, and making positive changes in small increments, would help to set a positive tone to changing the current actions and thoughts, which can have a profound impact on this family's life. This type of therapy will help to establish concrete ...
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