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1) You are the therapist Laurel chose to work with (Laurel case is attached to select file), and you give Laurel an appointment to conduct an intake in order to start the assessment process. During that appointment, she relays the information mentioned in the case to you.
a) A description of the steps you will take to build rapport with Laurel and help her feel comfortable in confiding in you. Consider the work of Carl rogers Person Centered Theory; the work of Insoo Kim Berg Solution-Focused Brief Theory (SFBT); and Crisis Theory to help inform your rapport building with Laurel.
b) Describe what methods you will use to continue with the assessment process, knowing this may take there to for visits. Be specific if you are considering using any instruments or questionnaires. Explain the rationale for using each method, and indicate what information you expect to find by using them.
c) Given the information you know at this point, what would be your provisional diagnosis of Laurel?
* Use DSM criteria (including appropriate diagnosis code number). Look at a diagnosis for this case.
* You may consider rule-outs. Any diagnosis you give should have an explanation of the criteria/symptoms supporting your choice.

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1) You are the therapist Laurel chose to work with (Laurel case is attached to select file), and you give Laurel an appointment to conduct an intake to start the assessment process. During that appointment, she relays the information mentioned in the case to you.

a) A description of the steps you will take to build rapport with Laurel and help her feel comfortable in confiding in you. Consider the work of Carl rogers Person Centered Theory; the work of Insoo Kim Berg Solution-Focused Brief Theory (SFBT); and Crisis Theory to help inform your rapport building with Laurel.
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(a) Solution-focused Brief Therapy
Solution-focused Therapy (SFBT, deShazer & Berg, 1978) offers the advantages of being a brief, strength-based therapy (Archer & McCarthy, 2007). The therapy was designed to help clients arrive at solutions to their problems in a few sessions.
The Key concepts of SFBT are based on assumptions that solutions are not related to the problem. The therapeutic process is focused on the future, positive thinking; and realizing that not everything is negative (Archer &McCarthy, 2007).
The researcher's role is to be a consultant (Cooley, Graham, Neu, Craig, Oprey, Cardin et al., 2013). The success of the SFBT (deShazer & Berg, 1978) is measured by the progress that clients make toward reaching their goals as opposed to the time spent in therapy.
(b) Roger's Person-centered therapy
The person-centered approach was popularized by Carl Rogers (1951), who emphasized the relationship between the client and the therapist as the most essential part of the therapeutic setting. He is described as one of the first psychologists to emphasize the need to recognize the concept of "self" in therapeutic interventions (Truscott, 2010).
From a Rogerian perspective, the concept of client-centered therapy emphasizes the client over the therapist. He held that the human person possessed actualizing tendencies to develop the capacity to become self-reliant. According to Truscott (2010), it is the responsibility of the client to search for a solution to his or her problem. Additionally, Rogers' advocated for the "unconditional positive regard for others" (i.e., respecting the integrity and rights of others).
Roger (1951 as cited in Archer & McCarthy, 2007), That the counselor should keep in mind that it is the client's subjective experience that is the focus for counseling—it is not necessary....... for the counselor to interpret, diagnose, or direct the counseling process" (p. 103).
Rogers (1951) asserted that as individuals developed the self, they would naturally develop a respect for the integrity and rights of others. The client and therapist's role was to be equally in a therapeutic relationship.
NOTE: You could consider the Six-Step model—information you already have, (and have similarities), or the Hybrid crisis model detailed below to take steps to build rapport with the client.
(c) The Hybrid Crisis model ((Mikler, Venkatachalam, & Ramisetty-Mikler, 2007) is made up of seven task-oriented goals that include: (1) predisposition, engaging, and initiating contact; (2) Problem exploration/defining the crisis; (3) ...

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