Therapy Modalities

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Unit 8 Assignment – Clinical Preparation Journal

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Instructions

As you have learned from several of your readings, choosing a therapy modality is not always an easy or straightforward process. Multiple observations and assessment methods are often employed to reach a diagnosis and then match a therapy that has been shown to be effective.

Each week as assigned, you will record specific components of the therapy modality/modalities we are learning for the week. This will help solidify your new knowledge and allow you to make correlations between therapy modalities and to which diagnoses they can be applied or when they can be utilized in practice.

Assignment Instructions

For each therapy modality you will identify the following:

Therapy criteria:

• Identify the therapy modality by name.
• Identify the originator (creator) of the specific modality.
• Identify a specific diagnosis or population this modality is especially helpful with.
• Note specific focus, emphasis, and/or goals of this modality.

Therapy modalities (define criteria for each modality):

• Narrative Therapy
• Feminist Therapy

Use the Portfolio Template Therapy Modalities to complete your portfolio assignments. Your information can be in a bulleted format or just a couple sentences for each criterion listed. However, you must use APA citations. You are NOT required to write this in a paper format. Turn in one document for each of this week’s topics. (However, create a file on your desktop to compile your portfolio as you move through the term. This will ensure you can have easy access once you begin clinicals and practice.)

Use the grading rubric. ALL criteria must be present to receive credit.

Assignment File(s)

Therapy Modality Focus Points

Week X

Therapy Modality:

Creator:

Therapy used for what DSM5 Diagnoses:

(support with APA reference)

Emphasis of Therapy Modality:

Goals of Therapy Modality:

Notes:

References

Required Readings

• Shea, S. C. (2017). Psychiatric interviewing: The art of understanding (3rd ed.) Elsevier.
• • Chapter 13. Personality Disorders: Before the Interview Begins – Core Concepts
  • Chapter 14. “Personality Disorders: How to Sensitively Arrive at a DSM-5 Diagnosis”
  • Chapter 15. Understanding and Effectively Engaging People with Difficult Personality Disorders: the Psychodynamic Lens
• Behavioral Tech. (2020). What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Links to an external site.?Linehan Institute Training Company. https://behavioraltech.org/resources/faqs/dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt/

Lecture/Videos

Required

• Shea, S. C. (2017). Psychiatric interviewing: The art of understanding(3rd ed.) Elsevier.
  • Video Module 14.1: Sensitively Uncovering Criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder,
  • Video Module 5.4: Interviewing Techniques for Uncovering Malingering
• DBT Therapy. https://behavioraltech.org/resources/faqs/dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt/Links to an external site.
  • Watch the following videos:
    • Individual therapy
    • What is the D in DBT?
    • What is the B in DBT?
    • The Science Behind DBT
    • Core Assumptions