Emotionally Focused and Behavioral Skill Building Therapy Discussion

 

 

Session 9 EMOTIONALLY-FOCUSED AND BEHAVIORAL SKILL BUILDING THERAPY

Topics

• Gottman Model

Readings

• Gottman, J. M., & Gottman, J. S. (2015). Gottman couple therapy. In Alan S. Gurman, Jay L. Lebow, & Douglas K. Snyder (Eds.), Clinical handbook of couple therapy (5th Edition). New York: Guilford Press, (pp. 129 – 157).

Assignment

• Mini Paper (1 page to 1½ page total)

oCompare and contrast Gottman couple therapy with both Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy(1/2 – ¾ page).

oWhat do you like and what do you dislike about this model? (1/2 page)

Session 10 PARENTING INTERVENTION

Topics

• Parent Management Training
• Clinical Pearls of Wisdom for Working Children

Readings

• Forgatch, M. S., Bullock, B. M., & Patterson, G. R. (2004). Chapter 27–From theory to practice: Increasing effective parenting through role-play: The Oregon Model of Parent Management Training (PMTO). In Hans Steiner (Ed.) Handbook of mental health interventions in children and adolescents: An integrated developmental approach. Hoboken, New Jersey: Jossey-Bass. Pp. 782-808.
• Kazdin, A. E. (2005) Parent Management Training: Treatment for oppositional, aggressive, and antisocial behavior in children and adolescence. New York: Oxford Press. Excerpt from manual “Shaping and School Program” pp. 301-310.
• Hughes, D. (2010). Attachment-focused treatment for children. In Michael Kerman (Ed.) Clinical pearls of wisdom: Twenty-one leading therapists offer their key insights. New York: WW Norton & Co. Pp. 169-181.

Assignment

• Mini Paper (1 page to 1½ page total)

oCompare and contrast elements of both the PMTO model and Kazdin’s model(These two models are essentially the same)with Hughes’ attachment-focused treatment for children (1/2– ¾ page)

oWhich do you prefer and why? (1/4 – ½ page)