Discuss one listening skill and one action skill

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There are many things that bring clients to therapy. However, there are a few prominent reasons. First, clients come because trusted, safe loved ones have expressed concern for them. Also, they come to treatment because they feel concerned about symptoms or behaviors that they see in themselves. They also come because they risk losing something important (e.g., a marriage/partnership, friends, job, access to children) if they don’t change their behavior.

For this discussion, identify one listening skill and one action skill that will be easy for you to engage. Explain why these skills are easy for you. Discuss one listening skill and one action skill that will be difficult for you to engage. Explore why these are challenging skills for you. For all skills, consider your personality style, previous academic and professional experiences/training, and culture.

The therapy modalities

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Using your birth date, pick one of the therapy modalities below and offer a detailed analysis of the differences between that therapy and individual therapy. How does confidentiality look different when you are in this specific treatment situation [family therapy or group therapy]  as opposed to if you are in an individual therapy setting? Use scholarly support to bolster your claims.

  • Learners whose birthdays fall between the 1st and 15th: Family therapy with a divorced couple trying to figure out how to co-parent.

Experiencing microaggressions in therapy

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Pick a cultural minority group in the United States from the list below and analyze a research article related to psychotherapy with members of that group. Specifically, talk about the research population, hypotheses, research questions, and major findings of the article. For example, you might analyze a research article about the most prevalent symptoms of depression for Native Americans or how often lesbians report experiencing microaggressions in therapy with heterosexual therapists.

Note that your analysis should not be information copied and pasted from the article. You should read the article and write this discussion post using your own words.

  • Racial minorities: Any racial/ethnic group other than European Americans.
  • Gender minorities: Any gender group other than cis men.
  • Sexual minorities: Any sexual orientation group other than heterosexual people.
  • Nationality: Any country other than the United States.
  • Religion: Any religious group other than Christians.

Define the adaptation-level phenomenon and provide at least one example of it.

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Define the adaptation-level phenomenon and provide at least one example of it.

Explain how upward social comparison causes dissatisfaction and how downward social comparison facilitates contentment. In your response, provide one example that demonstrates the relationship between upward social comparison and dissatisfaction, as well as one example that demonstrates the relationship between downward social comparison and contentment.

How does each of these impact our ability to address materialism which is a major contributor to climate change?  Do you have any insight into how we can address this using other social psychology influence principles?

Explain and describe how the Bystander effect can happen in real time

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What is the Bystander Effect? Explain and describe how the Bystander effect can happen in real time. Explain and describe altruism and factors that influence human altruism including reciprocal altruism and diffusion of responsibility

Reciprocal altruism and diffusion of responsibility

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What is the Bystander Effect? Explain and describe how the Bystander effect can happen in real-time. Explain and describe altruism and factors that influence human altruism including reciprocal altruism and diffusion of responsibility

Discuss the contributions of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers to personality development

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Discuss the contributions of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers to personality development. Lastly, describe the Big Five factors and discuss and explain how someone may be high and/or low on each of the five factors

Describe the assumptions of the psychodynamic perspective on personality development

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Define personality. Describe the assumptions of the psychodynamic perspective on personality development. Make sure you discuss the id, ego, and superego and the levels of consciousness. Discuss the contributions of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers to personality development. Lastly, describe the Big Five factors and discuss and explain how someone may be high and/or low on each of the five factors

Provide a brief critique of the experiment and its application

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Provide a brief critique of the experiment and its application to the real world. You should be sure to discuss any problems with the methodology of the experiment or any problems with the interpretations of the results. Additionally, consider how the findings of the study can be applied to real-world issues. How could findings from the experiment be applied to develop policies or procedures to improve human memory in different professional settings? What strengths or weaknesses in human memory do the experiments highlight that would be important for professional disciplines?

Specific brain structures or functions

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Identify 4 specific brain structures or functions that impede the process of learning how to put a puzzle together and for each identified function or structure, describe and define the structure of the brain and purpose in detail.