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NU646 Theory and Practice of Contemporary Psychotherapies

Week 2 Discussion

Personal Triggers

What are some specific topic areas that have the potential to trigger countertransference for you? How can you identify your triggers and potential reactions to manage your own countertransferences as a therapist?

In psychoanalytic theory, how is transference and countertransference defined?

 

NU646 Theory and Practice of Contemporary Psychotherapies

Week 3 Discussion

Exploring Informed Consent

In your initial post, address the following:

What is the purpose of informed consent?

What are the main components of informed consent?

Research psychiatric mental health/psychotherapy/and or counseling clinics and practices online. Share your findings with the class. Post an example of the informed consent forms offered either on the website or in pdf format. If there is a link to the informed consent document, post that as well.

 

NU646 Theory and Practice of Contemporary Psychotherapies

Week 4 Discussion

Rogers, Person-Centered Therapy

This week’s discussion deals with Carl Rogers and his patient-centered approach to therapy. The core of Rogers’ therapeutic approach involves 1) trying to genuinely understand the client, 2) genuinely and unconditionally caring about the client, and 3) being authentic in the therapeutic relationship.

What do you think of these conditions for change, growth, and drawing out the potential of the client?

Are there aspects of his approach you have concerns about or disagree with?

What do you like and dislike most about his approach?

How is empathy, therapeutic communication, and positive regard integrated into this therapy modality?

What diagnoses would you correlate best with this therapy modality, and why?

 

 

 

 

NU646 Theory and Practice of Contemporary Psychotherapies

Week 6 Discussion

CBT Case Study Discussion

This discussion is based on a case study (Word) of the client Alana. You will read her history of treatment and formulate continuing care with a CBT approach. For this week’s discussion, you will answer the questions below related to CBT and the case.

For your initial post, answer the following questions in APA format.

What cognitive behavioral techniques might be appropriate to use with Alana as she explores her frustration and anger related to stressors?

How would you use cognitive behavioral therapy techniques in a culturally/gender sensitive manner to address Alana feelings about being a woman as a minority in the finance industry? How might the principles from CBT be applied to the case study?

 

NU646 Theory and Practice of Contemporary Psychotherapies

Week 8 Discussion

Personality Disorders and Childhood Trauma

Read the following article after reviewing your reading and learning materials for this week’s topics.

Cattane, N., Rossi, R., Lanfredi, M., & Cattaneo, A. (2017). Borderline personality disorder and childhood trauma: Exploring the affected biological systems and mechanisms. BMC psychiatry, 17(1), 221.

For this week’s discussion answer the follow questions related to the learning material for this week.

What is one thing that stands out to you the most about ACEs research?

Why is the ACEs assessment instrument/tool so important in psychiatric mental health care?

What are the barriers to responding to the ACEs research?

Consider borderline personality as a biological response to trauma; what are the best options for treatment and why?

 

NU646 Theory and Practice of Contemporary Psychotherapies

Week 10 Discussion

Provider Self-Care

In the resources section of Week 10, there are specifics related to self-care as a provider. Review the information and then consider what you have learned throughout the course thus far. Knowing your own personality and coping skills, what boundaries and self-care mechanisms do you have as goals to put in place to keep yourself healthy and deter burnout as a provider?Your post should be a minimum of 300 words. Please do not include any sources. You are expected to describe your thoughts only for this discussion.

NU646 Theory and Practice of Contemporary Psychotherapies

Week 12 Discussion

Therapy Modality Incorporation in Practice

Write an initial post detailing what style of therapy you intend to provide and why. Even if you intend to focus on medication management, academia, or any other non-therapy job description professionally, for the purposes of this assignment imagine that you will be acting as a nurse psychotherapist as part of your PMHNP role at some point of your career.

Your post should be a minimum of 300 words. Please do not include any sources. You are expected to describe your thoughts only for this discussion.

 

NU646 Theory and Practice of Contemporary Psychotherapies

Week 14 Discussion

Individual Poster Presentation Discussion

This is a student presentation discussion. Each student is responsible for posting their completed poster presentation for peer feedback and discussion. Please title your initial post with the name of the therapy modality you researched and are presenting.

Remember that on Day 3 of this week, each student will be responsible for posting their completed poster presentation for everyone to review. During this week, each student should participate in the discussion by being engaged and replying to peers. This will allow collaboration for you to improve your final poster before turning it in to the dropbox, as well as sharing knowledge content from your research with your peers. Once you have completed your revisions, submit your poster to Week 14 Assignment 1: Individual Poster Presentation.