Case Study – Jennifer

Readings – MUST BE USED IN THE ESSAY Complete the following tasks: * In the Prout, H. T., & Brown, D. T. (Eds.). (2007). Counseling and psychotherapy with children and adolescents: Theory and practice for school and clinical settings (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. text, read Chapter 3, “Culturally Responsive Counseling and Psychotherapy With Children and Adolescents,” on pages 32?63. This chapter discusses how increasing multiculturalism will affect child and adolescent counseling and why it is important to become a culturally competent counselor. The chapter also introduces the theory of multicultural counseling and therapy and the techniques and applications that relate to cultural competency. * Read the 2002 Schuman report, Filial Therapy. ERIC Digest. Web Search Locate a Web site on each of the following topics: * Criteria associated with certification as a play therapist, art therapist, or hypnotherapist. * Play therapy techniques. * Information for counselors about culturally appropriate play therapy materials. Assignment Read Jennifer’s Case Study. * Identify the physical and physiological factors that may have contributed to Jennifer’s disorder(s). * Identify the social and cultural factors that may have contributed to Jennifer?s disorder(s). * In an attempt to learn more about Jennifer and her physical and physiological concerns and to ultimately provide meaningful treatment, analyze and provide a rationale for using each of the following methods: o Child-centered play therapy. o Use of games. o Art therapy. o Hypnotherapy. o Filial family therapy. * Using the website you located about certification criteria, identify and describe the criteria that counselors need to meet in order to become certified in each of these modalities. * Use APA style to cite and reference your article. Response Guidelines Review and respond to two other learners post. In each response, visualize yourself as the counselor in this case and develop a mock client file entry that summarizes the first session with Jennifer. Be sure to include all pertinent information, based on the paradigms of using play therapy and the information provided by the learner. Ask yourself, what information would be available in the first session in a case like Jennifer’s?