Treatment Plan Group Presentation

BMFT 602: Internship I

TASK: Groups of three students will develop a treatment plan that is based on characters from a novel selected by the group from a list provided by the professor. Each group member should read the selected book from the perspective of a therapist who will have the characters as clients. (Note: Many of the books also have movie adaptations. Do not watch the movie in place of reading the book; it will not have nearly enough information for you to complete the assignment.) After reading the book, group members should work together to develop a theory-based treatment plan that will integrate general therapeutic goals and outcomes as well as goals that are theory-specific. If the novel has multiple story lines, the group may choose which character to treat as the identified patient. However, the treatment plan must include marital/family therapy.

This assignment is not a book report. As a result, do not feel the need to share every detail of the story during the presentation. Present enough material about the family and their presenting problem to adequately explain the treatment plan. References for this assignment must be included in the outline that is handed in to the professor. Groups must use a total of five references in the creation of the treatment plan. Theories that may be used to develop the treatment plan include structural, strategic, multigenerational, solution-focused, narrative, IFS, emotionally focused, or cognitive-behavioral marital/family therapy.

AUDIENCE: Your audience for this task consists of your peers/colleagues.

FORMAT: Each group will make a 40-45 minute presentation to share their treatment plan with the class. The presentation may include movie clips, short role plays, or other creative methods in presenting the treatment plan. The presentation should include/address the following:

Ø  Description of the characters and the problems with which they are dealing

Ø  Identification of the group’s chosen theory

Ø  Genogram of the characters’ family (regardless of chosen theory)

Ø  Goals/interventions in each of the three phases of therapy – do not simply list interventions but specify how each intervention will be used with the client system and how it will help to address their presenting problem

The group will also turn in a 3-5 page outline of the treatment plan and any supporting materials to the professor. This handout must include the references used in the creation of the treatment plan.

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION: This assignment is worth a total of 15 points, distributed as follows:

Ø  Overall quality of presentation – 1 point

Ø  Description of characters & presenting problems – 1.5 points

Ø  Genogram of characters’ family – 2 points

Ø  Theory-specific goals/interventions in each phase of therapy

o  Phase I – 2 points

o  Phase II – 3 points

o  Phase III – 2 points

Ø  Outline and references– 1.5 points

Ø  Individual contribution as evaluated by other group members – 2 points

DUE DATES: April 13 and April 20

NOVEL SELECTIONS

My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult

The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver

The Amateur Marriage – Anne Tyler

The Kite Runner; A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter – Kim Edwards

House of Sand and Fog – Andre Dubus III

Black and Blue – Anna Quindlen

I Know This Much Is True – Wally Lamb

The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold

Drowning Ruth – Christina Schwarz

The Deep End of the Ocean – Jacquelyn Mitchard

The Good Mother – Sue Miller

The Rapture of Canaan – Sheri Reynolds

White Oleander – Janet Fitch

Family Pictures – Sue Miller

What Hearts - Bruce Brooks

Beloved – Toni Morrison

Mansfield Park; Wuthering Heights; Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

The Liar’s Club – Mary Karr

Franny & Zooey – J.D. Salinger

As I Lay Dying – William Faulkner

Life in the Iron Mills – Rebecca Harding Davis

Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller

Suddenly Last Summer – Tennessee Williams

An Affair to Remember – Grahm Greene

The Awakening – Kate Chopin

The Mermaid Chair – Sue Monk Kidd

Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte