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Week 2 Discussion: Psychodynamic Theory and The Campbell Family Psychodynamic theory gives social workers the ability to understand the impact of childhood experiences during the development of their formative years. Psychodynamic theory helps explain the impact of our rational mind and emotional reactions and the ways defensive mechanisms develop and support current behaviors. Complete the following: 1. View the Campbell Family Case Study prior to responding to this discussion. 2. Pick one of the family members: Karen (mom), Joe (dad), Kali (17), or Jacob (15). 3. Respond to the following from a psychodynamic perspective. Use theoretical information to back up your statements. ● Identify one Campbell family member and discuss how childhood experiences would have impacted their development and now impacts current behaviors. Use a psychodynamic perspective to develop this argument. ● Identify two defensive mechanisms and how the family member is using them to either continue specific behaviors and/or to protect themselves. ● Provide (at least) two evidence-based interventions that would assist this Campbell family member during this session, as you discuss childhood experiences and current impact to client issues or concerns. ● According to the Campbell Family Case Study, Kali is a 17–year–old mixed–race teenager who presents as quiet, agitated, and disengaged. Kali’s experiences through her childhood have impacted her development and now impacts her current behaviors. “Psychodynamic thinking on etiology focuses on problems that stem from important relationships in clients’ past lives, especially childhood” (Payne, 2020). Using a psychodynamic perspective, we can see the unconscious psychological processes of fears Kali is experiencing but may not be fully aware of that comes from her childhood experiences that are shaping her adult personality. An example of this is when Joe states Kali once told him “I’m not a mess like mom! If I was depressed I would be like her, a stupid mess who does nothing but drink and sleep. I am nothing like her.” Kali’s conception of herself comes from and is influenced by her family dynamic. She is unable to understand her own emotions due to how her mother copes with her own depression. One of Kali’s defensive mechanisms is to clarify that if she was to have depression she would be like her mother. By using this defensive mechanism Kali to avoid acknowledging her emotions and unresolved issues. Another one of Kali’s defensive mechanisms is that smoking marijuana helps her to stay calm, reduces her anxiety, and helps her deal with her parents’ constant arguing. By using this defensive mechanism, Kali justices her drug use despite it being against her probation. Part of the interventions that will be used to assist Kali during this session would be to use attachment practice, which is to create a secure haven so that other issues can be explored (Payne, 2020). “This supportive atmosphere makes it possible to confront difficulties in clients’ lives” (Payne, 2020). Through this intervention, modeling and person- situation reflection can be used to influence Kali’s understanding to her childhood experiences and the current impact it has on her current issues and concerns. A second intervention that would assist Kali is Free Association. Using this technique it will assist in Kali sorting deeper into her unconscious. As the clinician, I can give her a phrase and allow her to react and think out loud about what she is feeling about the subject. For example, provide her the word “depression” and have her speak on what she visualizes with the word. She struggles with the idea that she may be depressed due to childhood experiences and struggles. This can also be applied to her future plans. When asked what her future plans are, Kali says, “I’m just waiting to turn 18 so I can get out of this stupid place with my girlfriend, because we are going get as far away from here as we can.” Kali reports no desire to find a job or obtain her GED. She says she may go to school later to become a hairdresser, but only if she has to. Free Association can be used with the phrase “future” to have her visualize what her future may look like or what she wants from her future. Reference

Payne, Malcolm. How to Use Social Work Theory in Practice : An Essential Guide , Policy Press, 2020. ProQuest Ebook Central , http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/capella/detail.action?docID=6007142. Created from capella on 2024-01-16 04:59:57.

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