Case Study Assignment # 1- Transcript of Video Therapy Session
A Case of Domestic Violence: Brief Therapy- McCullough
Please read the transcript submission from the rest of the group and add your critique with (starting Jessica B.)
Watch
A Case of Domestic Abuse: Brief Character Change. Brief Therapy Inside Out, Governors State University. Communications Services. (Inc. Tucker & Theisen Zeig, 2000), 108:59
Introduction
In a small group, you will critique a transcript. The video above is an example of a brief therapy session with a woman who discloses she is being abused/battered. You will also see the therapist consulting with two other therapists about her work with this client. Consultation, feedback, and support are essential components for therapists, especially when working with victims/survivors of violence. There is no such thing as a perfect therapy session. This session demonstrates a traditional mental health approach to Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence (DV/IPV). Based on your readings in assessing for IPV and
empowering and trauma-informed practice with victims/survivors add your responses to the session if you were the therapist.
Instructions:
The goal of this assignment is to critique the therapists traditional approach to working with a victim/survivor that fails to recognize the context and dynamics of the abuse and blames the survivor. This session is a striking example of what NOT to do in a session with a survivor. Your assignment is to place yourself in the therapist role and respond to Marcy from a trauma-informed, empowerment-based perspective. When you observe victim-blaming statements and the therapists efforts to direct Marcys actions, name them, and add how you would respond to Marcys statements.
These questions are to help you focus on some of the more salient issues presented in the video. You will not be answering these questions. Rather you will be responding to Marcy in the session in the role of the therapist. The goal is to apply what you have learned about assessing for IPV and using best practice interventions.