Questions
1 What are specific ideas from the primary theoretical models we have studied ( Bowen, Narrative Therapy, Structural Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy.) that you find especially useful as resources while developing your personal theory of counseling? Why? What ideas from these models do you not find particularly useful? Are critical of? Why? (In responding to this and the next question, please do not simply summarize the theories we have studied.) Be sure to include clinical examples to support your position.
2 What ideas or methods of psychotherapy from models outside of the ones we have studied in this program will you incorporate into your own theory of counseling? Please include and reference any models you want to discuss.
3 What is central to your theory of psychotherapy regarding the therapeutic relationship and the process of change? ( Willingness of the client to do the work and the relationship between therapist and client)
4 How would you critique psychotherapy in general as a professional practice within our culture?
5 How has your family of origin values and experiences, along with your own history as a client in psychotherapy, shaped your thinking and practice of psychotherapy?
6 What do you believe to be your strengths as a psychotherapist? What do you believe to be your current limitations and challenges as a psychotherapist?
7 Briefly describe what your professional goals are within the next three to five years.