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Evaluation Of Treatment Goals During The Family And Themes Emerged Around Interactions And Effective Communication

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Treatment Goals Discussion of treatment goals occurred with the family and themes emerged around interactions and effective communication. The first goal: The client and family will learn how to identifying stressors and learn emotion regulation. The second goal: the family will learn effective communication skills and interactions to develop a secure attachment. The third goal: build caregiver self esteem and confidence, not only improve self-image, but to model behaviors for her daughters. Treatment Plan EFFT and Play Therapy Techniques is a modification of EFFT that assists in the understanding of children’s behaviors, emotions, and thoughts (Wittenborn, A., Faber, A., Havery, A., & Thomas, V, 2006). It provides the therapist with the opportunity to assess the attachment needs of the child, while allowing the parents to understand and reestablish a connection with their child. This therapy encourages effective displaying of emotions and interactions between both parties (Wittenborn, A., Faber, A., Havery, A., & Thomas, V, 2006). In this case, the attachment is maladaptive, as evidenced by the mother’s inappropriate placement of worries onto her 10 year-old daughter and multiple traumatic events in the family – which disrupted communication and trust. This type of therapy has major stages that the therapist enacted with the client and their parent. The treatment plan below details the use of adapted EEFT and the major steps involved in therapy for this family. Stage 1:

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