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Existential-humanistic case formulation
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Experiential psychotherapy.
- Families.
- Family Conflict.
- Psychotherapy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Family Conflict.
- Psychotherapy.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films
- Educational films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (110 min., 10 sec.))
- Place of Publication:
- Washington D.C. American Psychological Association [2024]
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Theopia Jackson, PhD, leads a discussion with Louis Hoffman, PhD, about existential-humanistic therapy conceptualization. They introduce his first session with an adult, female client who is experiencing familial conflict with her brother, from whom she has been estranged for two years. Dr. Hoffman helps the client to explore this conflict by connecting her reactions to her brother's anger to early family dynamics, particularly her father's unpredictable temper. Dr. Hoffman attends to the "here and now" and asks questions to help the client to connect more deeply to the emotions that are coming up for her as she explores. For example, Dr. Hoffman comments on the client's tendency to laugh when talking about negative emotions, which he interprets this as a protection against such emotions. He focuses on the client's strengths by validating her experiences and framing her efforts to protect her emotions as positive. Next, Dr. Hoffman expands on this interpretation to help the client understand her perceptions of her emotions. Finally, Dr. Hoffman helps the client explore realistic expectations of how she would like her family relationships to change. Following the session, Dr. Jackson and Dr. Hoffman discuss clips from the session. Dr. Hoffman discusses the session through the lens of a existential-humanistic case formulation and emphasizes the importance of the therapeutic alliance and the client's agency
- Notes:
- Recording date: 2024-04-24
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- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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