Case Study:
Submit before Thursday at 11:59 p.m. CST.
Small N studies such as th
Case Study:
Submit before Thursday at 11:59 p.m. CST.
Small N studies such as the case study were the predominant paradigm in psychology and medicine until the beginning of the twentieth century. The first published studies of psychological therapy were the cases studies of Sigmund Freud.
Case study methodologies stress a natural process which is characterized by several basic assumptions: (1) Though data is gathered inductively, the case study approach to research is inductive in that it constructs a theory by logically fitting together pieces of behavior; (2) The case study approach stresses the totality of an individual; (3) The case study approach stresses construct validity by logically joining theoretical elements; and (5) The case study approach recognizes the uniqueness of the individual or group.
Use the following format to create an intervention plan for the case you select.Complete all five sections, expect this paper to be a minimum of 7 pages excluding ancillary material (e.g., title page, abstract, references). You should plan to utilize at least 5 scholarly references.Use the headings provided as the headings for your paper. Title Page
Abstract
Section One: Background information
Presenting problem
History of the presenting problem
Section two:
Assessment and diagnosis – provide your diagnosis using the theory that most appeals to you from those explored during the course. Explain how you reached your conclusions (justification of diagnosis). You may have to speculate a bit; this is a fictional case, so conjecture is allowed for the sake of education J
Section three:
Intervention – design an intervention plan that includes a contract, techniques, process of therapy, and goals of intervention using the theory you selected for section two.
Section four:
Empirical support for the theoretical approach you selected.
Section five:
References