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Unit 9 Assignment: Individual Career Plan

 

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COUN 5279

 

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Here you are to summarize the contents of this paper. This summary should be one short paragraph that includes the purpose of this assignment, and the list of this assignment’s components in narrative (not list) form.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 9 Assignment: Elements of an APA Paper

 

Start writing your introduction here (1–2 paragraphs). An effective introduction prepares the reader by identifying the purpose of the paper and providing the organization of the paper.  Please double-space and remember to indent all paragraphs throughout your paper (not block form!). Aim to keep your writing objective using 3^rd person.  Unless required for the specific assignment, please do not include a Table of Contents, as it is not APA style.  Review paper guidelines on page requirements and number of sources required.   Unless citing a classic work, aim to cite research articles and texts published within the past 5 years.    Please use headings throughout your paper that are consistent with the paper’s scoring guide (that way you ensure you are adequately addressing all required areas.).

 

When you finish writing your paper, re-read it to check for errors and make sure your ideas flow well.  A helpful tip is to read your paper aloud to yourself.  If it does not sound right to your ear – it is not working on paper!  Please submit your papers to Turnitin (linked in the course) to check for plagiarism.  Also, remember as a Capella learner you have FREE access through iGuide to personal tutoring services with Smarthinking.com.

 

Client Profile

 

In this section you are to describe your client identifying information such age, race, gender, family, works status, educational background, current educational status, etc.  Explain the presenting issues.  Please remember to write in third person although you are writing about yourself.

 

Assessment Results

 

In this section describe the assessment results for all the assessments and inventories that you took in the Career Exploration Workbook.   Include your client’s preference for each assessment or inventory.  For example, in the 16 Type Jungian Personality Test, identify your client’s E/I, S/N, T/F and J/P.  What was your client’s score on the Big 3 personality such as extroversion, openness, agreeable, neuroticism, and conscientiousness?  What were the top five values from the card sort?  Identify your client’s highest categories from the interest inventory.

 

Interpretation of Assessments

 

In this section connect the assessments results to the presenting problem.  Describe what themes emerged.  Using your reflections from each assessment may be helpful in this section.   Include a discussion and analysis of the appropriateness of the inventories and assessments in relation to the client’s developmental stage and profile.  For example, were they culturally appropriate?

 

Professional Assets/Career Options

 

In this section assess your client’s training, education, and professional and voluntary experience as it relates to career goals.  Describe your client’s career options.  Identify two to three career options that match your client’s skills and interests.  In this section describe the educational or training needs and expected salary for your client including employment trends, as found using the current labor market information.

 

Individual Career Plan

 

In this section you are to create a career plan for your client.  You will include your client profile, goals, and an action plan.  You can use the example from your text or find a different one that you like.

 

Personal Reflection

 

Although this is a personal reflection, you are required to write in third person.  Describe what you learned about yourself doing this exercise and how you will use this knowledge in your specialization.   Include an assessment on your professional limitations as a career counselor in this section.

 

Conclusion

 

Please provide a conclusion that summarizes the main ideas of your paper.

References

 

Begin your references on a separate page with the heading above (not bold). (Delete this and all these instructions when you are done reading them.)   For this paper you are to have at least four references not including your text.

 

You must have a reference for EACH source cited in your paper. Do NOT list a reference that was not cited in your paper. Consult your APA manual for proper examples on citing and referencing APA style. The Capella Writing Center also has helpful tutorials.

 

 

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As we have seen this week when looking at both psychoanalytic and neo-psychoanalytic theory, much of our mental health and success in adulthood is related to the events and relationships of our childhood. Much like Freud, Alfred Adler believed that childhood events are pivotal for the adult. For Adler, his pivotal childhood events were the development of rickets which kept him from walking until the age of four and contracting a near-fatal case of pneumonia at age five. These events served to inculcate a lifelong ambition which centered around his becoming a physician in order to focus on the curing of deadly diseases.

 

According to Alfred Adler, all people have moments when they feel inferior. For many, such moments will lead them to strive to compensate for that weakness. When this happens, it leads to what he calls “superiority striving,” in which the person is motivated by his or her feelings of inferiority to overcome and strive for betterment, achievement, and perfection.

 

 

It is important to note that superiority striving is different from simply striving for power. Adler considered this an unhealthy desire because the sole goal is power. The way that someone strives to meet his or her goals from an Adlerian point of view is referred to as a style of life.

 

 

Adler is also known for his study of birth order and its impact on personality.
Research Adler’s theory using your textbook, the Internet, and the Argosy University online library resources. Based on your research, respond to the following:

 

• Choose a social or political leader (current or past) to examine through an Adlerian framework of superiority striving and style of life.
  • Superiority Striving
    • What might be the motivation behind this leader’s career choice, according to Adler’s theory? What was this person’s perceived inferiority or weakness? How did this person obtain his or her high level of superiority striving? For example, Franklin Roosevelt’s bout with polio may have been responsible for some of his motivation.
  • Style of Life
    • What was his/her goal and unique style of life that could be used to achieve this goal? What steps did this person take to overcome their perceived inferiority?
    • Did this leader act out of social interest or for personal gain? What was the long-term outcome of his/her striving?
  • Birth Order
    • How would you apply Adler’s theory of birth order to this personality?

Format your paper so it is double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, and with normal one-inch margins. Include a title page with a running head, an abstract, and a reference page. Do this for all the papers for this course.

Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

 

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Erikson and Freud are two of the few theorists who have developed a lifespan approach to development. Freud’s approach to development was psychosexual while Erikson’s was psychosocial. Even though Freud’s theory is better known, Erikson’s theory remains a leading and very much applied model in personality and developmental psychology today.

When considering these two stage-oriented theories, you can directly compare the majority of their stages. These are matched in the following table:

 

Approximate Age	Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development	Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial development
Infancy (Birth to 1 year)	Oral stage	Trust versus mistrust
Early childhood (1–3 years)	Anal stage	Autonomy versus doubt
Preschool (3–6 years)	Phallic stage	Initiative versus guilt
School age (7–11 years)	Latent period	Industry versus inferiority
Adolescence (12–18 years)	Genital stage	Identity versus role confusion
Young adulthood (19–40 years)		Intimacy versus isolation
Middle adulthood (40–65 years)		Generativity versus stagnation
Older adulthood (65–death)		Integrity versus despair

When considering Erikson’s eight stages of development, the way a person moves through each stage directly affects their success in the next stage. Their personality is being built and shaped with each stage. At each stage, there is a turning point, called a crisis by Erikson, which a person must confront.

In this assignment, you will observe or interview two different people, each at a different stage of development. For a third observation, take a look at yourself and the stage that you are in (this stage must be different from your other two observations).

 

 

• Record your three observations in a template. Include the following information:
  • Name
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Current developmental stage
  • Status within the stage (i.e., identity achievement or role confusion)
  • Events that have lead to this status

Download a Development Template from the Doc Sharing area to record your observations.

 

 

• Summarize what you have learned about psychosocial development through these observations/interviews.
• Summarize the trends you see in your observations/interviews regarding psychosocial development.
• How does movement through Erikson’s stages influence personality development? Again, be specific.
• How do Erikson’s stages of development compare to Freud’s stages? How are they similar? How are they different?
• Between these two theories, which one do you feel best explains your own personality development? Justify your answers with specific examples.

Write a 3–4-page paper in Word format. Insert your chart at the end of your paper. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

 

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For this assignment, you will have a chance to put into practice all you have been learning throughout this course. You will analyze the personality development of one of the theorists studied in this course from three different theoretical perspectives.

Choose one of the theorists you have studied this term. Use your textbook, the Internet, and the Argosy University online library resources to research the life history of the theorist.

 

 

Do the following:

 

 

1. Describe the major life events of the theorist that you feel influenced his or her personality development.
2. Describe the cultural influences that had an influence on the chosen theorist’s personality development.
3. Analyze this person from Freud’s psychoanalytic perspective.
4. Analyze this person from two other theoretical perspectives studied in this course, except for the trait perspective.
5. Summarize and present your critical opinion about how well (or not) these theories explain the person.

 

Write a 5–7-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

 

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It is recommended that students review the e-book The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner (Jongsma, Peterson, & Bruce, 2014) for additional assistance in completing this assignment.

Clinical and counseling psychologists utilize treatment plans to document a client’s progress toward short- and long-term goals. The content within psychological treatment plans varies depending on the clinical setting. The clinician’s theoretical orientation, evidenced-based practices, and the client’s needs are taken into account when developing and implementing a treatment plan. Typically, the client’s presenting problem(s), behaviorally defined symptom(s), goals, objectives, and interventions determined by the clinician are included within a treatment plan.

To understand the treatment planning process, students will assume the role of a clinical or counseling psychologist and develop a comprehensive treatment plan based on the same case study utilized for the Psychiatric Diagnosis assignment in PSY645. A minimum of five peer-reviewed resources must be used to support the recommendations made within the plan. The Psychological Treatment Plan must include the headings and content outlined below.

Behaviorally Defined Symptoms

• Define the client’s presenting problem(s) and provide a diagnostic impression.
• Identify how the problem(s) is/are evidenced in the client’s behavior.
• List the client’s cognitive and behavioral symptoms.

Long-Term Goal

• Generate a long-term treatment goal that represents the desired outcome for the client.
  • This goal should be broad and does not need to be measureable.

Short-Term Objectives

• Generate a minimum of three short-term objectives for attaining the long-term goal.
  • Each objective should be stated in behaviorally measureable language. Subjective or vague objectives are not acceptable. For example, it should be stated that the objective will be accomplished by a specific date or that a specific symptom will be reduced by a certain percentage.

Interventions

• Identify at least one intervention for achieving each of the short-term objectives.
• Compare a minimum of three evidence-based theoretical orientations from which appropriate interventions can be selected for the client.
• Explain the connection between the theoretical orientation and corresponding intervention selected.
• Provide a rationale for the integration of multiple theoretical orientations within this treatment plan.
• Identify two to three treatment modalities (e.g., individual, couple, family, group, etc.) that would be appropriate for use with the client.

It is a best practice to include outside providers (e.g., psychiatrists, medical doctors, nutritionists, social workers, holistic practitioners, etc.) in the intervention planning process to build a support network that will assist the client in the achievement of treatment goals.

Evaluation

• List the anticipated outcomes of each proposed treatment intervention based on scholarly literature.
  • Be sure to take into account the individual’s strengths, weaknesses, external stressors, and cultural factors (e.g., gender, age, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc.) in the evaluation.
• Provide an assessment of the efficacy of evidence-based intervention options.

Ethics

• Analyze and describe potential ethical dilemmas that may arise while implementing this treatment plan.
• Cite specific ethical principles and any applicable law(s) for resolving the ethical dilemma(s).

The Psychological Treatment Plan

• Must be 8 to 10 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must use at least five peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Attention Students: The Masters of Arts in Psychology program is utilizing the Pathbrite portfolio tool as a repository for student scholarly work in the form of signature assignments completed within the program. After receiving feedback for this Psychological Treatment Plan, please implement any changes recommended by the instructor, go to Pathbrite,  and upload the revised Psychological Treatment Plan to the portfolio. (Use the Pathbrite Quick-Start Guide  to create an account if you do not already have one.) The upload of signature assignments will take place after completing each course. Be certain to upload revised signature assignments throughout the program as the portfolio and its contents will be used in other courses and may be used by individual students as a professional resource tool. See the Pathbrite  website for information and further instructions on using this portfolio tool.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

 

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