Write an in-depth case conceptualization based on the Gibbons family as your client (live case scenario). Please use the following outline and refer to your text for details. Introduction to Client ? Identify the most salient demographic features that relate to the client Presenting Concern ? Description of how all parties involved describe the problem ? Because you are not using a real client/family you will need to use your imagination regarding how you think all members of the Gibbons family would describe the problem ? Include broader system problem descriptions (once again, this will be hypothetical) Background Information ? Recent event that may have contributed to the problem ? Substance use/abuse ? Trauma history ? Other historical information 19 Strengths and Diversity Resources ? Personal ? Relational/social ? Spiritual ? Diversity: resources and limitations Family Structure ? Style for regulating closeness and distance ? Boundaries ? Triangles/coalitions ? Hierarchy between parents and children ? Identify the familys stage in the family life cycle ? Identify developmental tasks associated with the stage Interactional Patterns ? How might the symptoms serve to create connection, create independence/distance, establish influence, re-establish connection, or otherwise help create a sense of balance in the family? ? Create a systemic hypothesis Intergenerational and Attachment Patterns ? Construct a family genogram ? Identify possible category of attachment pattern Solution-Based Assessment ? Solutions that did not work ? Exceptions and unique outcomes Narratives and Social Discourses ? Dominant discourses informing the definition of the problem ? Identity narratives ? Local and preferred discourses Client Perspectives ? Areas of agreement ? Areas of disagreement
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