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“Exploring Two Psychotherapies: A Comparative Case Study”

Compare and contrast two distinct psychotherapies by using the same case and creating two therapeutic dialogues to “treat” this case. More specifically: a) choose two distinct psychotherapies to compare; b) create a case—you could choose a fictional character (e.g., from a book, movie, TV show, or play); someone you know, including perhaps yourself (disguising the details); or create a client with a problem that could be profitably discussed in therapy. Take a page or so to describe this person, including the nature of his/her problems that mandate treatment; c) write 3-4 pages of dialogue from within each of these therapeutic modalities (i.e., a total of 6-8 pages); d) write 2-3 pages comparing and contrasting your approaches: which of these approaches seem to have worked “best” with this client with this set of problems? Why? What were the advantages and disadvantages of each of these approaches? Even with the “best” of these approaches, were there limitations in what could be accomplished