You need to write a response to each peer’s posting and support the response with at least two references.
1st Peer Posting
Implementing Research Skills
I have for some time now, had an interest in doing research work. As clinician’s work in the field of mental health, eventually, over time perhaps, one will be able to incorporate parts of various therapeutic theories which will work better than the whole of another theory. Corey (2013) refers to this practice is an integrated approach to therapy, where aspects of two or more theoretical approaches can be combined to create a more comprehensive therapy to better serve clients. This somewhat eclectic approach parallels the concept of what much research in counseling is aimed at- discovering a better way of treatment through convergence or divergence of counseling principles (Corey, 2012). Essentially, research is aimed at discovery of program worthiness or effectiveness, or suspecting there may be ways to implement or incorporate program updates. Both these research evaluations and integrated approaches have a common goal- to serve clients in a better way and to help them to be more successful.
Where it may be easy to see the integrated theory approach to be squarely a domain for seasoned, skilled counselors to effect a combined treatment approach, I can see program research and evaluation to be an entry level domain- provided the newcomer has had some skill building in evaluations. I say this because it is well known that it is easier to take the reins and explore other options than it may be for a practitioner who has executed a treatment process time and time again following facility or agency requisites or standards. Bluntly, experience isn’t always number one determinant.
To date, my experience in internship will be to work with Borderline Personality Disorder people, typically mandated to treatment by the legal system. This is the major reason for choosing the hypothetical program evaluation that I did. I could not say whether I would be chosen to do such an research undertaking, however, it is my understanding that my Internship site is in fact looking into other theoretical approaches to working with BPD at this time. If asked, I can say I would certainly jump in with both feet and accept the challenge.
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