Papers by Jacqueline Corcoran
Solution-Focused Therapy
Springer eBooks, May 1, 2016
Depression
Building Strengths and Skills, 2004
This chapter discusses how to apply the strengths- and skills-building model to the problem of de... more This chapter discusses how to apply the strengths- and skills-building model to the problem of depression with an emphasis on solution-focused and cognitive-behavioral therapies. The purpose is to empower the client with a focus on what is going well and to take concrete steps to a depression-free future. Specific techniques from solution-focused therapy include the use of idiosyncratic language, normalizing, coping questions, orienting toward the future, exception-finding, externalizing, and scaling. Techniques from cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) include social skill training, feeling identification and management, and cognitive-restructuring. However, a strengths orientation pervades the application of CBT techniques to continue the positive and hopeful thrust of solution-focused therapy to the problem of depression.
The lived experience of adult child caregivers of parents with Alzheimer’s disease
Motivational Interviewing
Oxford University Press eBooks, Sep 16, 2004
This chapter provides an overview of motivational interviewing, which is a client-centered and co... more This chapter provides an overview of motivational interviewing, which is a client-centered and collaborative, yet directive approach for working with a person's intrinsic motivation to change. Originally formulated for the treatment of alcohol use disorders, motivational interviewing — a brief treatment model (one to four sessions) — has now been applied to many problem areas. Several guiding principles underlie the techniques of motivational interviewing: expressing empathy, developing discrepancy, rolling with resistance, supporting self-efficacy, and developing a change plan. These principles are enacted through the following techniques: listening reflectively/demonstrating empathy, eliciting self-motivational statements strategies to handle resistance, and enacting a decisional balance.
The Integration of Solution-Focused and Behavioral Marital Therapies
Oxford University Press eBooks, Sep 16, 2004
This chapter applies the strengths- and skills-building model in a couples modality. In solution-... more This chapter applies the strengths- and skills-building model in a couples modality. In solution-focused therapy, clients are asked questions that will focus on the positive aspects of their partner's behavior and the small improvements that will signal a positive change. An emphasis on exceptions is believed to result in both changed perceptions of the partner's behavior and an expansion of desired behaviors. Motivational interviewing can be used in a couples format when partners are ambivalent about staying in the relationship, attending counseling, or following through with skills taught in couples therapy. Both behavioral and solution-focused approaches center on specific behaviors rather than interpretations partners make of each other, which are often negative attributions of the partner's intent. Such negative attributions can be reframed to reflect a more positive intent. Conversations about the past, which is seen as impossible to change, are transformed into descriptions of desired actions by the partner. These principles are translated into a case example involving a couple in which the husband suffers from a long-standing anxiety disorder.
The lived experience of people with bipolar disorder
The lived experience of older adults with depression
The lived experience of parents of youths with intellectual disability
Ecological Factors Associated with Adolescent Sexual Activity
Social Work in Health Care, Jul 28, 2000
Abstract The central purpose of this research was to discover, using Bronfenbrenner&#... more Abstract The central purpose of this research was to discover, using Bronfenbrenner's conceptual framework of an ecological systems model, the combination of factors that successfully predicted pregnancy and parenting status in a convenience sample of 105 teenagers attending pregnancy prevention programs across a state in the southwestern United States. Nonpregnant or nonparenting teenagers were compared with pregnant and or parenting teenagers by factors organized by the following three main systems of ...
Groups in Social Work: A Workbook
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview Chapter 2: Types of Groups and Group Curricula Chapter 3: Se... more Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview Chapter 2: Types of Groups and Group Curricula Chapter 3: Setting Up Groups Chapter 4: Rules and Guidelines Chapter 5: Basic Leadership Skills Chapter 6: Advanced Leadership Skills Chapter 7: Stages of Group Development Chapter 8: Beginning the Group Chapter 9: Techniques with Working with Mandated Groups Chapter 10: Making the Most Out of Ending and Beginning Subsequent Sessions Chapter 11: Strengths-Based Techniques Chapter 12: Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions Chapter 13: Handling Difficult Group Member Behaviors Chapter 14: Challenges to Group Leadership Chpater 15: Groups and Social Diversity
Depression
Oxford University Press eBooks, Sep 16, 2004
This chapter discusses how to apply the strengths- and skills-building model to the problem of de... more This chapter discusses how to apply the strengths- and skills-building model to the problem of depression with an emphasis on solution-focused and cognitive-behavioral therapies. The purpose is to empower the client with a focus on what is going well and to take concrete steps to a depression-free future. Specific techniques from solution-focused therapy include the use of idiosyncratic language, normalizing, coping questions, orienting toward the future, exception-finding, externalizing, and scaling. Techniques from cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) include social skill training, feeling identification and management, and cognitive-restructuring. However, a strengths orientation pervades the application of CBT techniques to continue the positive and hopeful thrust of solution-focused therapy to the problem of depression.
Adolescent Depression
Social Work, Nov 28, 2016
Rates of depression increase during adolescence, putting youth at possible risk for suicide, futu... more Rates of depression increase during adolescence, putting youth at possible risk for suicide, future episodes, and impaired functioning in multiple life domains. Diagnosis and Assessment, Epidemiology and Prevalence, Risk Factors, Treatment, and Prevention are addressed in this entry. Although depression in children is relatively rare, in adolescence the incidence of depression increases considerably, with a rate of about 5.7 percent, although studies vary. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM (American Psychiatric Association 2013, cited under Diagnosis and Assessment), describes and categorizes mental disorders and is widely used by mental health professionals in the United States. The depressive disorders that pertain to adolescents include major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, and disruptive mood dysregulation. Major depressive disorder describes at least a two-week period during which a person experiences a depressed mood or loss of interest in nearly all life activities, with five or more symptom categories being represented. Persistent depressive disorder represents a general personality style featuring ongoing symptoms that are similar to, but less intense than, those of major depression. A new diagnosis created in the fifth edition of the DSM, (the DSM-5) is disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, which is a twelve-month pattern of behavior that is experienced daily, consisting of temper outbursts and irritable and angry mood starting before the age of ten. The system used outside of the United States and worldwide for classifying both mental health and medical conditions is the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10), published by the World Health Organization (see World Health Organization 1992, cited under Diagnosis and Assessment). The depressive disorders and their criteria are similar between the, with some minor differences.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Oxford University Press eBooks, Sep 30, 2010
Learning the Model
Oxford University Press eBooks, Sep 16, 2004
This chapter demonstrates the strengths- and skills-building model — its principles and practice ... more This chapter demonstrates the strengths- and skills-building model — its principles and practice techniques. All examples are drawn from social service work in a hospital setting, leading to the secondary purpose of the chapter — illustrating how the strengths- and skills-building model can be used in medical social service in which the practitioner has few client contacts and focuses on needs assessment, discharge planning, and referral.
Reinforcement Training with the Partners of Those Who Abuse Substances
Oxford University Press eBooks, Mar 27, 2003
This chapter covers a type of treatment for substance use that targets partners of the problem dr... more This chapter covers a type of treatment for substance use that targets partners of the problem drinker. Variations of this type of treatment are categorized together as “reinforcement training,” which revolve around operant behavioral theory and the central importance of reinforcement for increasing desirable behavior (sobriety in the case of substance use). Also central is the concept of antecedent conditions that cue certain behaviors to occur. Applied to substance abuse, partners are trained to pay more positive attention to their partners when they are not drinking and to create opportunities for sobriety. Skills training in communication and conflict resolution are also offered as part of a behavioral approach. Before presenting the application of the model, its empirical evidence will be briefly described, followed by a discussion of when it is appropriate to use reinforcement training as an option for treatment.
Multisystemic Treatment with Juvenile Offending, Substance Abuse, and Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy
Oxford University Press eBooks, Mar 27, 2003
This chapter covers multisystemic therapy, which is considered a form of family therapy but exten... more This chapter covers multisystemic therapy, which is considered a form of family therapy but extends beyond it to the numerous systems in which the adolescent is embedded that serve to maintain and impact delinquent behavior. These systems include the individual youth, the parent, the peer group, the neighborhood, and the school setting. The chapter will be organized along goals and interventions at these system levels using a case study as a basis.
Treatment of Adolescents With Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Oxford University Press eBooks, Sep 16, 2004
This chapter highlights how the strengths- and skills-building model can be used with adolescent ... more This chapter highlights how the strengths- and skills-building model can be used with adolescent disruptive behavior disorders, which include Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Conduct Disorder, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Solution-focused therapy and motivational interviewing can be used together to build strengths and motivation and to get teens to take responsibility for the change process. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is then offered to address cognitive or behavioral deficits that may have played a role in the disruptive behavior.
Structural Family Therapy with Adolescent Conduct Disorder
Oxford University Press eBooks, Mar 27, 2003
This chapter begins with a brief overview of structural family therapy and then follows with an e... more This chapter begins with a brief overview of structural family therapy and then follows with an empirical rationale for the use of structural family therapy with adolescent conduct disorder. The central goal of structural family therapy is to create a well-functioning structure, which is hierarchically organized with clear boundaries around subsystems. These goals are achieved through enactments, working with interactions in the session, so that new patterns are formed. Assumptions of structural family therapy and its techniques are applied to a case study.
Cognitive-Behavioral Marital Therapy with Depression
Oxford University Press eBooks, Mar 27, 2003
This chapter covers behavioral marital therapy for depression. The rationale for a couples modali... more This chapter covers behavioral marital therapy for depression. The rationale for a couples modality for the treatment of depression is described, as well as indications for its use. The stages of treatment are described, along with techniques at each stage, and applied to a case study in a step-by-step fashion.
Integration of Models
Oxford University Press eBooks, Sep 16, 2004
This chapter highlights some of the similarities and differences between the three therapeutic mo... more This chapter highlights some of the similarities and differences between the three therapeutic models that comprise the strengths- and skills-building approach — solution-focused therapy, motivational interviewing, and cognitive-behavioral therapy — in terms of the models' stance toward strengths and behavioral change, the client's relationship to the change process, the time needed to enact change, the degree of structure and direction required, and the system level at which change is targeted. As much as possible, client strengths, resources, and motivation are identified, reinforced, and amplified. Cognitive-behavioral skill-building is used to bolster areas where the client has knowledge or skill gaps that seem to interfere with the attainment of their goals. The aim throughout is a collaborative process in which the individual, not the practitioner, is seen as the ultimate expert on his or her life.
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