Neuroscience in Counseling and Psychotherapy Assignment Solutions

Learning Outcomes
     a) Critically review, interpret, integrate, and synthesise contemporary developments in the field of neuroscience in relation to counselling and psychotherapy.


b) Exercise adaptability and judgment when developing an ethically cohesive model of counselling shaped by contemporary scientific evidence.


c)  Critically apply self-awareness and self-reflexivity in developing an understanding of neuroscience in counselling and psychotherapy.


d)  Effectively demonstrate professional knowledge and integrated understanding to communicate ideas at an advanced academic level, using contemporary communication approaches.


Length    2500 words
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Assessment Details and Instructions

Building upon your literature review for assessment one, write a report featuring one counselling or psychotherapy model corresponding to your findings and demonstrate ways neuroscience both explains and enhances therapy, including a comprehensive evaluation of strengths and limitations of the approach, including its suitability for working with neurodiverse clients.


Purpose:

The purpose of this report is to demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the influence cognitive and affective neuroscience can have on your chosen model of psychotherapy (any model based on the principles of psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive/behavioural, somatic therapies or creative therapies) and express analytic and persuasive capabilities.


Process:

•    Research one of the models of therapy as listed above and link it to your previous research completed for assignment 1.
•    Drawing on contemporary academic literature, write a clear report, addressed to the counselling and psychotherapy profession, that highlights and advances the latest research in cognitive and affective neuroscience as it relates to your chosen model of therapy.
•    Critically evaluate the impact this research has on the practice of counselling and psychotherapy.


Report Format:

Your report will cite all source material using APA-7th edition and include the following headings:


Executive summary

•    overall summary of the purpose of the report, its findings, conclusions and recommendations.


Introduction

•    brief background of the focus of the report with relevant background information.
•    a clear statement of the issue the report addresses and/or the aim and scope of the report.
•    include the main points that will be covered in the main section of the report signposted for the reader.


Main Body

•    elaborates on the latest research in cognitive and affective neuroscience as it relates to chosen model of therapy.
•    cite all source material using APA 7th edition in-text referencing.


Conclusion/recommendations

•    summarise the main findings without adding any new information.
•    give recommendations based on the findings
•    aims to convert your reader to the ideas presented


Reference List

•    provide a list of the source material you used in your report following the APA 7th edition reference list format.
Information on how to present a report can be found at https://classes.navitas-professional.edu.au/mod/book/view.php?id=590115&chapterid=274814