Assignment: Application of Attachment Theory to a Case Study
As you have read, theory guides the conceptualization of the client's problem and how social workers assess and intervene relative to the problem. However, theory can also shape the self-reflective questions social workers ask themselves. Clients often come to social workers under stress or distress. This then affects how the social worker responds and thus the client-social worker relationship. As a result, Foley, Nash, and Munford (2009) employed attachment theory as a "lens in which to view the reflective process itself and to gain greater understanding and empathy for what each social worker within each unique social work-client relationship can access of that relationship for reflection" (pp. 44).
Submit 1 to 2 pages case write-up that addresses the following:
i. Summarize the assumptions of attachment theory in 2 to 3 sentences.
ii. Identify the problem in your chosen case study to be worked on from an attachment theory perspective.
iii. Explain how attachment theory defines and explains the cause of the problem in one to two sentences.
iv. Develop two assessment questions that are guided by attachment theory that you would ask the client to understand how the stress or distress is affecting the client.
v. Discuss two interventions to address the problem. Remember, the theory should be driving the interventions. In other words, you would not identify systematic desensitization since this is not an intervention guided by attachment theory.
vi. Formulate one self-reflective question that is influenced by attachment theory that you can ask yourself to gain greater empathy for what the client is experiencing.
vii. Explain which outcomes you could measure to evaluate client progress based theory.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.