Park University Counseling and Psychotherapy Discussion

Directions

APA format needs to be used for documenting your sources within and at the end of the assignment and responses.

1. Initial Response due by Thursday, 11:59 pm CT.- Add a link to an article or video to your main post AND tell us why you shared it this week for 5 bonus points.
   Post the question you have been assigned and your answer to that question. Assignment needs to be a minimum of 150 words. Your answer to the question needs to incorporate and make specific reference to the textbook. The references need to be discussed as to how they apply to your observations in response to the assignment question. Remember to cite your sources—give credit where credit is due. At the end of your assignment post a question to the class related to the question you have answered. The question needs to be related to the topic—something you might have thought about when you were completing your assignment.
3. Responses to ONE Peer due by Sunday, noon CT. At the beginning of your response please identify your responses by “response to ____’s assignment” or “response to ____’s question” Pick one of the following to respond to using at least 60 words and one reference with proper intext citations:
   1. Respond to one initial posting of another student for a question you have not answered incorporating and making specific reference to information from one or more of the following: the text, the lecture or reliable outside sources. The text needs to be the primary source of information. Remember to cite your sources using APA format—give credit where credit is due. Identify your response as being “response to ____’s assignment.” OR
   2. Respond to one question another student has posted incorporating and making specific reference to information from one or more of the following: the text, the lecture or reliable outside sources. Remember to cite your sources—give credit where credit is due. Identify this response as “response to ___’s question.”
   4. . The person-centered view of human nature is grounded on the assumption that people have the tendency to develop in a positive and constructive manner if a climate of respect and trust is established.
   • Describe the therapeutic conditions necessary and sufficient for personality change to occur.

   Be sure to clearly define congruence, unconditional positive regard and accurate empathetic understanding. Answer needs to reference the text in support of your observations, to reflect an understanding of the information and that you are able to apply the information to the assignment question.