Hope Certification Essay Test Question Title * 1. The hope focused approach describes three causes of marital problems. Problems in marriages are due to a lack of 1. 2. 3. OK Question Title * 2. Watch this short video clip and comment on what the therapist is doing wrong. Describe what you would say - use your exact words- in the session if you were the counselor for the couple from the video clip.view: https://www.regent.edu/admin/media/fms/vod/singlePlayerURL.cfm?address=2000482 OK Question Title * 3. Watch the following video of a couples assessment case. In an essay of a few paragraphs describe what you see in the assessment interview that you watched. Use the hope focused approach to conceptualize the couples problems and discuss themes you see in the couples dynamics, issues you foresee as potential problems for this couple, and how you would conceptualize the case from a Hope Focused Approach. This should be a short (3-5 paragraph) essay.Scenario 1 (A couple's initial meeting). This covers topics discussed in the first meeting as well as rapport building with both members of the couple.Introduction: https://www.regent.edu/admin/media/fms/vod/singlePlayerURL.cfm?address=2000481Clip 1: https://www.regent.edu/admin/media/fms/vod/singlePlayerURL.cfm?address=2000476Clip 2: https://www.regent.edu/admin/media/fms/vod/singlePlayerURL.cfm?address=2000477Clip 3: https://www.regent.edu/admin/media/fms/vod/singlePlayerURL.cfm?address=2000478Clip 4: https://www.regent.edu/admin/media/fms/vod/singlePlayerURL.cfm?address=2000479Conclusion: https://www.regent.edu/admin/media/fms/vod/singlePlayerURL.cfm?address=2000480 OK Question Title * 4. Cameron and Lindsay have a hurt in their relationship that has been festering and unresolved for 2 months now. The couple is engaged and cohabiting. Cameron is a Caucasian male age 21. Lindsay is Mexican-American female age 22, who is highly accultured as the 5th generation in America. Cameron stayed out until 3 in the morning with some friends, got drunk and never called Lindsay to say where he was. Lindsay was frantic with fear that Cameron had been hurt or worse. While Cameron had never done anything like this he had a tendency to not inform Lindsay of what was going on in his life in general. Lindsay was from a chaotic family and this caused her to feel highly devalued and hurt. The late night was the final straw for her. She didn’t talk to him for 2 days and the relationship has been strained since. While Cameron did apologize, and has been somewhat more considerate about telling Lindsay his plans, Lindsay doesn’t think it was sincere. Describe how you would go about doing a forgiveness session (Using Forgiveness Interventions) with this couple in a paragraph or two. Make sure you apply the intervention to this particular couple's issues. OK Question Title * 5. Bill and Tracy have been coming to couples counseling with you for 3 weeks and they are stuck. They are a professional Caucasian couple in their early 30s. Bill really wants to wait to have children but Tracy would like to start trying to have a child now. Bill is slightly avoidant in personality, with a technology career and a quick problem-solving attitude. Tracy is artistic, free-spirited and optimistic. Bill argues that they don’t have the finances to have a child now and he would like to get a promotion to be able to pay for childcare or Tracy cutting back on work hours. Tracy thinks they can cut back their lifestyle and cover the costs. Use the LOVE acrostic intervention to describe how you would intervene in this couples’ fictional case in a paragraph or two. OK Question Title * 6. In Micah and Patrice’s first session they are stuck in a negative cycle. The couple is in their mid-40s, African American with Micah working as a pediatric nurse and Patrice is a police dispatcher. Micah has retreated behind a wall of self-protection. While he doesn’t do this all the time, it is often over the last several weeks. 3 weeks ago the couple had a blow-out fight over Patrice’s family pressuring them to spend vacation with them. Patrice wants to visit her family for at least a few days. She responds to the situation by repeatedly approaching Micah with new ways they can go visit her family. You, as their therapist, would like to help them with this problem but you’re convinced they need to first reverse the negative cycle. You prescribe the love bank. Describe how you would implement the love bank concept with this couple in a paragraph or two. OK Question Title * 7. Andrew and Ana are newlyweds. Andrew came from an alcoholic family while Ana came from a minister’s family where performance was emphasized. Andrew came to America from Columbia to go to college and Ana’s family immigrated from Puerto Rico to Florida. They met at a Christian conference and are highly religious. Their first 6 months of marriage were happy but they have recently felt a strain. Andrew has begun to think Ana doesn’t really love and care about him. He starts seeing evidence that Ana only cares about looking good in their shared ministry at church and in the community. Despite Ana’s repeated reassurances that she does love him, Andrew is stuck. Choose a cognitive intervention to implement with this couple and describe how you would apply it to this case OK Question Title * 8. Your name OK Question Title * 9. Your email OK DONE