Approaches to Psychology:
Celebrity Case Studies
Your Task: Research any famous person (actor, musician, athlete, author, character from a book or film, etc.) and apply 4 of the 7 approaches to psychology to explain his/her behavior.
Part 1: Present your client’s background. Include information such as age, gender, work, health status, family mental health history, family and social relationships, drug and alcohol history, life difficulties, goals and coping skills and weaknesses.
Part 2: Choose 4 approaches to psychology to help your client and explain his/her behavior.
For example:
If you choose the Psychoanalytic Approach, you will describe how a psychoanalytic therapist would view the client’s problem. Provide background on the psychoanalytic approach and cite relevant sources. Explain how psychoanalytic therapy would be used to treat the client and how they would respond to this type of therapy. Include the effectiveness of this treatment approach.
* Use the Celebrity Case Study sheet below to guide your research.
Name:
Period:
Teacher:
Name:
Age:
Date of Birth:
Date of Death (if applicable):
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Background:
Include your celebrity's childhood history, teenage years, family history, family and social relationships, work history, drug and alcohol history, life difficulties, goals and coping skills and weaknesses.
(Insert Approach Here):
From your notes, define one of the approaches to psychology. Describe how a therapist who specializes in this type of approach would view the celebrity's problem. Explain how this type of therapy would be used to treat the celebrity and how they would respond to this type of therapy. Include the effectiveness of this treatment approach.
(Insert Approach Here):
From your notes, define one of the approaches to psychology. Describe how a therapist who specializes in this type of approach would view the celebrity's problem. Explain how this type of therapy would be used to treat the celebrity and how they would respond to this type of therapy. Include the effectiveness of this treatment approach.
(Insert Approach Here):
From your notes, define one of the approaches to psychology. Describe how a therapist who specializes in this type of approach would view the celebrity's problem. Explain how this type of therapy would be used to treat the celebrity and how they would respond to this type of therapy. Include the effectiveness of this treatment approach.
(Insert Approach Here):
From your notes, define one of the approaches to psychology. Describe how a therapist who specializes in this type of approach would view the celebrity's problem. Explain how this type of therapy would be used to treat the celebrity and how they would respond to this type of therapy. Include the effectiveness of this treatment approach.