Describe this theorist’s ideas and explain how these ideas currently, or will in the future, influence your work as a marriage and family therapist.

1) Developmental Theories

View or review the media piece Contributors to Understanding Developmental Processes (linked in Resources), and choose a theorist whose ideas strongly influence your understanding of children and adolescents.

In your discussion post, describe this theorist’s ideas and explain how these ideas currently, or will in the future, influence your work as a marriage and family therapist.

2) The Family Life Cycle

The study of family life cycle transitions applied to individual development provides a foundation for understanding a variety of child and adolescent difficulties through disruptions in expected transitions.

How has this information contributed to what you understand about developmental theories and interpersonal neurobiology?

Describe this theorist’s ideas and explain how these ideas currently, or will in the future, influence your work as a marriage and family therapist.
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