Biological Basis and Ethical/Legal Considerations of Psychotherapy

To Prepare:
(1) Reflect on the foundational concepts of psychotherapy, biological and social impact on psychotherapy, and legal and ethical issues across the modalities(individual, family, and group). SEARCH for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles that informs and support your academic perspective on these topics.

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS:
(a) Post an explanation of whether Psychotherapy has a biological basis.
(b) Explain how culture, religion, and socioeconomic might influence one’s perspective on the value of psychotherapy treatments.
(c) Describe how legal and ethical considerations for group and family therapy differ from those for individual therapy, and explain how these differences might impact your therapeutic approaches for clients in the group, individual, and family therapy.
(d) Support your rationale with at least THREE peer-reviewed, evidence-based sources and explain why each of your supporting sources is considered scholarly.
(e) Attach the PDFs of your sources.
(f) Respond to Two Classmate Posts by providing additional resources that support or challenge their position, along with a brief explanation of the resources. Provide at least two resources for each of the classmates responses. Please answer all parts of the discussion questions with reflective analysis and synthesis of analysis of knowledge with no grammar or spelling errors.