Counselors Their Personal Characteristics, Their Value Conflicts, and Pertinent Literature The objective of this research paper is to discuss the personal attributes that are required in a physically and emotionally healthy counselor. A healthy co Continue Reading...
Counseling Theory Existential therapy, person-centered therapy, and gestalt therapy all fall under the rubric of humanistic psychology. They share a considerable amount of theory, philosophy, and practice. Yet each of these practices is stemmed in i Continue Reading...
Pastoral Counseling Spiritual Exercises A daily spiritual routine It is often said that the most important part of life is just 'showing up.' 'Showing up' to one's spiritual life is a vital part of religious practice. When the worldly aspects of on Continue Reading...
Portage Reflective Practice Model Elements The Portage Reflective Practice Model "includes three prerequisites, or key elements. They are: a commitment to develop and maintain trust and security within the group; allocation of time and place for reg Continue Reading...
Gandhi incited the people to protest peacefully rather than resort to violence. He believed that this form of rebellion suited the case of the blacks in America. After his doctorate studies at Boston University and his marriage to Coretta Scott, he Continue Reading...
Rogers saw all people as unique and basically good individuals. Everyone is trying to be the best for the society as a whole. It was only when they were unhealthy or mentally ill that these people did terrible things, such as criminal acts. Rogers th Continue Reading...
This is also a symptom of ptsd, as people constantly try to find an answer for the horrors having happened. (Douillard) In order to come up with effective treatment to combat the disorder, one first needs to understand it properly and to see what t Continue Reading...
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a tool used to measure psychological or personality types. The MBTI is described, discussing its purpose and design, format, and standardization sample. The psychometric properties of this test are then discussed. Continue Reading...
One personality profile gives "a person who likes change" as one of its assessments. Scrutinizing the statement, one will see that this is likely to apply to almost everyone. First, it does not specify in what aspect in life the person likes change, Continue Reading...
In a separate study, researchers at Brandeis University concluded that aging adults with moderate hearing loss may spend cognitive energy on hearing accurately to the extent that their ability to remember spoken language suffers (Medical, 2005). A Continue Reading...
Therapy may also be aimed at either children or adults. Usually a therapist will concentrate on one or the other, as children require special approaches and not all therapists work well with children (Good 22). Couples and family counselors deal wi Continue Reading...
PTSD Resilience & Treatment In this section, two objectives are addressed: the methodology that has been used in this work is explained and secondly, the reasons for choosing this particular methodology are offered. To aid explanation of the pre Continue Reading...
Balanced Conceptualizations Mental Health Behavior The report also shows that mental health and illnesses are based on interacting and multiple psychological, biological, and social factors including illness and health. The information presents clea Continue Reading...
Ground-Breaking Meditation Research: A Comparison of Presentations Holzel and colleagues performed the study "Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density" as a result of the fact that little is known about the neura Continue Reading...
Person-Centered Therapy I would imagine that being a co-therapist for W.M. using person-centered or Rogerian technique would present some interesting difficulties. The first thought that occurs to me is instinctual: W.M. is a young man who has exper Continue Reading...
Critical Thinking Self-Analysis I always assumed that psychology was a bunch of mumbo jumbo related to Freud and sexuality. I always thought that I was a decent learner, prior to taking this course. I now see that I have the potential to be an excel Continue Reading...
Brady-Amoon's and Fuertes' "Self-efficacy, self-rated abilities, adjustment, and academic performance." This research study had five different hypotheses, all of which were interrelated. All of these hypotheses were fundamentally related to the rese Continue Reading...
Theoretical foundation explored within this article is that there is a real relationship that exists between psychotherapists and clients, and that this relationship profoundly affects the outcome of the sessions (Gelso et al., 2012, p. 495). This re Continue Reading...
Charlie Fineman who is played by actor Adam Sandler in the 2007 movie Reign Over Me, is a man who, following the 9/11 attacks, has lost his wife and daughters. Unable to confront the trauma consciously, he develops an unusual behavior, choosing to cu Continue Reading...
Depression The nature of depression Depression exists as a regular mental disorder presented in the form of loss of interest, depressed moods, and feelings of low self-worth, guilt, poor concentration and disturbed sleep. The most common symptoms Continue Reading...
Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy Cognitive and behavioral techniques / therapy Cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT as commonly referred to encompasses several techniques. One is behavioral experiments whereby the psychologist helps the client to do Continue Reading...
EarlyChildhood Norton, B. et al. (2011) "Somatic Expressions of Trauma in Experiential Play Therapy" in International Journal of Play Therapy, Vol. 20, No. 3, 138 -- 152. Researchers have found connections between animal and human responses to tra Continue Reading...
Anxiety Disorder's Impact On Individuals And Treatment Anxiety disorder unlike a normal anxiety happens recurrently and tends to interfere with the quality of life of the persons suffering from the anxiety. In addition to the above, it may be an obs Continue Reading...
Risk of Committing Violence Among Individuals Suffering From Bipolar Disorder Several studies argue that most psychiatric symptoms are closely correlated with criminality, since such symptoms impair judgment and violate societal norms. In this regar Continue Reading...
Meanwhile he is emotionally unavailable and unresponsive in meaningful personal communications and in his interpersonal relationships. Even when he is engaged in a one-on-one conversation and making direct eye contact, he appears to be off somewhere Continue Reading...
This is accomplished by using a number of different tactics in conjunction with each other to include: examining their lifestyle, developing client insights, establishing a strong relationship with the patient and creating a change in behavior. When Continue Reading...
Memory Is repression a valid and legitimate process in the sense that Freud portrayed it or, alternatively, as might be presented in a more modern explanation? According to Freud we 'repress' aspects of our memory we find unpleasant by relegating t Continue Reading...
Altruism & Aggression Altruism and Aggression Social psychology is a science that studies a series of specific relationships. Social psychology attempts to explain human behavior as a consequence or condition of the intersections among individu Continue Reading...
B.S. DOB: 12/25/1992 GENDER: Female Race: Caucasian RELIGION: Catholic MARITAL STATUS: Single OCCUPATION: College Student CHIEF COMPLAINT: "I am scared. I feel like I can't catch my breath and my chest hurts." Differential Diagnosis: There ar Continue Reading...
Phobias and Addictions Grade Course Families often pat their dogs and cats when they successfully catch a ball. Teachers and parents reward children with grades and gifts on their good performance with the motive that they continue to progress in a Continue Reading...
Sleep Disorders / College Students The Prevalence of Sleep Disorders in College Students: Impact on Academic Performance There are a number of reasons that college students experience sleep disorders. A common problem is sleep deprivation and resul Continue Reading...
Ethical Decision Ethical Dilemma and Decision Making In the selected scenario, a therapy patient is beginning to develop a trusting relationship with his therapist after spending a fir amount of time dealing with his depression. Under-employed and Continue Reading...
The author makes it quite clear what he thinks the church should accomplish in the lives of its members and in the community. He writes, "Churches should be supportive, extended family for everyone who wishes this, including those who live alone an Continue Reading...
Human Motivation Post Response I would agree most with the humanistic approach to understanding human motivation, and in particular, Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory. That is primarily because Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs describes five s Continue Reading...
The benefits of including family in therapy sessions extend far beyond addressing the parents' concerns in this situation, however, and can help to identify underlying problems that led to Rosa's drug abuse and potentially provide more highly effect Continue Reading...
However, she writes that she embarked upon her book to encourage suffering individuals to enter treatment, not to shy away from it, given that without medication she could not be functional. Jamison's relatively short (240 pages) text is broken up Continue Reading...
There was an increase in the number of respondents from 58% in earlier studies, implying increased acceptance of the possibility that ESP existed or was real (Schmeidler). 2005 Gallup poll said that 41% of Americans believed in ESP (Carroll 2006). Continue Reading...
However, anxiety, like all emotions, is not the same for every person who experiences that emotion. One person may value the relationship more than the other person who is engaged in a conflict. Thus, the stakes are higher in the conflict, and one p Continue Reading...
