The instillation and the maintaining of hope is one of the most important factors in any type of psychotherapy (Yalom 2005). Yalom (2005) notes that hope is needed to keep the patient going to therapy in order for the other factors to take place, a Continue Reading...
Psychotherapy Psychology is a science that engages the mind of a person in understanding the behavior of the individual. The human behavior, particularly, is peculiar at times when confronted with certain situations or events. Consequently, like any Continue Reading...
) may typically be used in the conduction of the activity; and 3) Activities can be standardized and adapted with a minimum of alteration for use across groups and members so that a common framework can be replicated. (Trotzer, 2004) The main featur Continue Reading...
Psychotherapy Theories and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy The cognitive behavioral and person-centered approaches regarding counseling and psychotherapy come from a much different developmental history and theoretical underpinnings. Cogni Continue Reading...
Group counseling helps to advance self understanding and awareness which may combat repressive tendencies. Teaching coping skills in a group setting can help participants to develop needed tools and stimulate psychological growth (Lambie & Sias, Continue Reading...
Goals -- For Bion, groups have specific goals that are differentiated by the manner of dissonance individuals bring: drug dependency, sexual abuse, a fatal disease, etc. This coming together out of homogeneity with a clear and stated aim -- dealing Continue Reading...
Group Work-Introduction to Social Work Practice The purpose of this paper is to create a make up 'group' that would appropriately support the DSS agency, whose goals include support, prevention and treatment of abused and neglected children and thei Continue Reading...
What he mentions that other authors did not mention -- and this paper views as imperative -- is for the facilitator to understand the salient goal he must have in mind is not abstinence but simply to encourage the client to return for the next appoi Continue Reading...
The preconception among many healthcare providers is that alcohol and drug use issues "are problems of the young" and hence, the article offers doctors, psychologists, nurses and other healthcare professionals to "wake-up call" that indeed older peo Continue Reading...
As our research demonstrates, there is a close correlation between the presence of emotional disorder and the encounter of negative life circumstances. These are circumstances which can place an individual in a social work context, where he or she m Continue Reading...
Notably, such groups are applicable in nonmedical atmosphere to help people not diagnosed with mental health issues. Given the significance of interpersonal and personal issues, the group leaders must work in unity with the clients to settle on the Continue Reading...
Group Develoment Theory of Group Development Cognitive Behavior Therapy Cognitive Behavior Therapy is one of the group development theories or models that are used in today's societies and institutions. The validity of making and developing group Continue Reading...
Community mental health group: Alcohol Anonymous Group Every recovering addict is welcome to the Sunday Open Meeting organized by Narcotics Anonymous which is located at St. Andrews close to the Sea Lutheran church, 936 Baltic Avenue. The theme of th Continue Reading...
Group Addiction TX Theory Selection The Psychodynamic Model The Behaviorists The Cognitive Model The Humanistic Model Theory Analysis Ethical and Cultural Considerations Group Development Personal Model Psychology has a long tradition of i Continue Reading...
Frequently in a correctional facility, disruptive group members may not be content with simply interrupting the group sessions but may actually go so far as to be belligerent or threatening to the facilitator or to other group members. Rather than d Continue Reading...
Group Psychology: Theoretical Approaches to Group Counseling Case Vignette 2: Phil, the Japanese-American Phil, a Japanese-American expresses his discomfort and anxiety during the second meeting of his group. A keen listener, he is having difficult Continue Reading...
Sarah's Case Study: Sarah is a 13-year-old female junior high school student whose mother has visited the school's counseling office to share her concerns about her daughter. In addition to her grades falling rapidly, Sarah tends to avoid social int Continue Reading...
Ethics of Group Therapy Ethical Concepts Guiding Group Psychiatric Therapy Practice Ethically inclined group psychotherapists use moral codes produced from their professions and from associations dedicated to the furtherance of group psychiatric th Continue Reading...
The more experience a facilitator has with a minority group, the greater the likelihood the facilitator will be able to help those members feel included, rather than excluded from the group process. This is critical, because inclusion is an importan Continue Reading...
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Importance of the therapeutic alliance in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy A vast number of therapists have jotted down the significance of the working alliance. One therapy sitting includes information which comprises of sta Continue Reading...
Cognitive Psychotherapy Approach in Treatment Scenario A young man was admitted in the morning hours and appears calm and even-tempered. In the afternoon, upon being awakened from a nap the man becomes agitated and angry. The man is found on the fl Continue Reading...
Cultural Psychology Two Cultural Groups Contrasting Cultural Psychology between the East Asian and the Western Part of the World The different fear level for the super-ordinates and ordinates in Westerns and East Asians Globalization is considere Continue Reading...
Setting the stage for the group Psychological intervention might be most efficient when females start modification by leaving the abuser and get in a shelter. Shelters are an essential resource for victims because they offer females and kids securi Continue Reading...
Abstract This case conceptualization covers a weekly outpatient relationships group consisting of fifteen members, ages 25-50. All group members have been formally diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and/or Depression, and some with more than Continue Reading...
Participant in a Community-Based Group for Troubled Youth Literature has shown group psychotherapy to be an effective way of improving the mental health outcomes of multiple populations, including adolescents and young children. Today, community-ba Continue Reading...
Agency Type: The DSS is a state agency charged with the responsibility of protecting children from child abuse and neglect. DSS is committed to protecting children and strengthening families. When children are abused or neglected by the people respo Continue Reading...
Social Work Practice Within Aboriginal Building attached case study Lisa, describe discuss social work practice approach aboriginal innovative practice modalities a cultural context. This assignment refining approach practice integrating theories p Continue Reading...
Diversity as a Barrier to Group Psychotherapy According to the Center for Collegiate Mental Health, the psychopathology of college students, and their demand for counseling services in university college centers (UCCs) has risen substantially over t Continue Reading...
One work specifically isolates a type of treatment that is helpful for ODD or milder CD: In this book our focus is on supportive-expressive play psychotherapy for a particular kind of patient: the school-aged child who meets the criteria for opposi Continue Reading...
Counseling Services for a Client at a CMHCThe client is a 31-year-old female referred by her managed care company for depression, insomnia, and nightmares. The client is employed full-time, but reports loss of interest in work, feeling like she is lo Continue Reading...
Threats of Violence in Counseling and Psychotherapy There is an urban legend about an incident at a mental hospital caught on video: a psychotic patient at a hospital, who has a history of threatening violent acts, manages to smuggle a screwdriver f Continue Reading...
However Cull and Goldstein (1997) report that this focus is beginning to shift. The search for new and better drug treatments is, however, just one aspect of the therapeutic strategies to help epileptics. Cognitive therapies that focus on the physi Continue Reading...
Abnormal Psychology: Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a group of paranoiac disorders depicted by agitation in thinking, cognition, affect, behavior, and communication that last longer than six months. There is five recognized kind of schizophrenia and Continue Reading...
humanistic, behavioral, and psychodynamic approaches to mental illness, and associated therapeutic modalities. Mental illness is one of the most important health issues in North America today. It can have an enormous impact on personal and professio Continue Reading...
Dissociative Identity Disorder is also referred to as multiple personality disorder, in which an individual's identity dissociates, or fragments, creating additional identities that exist independently of each other within the individual (Gale 2001). Continue Reading...
S. were "proficient in reading and math," Pytel explains. These statistics "loudly states that students entering high school" are simply not prepared, Pytel goes on. Moreover, U.S. students do not fare well on the international educational stage. At Continue Reading...
group meets downstairs in a church. There are "tables" where the members sit and discuss their issues. In this group there are two tables, nearly filled with about 20 people at each table. There are mostly middle-aged to older adults here (40 years Continue Reading...
100). Much of the focus of personnel selection using psychological testing was on new troops enlisting in the military during two world wars and the explosive growth of the private sector thereafter (Scroggins et al., 2008). Psychological testing fo Continue Reading...
Psychoanalysis The opening phase of dynamic psychotherapy helps the therapist to understand why the patient is seeking treatment; what kind of triggers to current problems are present; and house troubled the patient is in terms of both physical and Continue Reading...
Yalom Analysis The case surrounds Carlos, a man in his late 30s with a growing tumor that will not respond to radiation or chemotherapy. Carlos has been fighting this cancer for about a decade, but it is now to the point in which medical science can Continue Reading...
