He prefers to assess in overall terms before analyzing mechanisms like defences and resistances. He held the view that it is not the parts that explain the meaning and importance of the whole, but the whole that explains the meaning and importance o 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...
Cognitive Behavior Therapy is a treatment procedure that bases treatment on the cause directly. It explains that it is the thoughts of the people that cause feelings of being ill, and other behaviors. The benefit of the treatment is that it helps cha Continue Reading...
Effectiveness of EMDR Psychotherapy for the Treatment of PTSD Introduction Most people who undergo traumatic life experiences often find it difficult to cope and adjust and may, from time to time, not only contend with uncontrollable thoughts about t Continue Reading...
A counselor like any other physician, or medical practitioner must help. That is their first and only objective. The relationship between a counselor and their client must first and foremost be a beneficial and safe one. If at any point either part 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...
At one point or another in our lives, we are all beginners. We begin college, a first job, a first love affair, and perhaps a first dissertation project. We bring a great deal to these new situations, including our temperament, previous education, 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...
IPT have distinct roles, and different patients may be referred to one of these treatment modalities yet resist treatment in some way. Rather than viewing these patients as categorically "difficult," therapists would be better off repositio Continue Reading...
Addiction is one of the major issues in today’s counseling practice that occurs in various forms and continues to affect many people. Kottler & Shepard (2015) define addiction as behavioral patterns that are not only applied to substances b Continue Reading...
Treating Mental Illness: A Comprehensive Approach Treating someone with mental illness is a complex and multifaceted process that requires the careful consideration of the unique needs of the individual. Mental disorders can range from common co Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Role of Personalized Medicine in Creating Effective Treatment Plans: Explore how the integration of personalized medicine, including genetic profiling, can lead to more targeted and effective treat Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Role of Patient-Centered Care in Developing Treatment Plans: This essay topic invites exploration of how patient-centered care philosophies influence the creation of treatment plans, emphasizi Continue Reading...
Treating the Patient Using Jungian Psychotherapy The theory that would be best suited for treating the client is the Jungian theory. This is because the theory would allow the analyst and the client to work together in order for the client to increa Continue Reading...
Treatments for PTSD Treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients has varied from one context to the other depending on the nature of the disorder. However, over the years, an increased number of research studies have been conducted to 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...
Psychotherapies If Rape were legal This is a story about a cancer patient who objectifies women and his life changes drastically for the better after his therapist takes an aggressive stance in one of the personal therapy sessions after a disturbin Continue Reading...
Treatments of Bulimia Nervosa THE BEST OPTION Evaluation of Combined Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa Description and Significance Bulimia nervosa, simply bulimia or BN, refers to uncontrolled overeating or binging and then eliminating what has been e Continue Reading...
There may be issues dealt with while on deployment that need to be worked through that may not be appropriate in a family setting -- at least at first. The main goals for this family are to open the lines of communication. Communication needs to be Continue Reading...
Psychotherapy Resistance to therapy is said to occur when clients consistently have difficulty participating in treatment. Since resistance varies in form or strategies (depending on the individual), the author identifies instances in which resistan Continue Reading...
Psychotherapy Suggest several ways the therapist can guide the client from an external to an internal focus. Be specific. In order to help a client shift their focus from external sources, such as historical events, past relationships, and the prob Continue Reading...
Treatment of Conduct Disorder in CBT in Combination With CBT and Fluoxetine In the first paper, this author discussed therapeutic processes (cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and pharmacotherapy) which could be employed as the best practices when w Continue Reading...
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...
3). Many Jungians believe that in order to facilitate a patient with access to their unconscious and thus advance the individuation process, they themselves must access their own depths when treating a patient. This entails being aware of emotions, Continue Reading...
In particular, cognitive-behavioral therapy has received substantial research to support its effectiveness as an intervention strategy. Yet those interventions that combined psychotherapy and medications have been proven to be the most effective in Continue Reading...
Pharmacological Treatment Multiple personality or dissociative disorder is an exceptionally uncommon mental disorder in which an individual has two or more different personalities. Each of these personalities has unique characteristics such as mind- Continue Reading...
Of course, this is necessary for psychology to try and understand human behavior, but metabletics sees the change in human behavior over time, and explains it, also. To think that time does not change the most elemental of properties that a people i Continue Reading...
positive psychotherapy and integrative psychotherapies offer multidisciplinary and multimodal interventions for clients, and both are grounded in empirical evidence. Moreover, there is significant crossover between these two psychotherapeutic approa Continue Reading...
BP Disorder Bipolar disorder, originally called manic depressive disorder, is a severe mood disorder that vacillates between extreme "ups" (mania, hypomania) and "downs" (depression). The effects of having bipolar disorder can be observed across the 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...
Dr. Keshen feels that the reason for this is that most of the literature that is available on the subject is extremely convoluted. Even the foremost authors on the subject disagree on it verities making most existential psychotherapists' ideas heter Continue Reading...
Discussion Depression can have profound and devastating effects on individuals, including the elderly. Since the elderly population is continually aging, it is important that factors involved in treatment interventions for depression among the eld Continue Reading...
Conceptualization of Psychological Distress Psychology is a discipline of mental development and behavior. Psychology involves behavior examination, which determines how actions are related to the environment. Whereas psychology is frequently funct 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...
Self-management is the goal of the client and the therapist works with the client to aid him or her in recognizing self-defeating thoughts or actions that will give negative results, and developing positive thoughts that will have positive results ( Continue Reading...
Psychology Treatment For most of U.S. history up to the time of the Community Mental Health Act of 1963, the mentally ill were generally warehoused in state and local mental institutions on a long-term basis. Most had been involuntarily committed by Continue Reading...
Ethics in Mental HealthCare (Anorexia) Eating disorders consist of a variety of symptoms with psychological, social, and physical characteristics. While the physical complications associated with these disorders may cause significant concern to the Continue Reading...
However, when this does not work, the therapist has many other options available to them, when and if they are needed. The research suggested that in complex cases, combination therapies using cognitive-behavioral therapy and SSRIs resulted in the Continue Reading...
Autism has reached epidemic proportions between American children with cases increasing amongst adults and children worldwide. Treatments initially began with helping children improve their social and communication skills. With medications like rispe Continue Reading...
