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Case Study 1 The so-called “Holocaust” terminology has always been found in politics, in discussions in the media and online environments. When investigating this topic, it becomes absolutely possible to hear different opinions on this issue. On the one hand, the investigators of the issue argue that the Holocaust has broken the backbone of the nations; it produced negative effects on the Holocaust descendants' subconscious psychological level and led to such large-scale changes in the people's mentality and identity that are still felt today. On the other hand, the scholars emphasize the dangerous obsession with this subject, which only increases the so-called …show more content…
In this case, the first contact of the psychological assistance is given great importance: the further work may depend on how this meeting will take place. A special attention in this situation is to be paid to the means a psychologist chooses to fight the patient's problem. The scholar believe that the shock and the psychological consequences obtained because of the disasters are to be treated by hypnosis and trance techniques. Hypnosuggestive method is used to deactivate the crisis conditions, which are generally accompanied by affects of anger and resentment. In Vincent Oh's case, the hypnotherapy can be used as a technique for symptomatic relief of mental stress reactions during the acute grief, for relief of asthenic and phobic symptoms, normalization of the vegetative functions. This will also lead to the elimination of the 'bad' dreams and memories. Whatever the psychological method is used by the psychologist-consultant, working with Vincent Oh, a psychologist is supposed to comply with the following basic rules. First of all, there should be the gradual conquest of the patient's confidence in view of the fact that he has been a loss of confidence to the world. Secondly, a psychologist is expected to show the increased sensitivity to the patient's processes. Thirdly, this is the task of a psychologist to create a secure environment for Vincent Oh during the therapy. Fourthly, …show more content…
This method is likely to be applied to the case study, too. In this method, the patient is taught a different answer to the fear object. Rather than panicking in fear of an object or a situation, a person learns relaxation techniques to replace anxiety and fear. This new behavior is incompatible with the panicking so phobic, moving away from the previous response to the situation and the fear fades (Goldstein, 2013). The juxtaposition of conditions is often used in patients who are unable to seek treatment using the first method for dealing with
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Case Study 1 The so-called “Holocaust” terminology has always been found in politics, in discussions in the media and online environments. When investigating this topic, it becomes absolutely possible to hear different opinions on this issue. On the one hand, the investigators of the issue argue that the Holocaust has broken the backbone of the nations; it produced negative effects on the Holocaust descendants' subconscious psychological level and led to such large-scale changes in the people's mentality and identity that are still felt today. On the other hand, the scholars emphasize the dangerous obsession with this subject, which only increases the so-called …show more content…
In this case, the first contact of the psychological assistance is given great importance: the further work may depend on how this meeting will take place. A special attention in this situation is to be paid to the means a psychologist chooses to fight the patient's problem. The scholar believe that the shock and the psychological consequences obtained because of the disasters are to be treated by hypnosis and trance techniques. Hypnosuggestive method is used to deactivate the crisis conditions, which are generally accompanied by affects of anger and resentment. In Vincent Oh's case, the hypnotherapy can be used as a technique for symptomatic relief of mental stress reactions during the acute grief, for relief of asthenic and phobic symptoms, normalization of the vegetative functions. This will also lead to the elimination of the 'bad' dreams and memories. Whatever the psychological method is used by the psychologist-consultant, working with Vincent Oh, a psychologist is supposed to comply with the following basic rules. First of all, there should be the gradual conquest of the patient's confidence in view of the fact that he has been a loss of confidence to the world. Secondly, a psychologist is expected to show the increased sensitivity to the patient's processes. Thirdly, this is the task of a psychologist to create a secure environment for Vincent Oh during the therapy. Fourthly, …show more content…
This method is likely to be applied to the case study, too. In this method, the patient is taught a different answer to the fear object. Rather than panicking in fear of an object or a situation, a person learns relaxation techniques to replace anxiety and fear. This new behavior is incompatible with the panicking so phobic, moving away from the previous response to the situation and the fear fades (Goldstein, 2013). The juxtaposition of conditions is often used in patients who are unable to seek treatment using the first method for dealing with