Behavioral enrichment

At the best substance abuse treatment centers, patients receive individualized care for their addiction. Many patients with an addiction have a co-occurring disorder like depression. To treat the addiction, the rehab center looks at the patient holistically for a more successful recovery. What Can Patients Expect at Substance Abuse Treatment Centers? There are many different kinds of substance abuse treatment centers available. Some focus entirely on detox, and other centers tailor to rehab…

Cognitive behavioral therapy increases affirmative support, teaches how to interpret and understand incongruous beliefs along with other cognitive falsehoods (Bschor, et al., 2008). Psychoanalytic psychotherapy addresses beliefs stemming from repressed childhood memories…

Behavioral studies conducted on the regulation habits of emotion in children and adolescents revealed that some regulation strategies are more adaptive than others, just as they are in adults. It is unknown whether the development of reappraisal ability is…

Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) is an aptly named evidence-based intervention that does exactly as it’s name suggests: it is intense, for both the administering therapist and the client; it is generally short-term; it is dynamic in that it ranges from emotion to emotion and setting to setting, changing constantly depending on the client’s present state; and it is an intervention rooted in psychotherapy with classic psychoanalytical elements (Abbass, 2016). ISTDP shares the…

The theory that I chose to use in order to inform Ms. Arlington’s treatment plan was Cognitive-Behavioral Theory (CBT). The use of CBT is evident throughout Ms. Arlington’s treatment plan. The focus on cognitive distortions and behavioral modification, as well as the insightfulness of Ms. Arlington, made CBT a good choice to utilize. Ms. Arlington’s inability to practice positive self-talk and her irrational thought patterns concerning her parenting are two of the reasons that maintaining…

The question of which is more critical, the treatment modality or the counselor-patient relationship, in psychotherapy has always been questioned. A meta-analysis by Bowers and Clum (1988) found that therapy with a focus on both the therapeutic relationship and treatment modality had a combined effect size of .76, while therapy with treatment modality focus only had an effect size of .55. Thus, empirical data warrants that both the technique and the relationship weigh in the effectiveness of…

Case Study for Theories and Methods (SOW5006) For the above case study the family member that the two theories will be applied to is Brendan Apply the theories to the individual chosen from the case study. The theories chosen include Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Person Centred Therapy (PCT). As the two used together will be effective in terms of bringing about a positive change in the individual and his situation. CBT and PCT is effective method to use whilst engaging and in…

Supervision of Treatment Plan and Success Indicators Supervision for clients with addiction issues in the CBT model involves “regular structure, including agenda setting, identification of goals and the assignment of homework” (McHugh et al., 2010, p. 516). Through identifying antecedents or triggers, clients are aware of situations or environments that would put them at risk (McHugh et al., 2010, p. 516). For counselors, the supervision of treatment, and the success indicators of a client…

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a second generation therapy practice. It has become the most widely used type of psychotherapy for treating depression, delinquency, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (Hanna, 2007). Treatment is concentrated on exploring the relationships between thoughts and feelings and how they influence behavior. According to Montgomery and Taylor (2006) by focusing on negative patterns of thinking that lead to self-destructive behavior and the beliefs that direct these…

eating for Client X through an integrated approach of dialectal and cognitive-behavioral therapy focusing on maladaptive eating behavior patterns. Both individual and group counseling settings can benefit Client X in an attempt to recognize maladaptive behaviors and enact changes by distinguishing between physiological hunger and emotional reactions. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) connects cognitive and behavioral therapies as a means of helping an individual learn and incorporate…