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Intervention Outline PE is an individual therapy that is highly flexible and can be modified to fit the needs of clients from diverse backgrounds. PE is specifically designed to help clients process traumatic events and reduce trauma-induced psychological disturbances, making it one of the most effective interventions for individuals experiencing rape-related PTSD (Penn Behavioral Health, 2017). While the PE treatment program is structured, it can be modified in order to best assist an array of…

According to our text, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is defined as; Interventions that directly or indirectly change clients’ cognitions that are maintaining their problem behavior. (Frew & Spiegler 2013). CBT includes several types of therapies that focus on the impact of an individual’s thinking as it relates to spoken behaviors. Some of those particular treatments are behavior therapy, cognitive therapy, mindfulness- based therapy, rational emotive therapy and rational behavior therapy just to…

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS) is a self-assessed personality instrument that helps individuals discover their personality type. The purpose of the KTS personality assessments is to help people understand themselves better. For example, Keirsey Temperament Sorter can report whether an individual is an introvert or extrovert. Moreover, the questionnaire places people into four dimensions called temperaments. These temperaments are identified as the following: guardian, idealist, rational,…

Intervention Plan The intervention plan will consist of individual TI-CBT which would include both a physical examination and psychological testing along with medication management. Herman’s Stages of Recovery will be utilized to help Kathy feel a sense of safety in the therapeutic session before proceeding through remembrance, mourning, and reconnection to a new sense of self. Throughout the process safety will be revisited to ensure Kathy is ready to continue toward therapeutic healing. The…

The main purpose of research is to know the truth and to benefit the subject and the society In addition, research aims to generate knowledge and differentiate between good and bad. Scientific misconduct provides a week scientific foundation for clinical work, creates inconsistencies, inefficiencies, endangers the medical practice, and creates endless idiosyncrasies (Neema,…

this assignment is to discuss the case of Liliana, Raj, and Cherie. Each of these individuals is experiencing issues in race, ethnicity, language, gender, immigration and religion. The focus of this assignment is to explain these problems from a clinical perspective and how they influence these individuals lives and perceptions. Since each case presents a different scenario, there would be different questions that a therapist would ask to gain more insight. These questions will be addressed and…

Systematic desensitization is a technique based on behavioral principles that used to treat phobias or anxiety disorders; also called graduated exposure therapy. The technique is supposed to pair an anxiety event with a stimulus that elicits an opposing response, such as relaxation, relaxed muscles and coping techniques. This is also what psychologists call counter conditioning. In order for the person to identity what is causing the anxiety; one must identify the specific factors that are…

Secondly, the social worker acts as a member of the therapeutic alliance between the client and herself (Rehgr & Antle, 1997). These roles can often conflict, as the social worker has a responsibility to help the client with the issues that he or she presents with, as well as an obligation to the agency to perform the required intervention (Pope & Kang, 2011). Thus, at the first session, it is important for the practitioner to clarify the responsibilities that the he or she has to the agency,…

Whilst each and every theoretical Psychology approach fills me with great fascination, I feel that I am mainly drawn to the Humanistic approach. The humanistic approach arose mainly during the 1950’s, as a consequence to the the limitations of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory and B.F. Skinner’s behaviourism, hoping not to reject these perspectives but to unify them as an alternate to mechanistic, deterministic theories. It emphasises the study of a person as a whole integrating both…

Extra Credit Assignment Choose one of the Group Types, Argue the benefits/limitations of the use of this type of group in substance abuse treatment Group Counseling Type: Psychodrama I chose to examine psychodrama because I am learning to lead it as a staff member at events conducted by the Mankind Project. I have limited experience at this time but have witnessed its cathartic results first and second hand as both a leader and a protagonist. Psychodrama therapy presupposes the client is…