Group psychotherapy

The video that I watched was about Gloria counseling session with Fritz Perls and Carl Roger ( Perls and Roger Counseling with Gloria, (1965).The counseling session with Gloria was very interesting to me, it showed me many different ways a counselor can handle a client. I noticed the Fritz Perls used Gestalt therapy with Gloria. She was very confrontational and defiant to him. He was very direct toward her in the session. He seem to challenge her more. Even though Gloria was defiant with him,…

could lead to issue in treatment. If a counselor is unaware of how to treat a specific patient they should seek advice from their supervisor. The counselor should be aware of Specific populations. There are different ethics that pertain to different groups of people e.g children/adults, male/female. Children have stricter confidentiality laws that prevent their addiction from being disclosed. A minor who is 12 years or older has the legal right to sign themselves in addiction treatment without…

individuals with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD) in complete or partial remission were recruited. 79% of them were females, mean age was 52 years. Participants were randomly placed in intervention group, which combined emotion regulation and mindfulness skills, or psychoeducative group as control. The time to relapse of major depression was a primary outcome measure and was defined as meeting SCID-I criteria for at least 2 weeks. Primary outcome measures were assessed at three…

developing a theory of family structure and a set of guidelines to organize family therapy techniques. As he always says, families walk in using a very narrow part of themselves and it is up to us as family therapists to assist them in expanding their options for more adaptive ways of being, by assisting them in changing their structure. Going on to Slide 6. Now we will begin to discuss the structural family therapy theory. As I have said, structural family therapy provides you with a road map…

Healing Arts Reading Response What is Art Therapy? (Article 1) The first important idea that the author incorporates in the article is the idea of art therapy. It is stated by the author that Karen Pence promotes art therapy through a program that helps Americans benefit and experience art therapy. As a result of creating this program Pence believes that art therapy is saving and changing the lives of many individuals who are benefiting from this experience. The author goes further to…

Cognitive restructuring, a core component of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is literally, changing one’s thinking (Prochaka & Norcross, 2014, p. 226) in order to control and change negative thoughts, which can be linked to toxic and damaging behaviors, moodiness, depression, and irritability since one’s thoughts drive everything they do (Kamphoff, 2018). Repeated thoughts become both automatic and if repeated long enough, beliefs (i.e., one’s interpretation of a situation). An activating…

This is a reconsideration request for the previously denied Psychotherapy 1 X 12 on 01/18/16 01/18/16 Notice of Denial of Psychotherapy 1 X 12. It was non-certified due to lack of information. 01/06/16 Request for Additional Information for psychotherapy 1 X 12 12/23/15 Progress Report noted that the patient was seen today for a follow-up. She remains entirely compliant and cooperative with all the treatment recommendations. She continues to be socially isolated, but she is more active at…

COUNSELING MODALITIES PRACTICE AND REFLECTION #1 Motivational Interviewing - Interview of Roxanne Motivational interviewing is a counseling approach developed by William R. Miller, and Professor Stephen Rollnick in the early 1980s. The clinical and applicable aspects of Motivational Interviewing (MI) have received increased attention in recent years, and MI has been shown effective as a relatively brief intervention (Levensky, Kersch, Cavasos, & Brooks, 2008). According to Miller and Roderick,…

Art therapy is a practice in which clients under the supervision of a certified art therapist use art to explore feelings, reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness, manage behavior, reduce stress and increase self-esteem (Ramirez, 2016). Through the art therapy treatment, the main goal is to restore a client's functioning and their sense of personal well-being (Thong, 2007). The treatment involves various art activities which include drawing, painting, and other crafts decided by the…

PY 526 University of West Alabama Experiential family therapy was formed from the ideas of phenomenological therapy. Phenomenological therapy was centered on the ideas of “expanding experiences, unblocking suppressed impulses and feelings, developing greater sensitivity, gaining greater access to one’s self and learning to recognize and express self” (Goldenberg and Goldenberg, p.239). Experiential family therapy expounds on these ideas, but includes the implementation of…