Group psychotherapy

A variety of psychotherapy techniques have been used in group therapy settings. Each theoretical orientation has a variety of techniques that contribute to group work. For the purpose of this assignment, I will be examining the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as the theoretical orientation to guide group work. CBT is a very popular theoretical orientation for individual and group psychotherapy. The techniques used in CBT help a client recognize their maladaptive ways of thinking.…

Psychological Association (2013) states that, 65% of Americans surveyed claim their work as being a major contributor to why they feel stressed. With stress being common in the workforce, what can an employee do to overcome stress? Workplace counseling, psychotherapy, such as cognitive behavior therapy, and self-help methods and techniques can all assist an individual to cope and manage stress from the work place. Workplace counseling is designed to help an individual cope and manage stress…

Week Eight: Psychodynamic psychotherapy in the 21st century: Antique or shabby relic? Psychoanalysis has been around for over a hundred years old, and it still being use in today society when helping clients with their issues. Meyer, Moore and Viljoan (1989) gave us a detailed introduction to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory. Even though some parts of the theory are no longer accepted by psychologists anymore, it is still important for us to have a deep understanding of it. This is because most…

Psychotic Behavior and Effects on Children Review of literature indicates that Henry from the film The Good Son (1993) suffers from psychotic behaviors. Henry attempted to kill his cousin Mark, sister Connie, and his mother Susan. Carl Jung’s archetypes were apparent throughout the film. Henry was the Shadow the evil part that is usually locked away. Susan is the Great Mother the protector, the compassionate one, ands the one who does kind things. Wallace was the Spiritual Father he was the…

The results showed that online can be better. Talkspace themselves decided to conduct their own research group. It consisted of 58 people that used their services from 12-16 weeks. The goal was to see symptom reduction, quality of relationships with their therapist, the easy of accessibility, and overall satisfaction (New Talkspace, 2015). Talkspace found…

outpatient and community based behavioral health services. Those services include counseling and psychotherapy, psychiatric assessment & medical management, trauma focuses cognitive behavioral therapy, and behavioral health groups. I was placed in the agencies behavioral health unit, where I work closely with their social leaning department. My role there includes co-facilitating three social leaning groups, shadowing clinician’s intake processes, and preforming ‘co-therapy’ with licensed…

diagnosed there are two different treatment options that may be available, medicinal or psychotherapy. With medicinal treatment people who suffer from PTSD are often prescribed anti-depressants such as Prozac or Zoloft; tranquilizers such as Ativan or Klonopin; mood stabilizers such as Depakote and Lamictal; and neuroleptics such as Abilify. (Joseph Goldberg, MD 2014) There are several different types of psychotherapy treatments that have been used all have a different success with each person…

Two very different modalities of treatment developed for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP). Marsha Linehan, Ph.D, developed DBT in 1993, as a skill based behavioral treatment for patients with BPD who generally experience intense emotions that they relieve using self-injurious behaviors. DBT has shown to be useful in treating a variety of issues including eating and mood disorders, as well as, reducing…

With the PSR and group therapy, Sonny will continue to learn coping skills for his symptoms and experience his healing with a group of individuals with similar symptoms and goals. Group therapy has shown that it can act as a carrier of change and strongly influence its members to address with current problems (“here and now”) rather than reaching in the past cause or explanations for issues (Goldberg & Goldberg, 2011). Thus, in group therapy Sonny can continue to address any…

the beneficial practices included about group psychotherapy along with critically considering practices where boundaries were broken and ethical dilemmas were presented. After reading the novel, it is clear that The Schopenhauer Cure allows readers to identify helpful group therapy practices, discover…