Integrative psychotherapy

In the book The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, he claims people can understand and change personal habits. Duhigg provides a description of the so-called habit loop composed of a cue, routine, and reward, pointing out the cues start habits and rewards signal the brain to remember routines. In fact, the author's purpose is to inform the reader about habit loops so they can see how habits work and thus remake them. With Duhigg’s insight about habits, students can stop the bad habit of…

In Charles Duhigg’s book The Power of Habit, he asserts people can understand and change personal habits. Duhigg backs this claim with a description of the so-called habit loop composed of a cue, routine, and reward, pointing out the cues start habits and rewards signal the brain to remember routines. The author's purpose is to give information about habit loops people so they can understand how habits work and thus change them. With Duhigg’s insight about habits, students can stop the bad habit…

Six Essentials Summary Six Essentials to Achieve Lasting Recovery is a self-help book written by Sterling Shumway and Thomas Kimball, talks about six principles to good recovery and how addictions affect individual differences such as biological, social and spiritual. The book defines recovery as a process of growth over time, with no punctuated final outcome. Both process and outcome are important to recovery. A process can be seen as journey and outcomes as the benefit. However addict should…

In Littlejohn, Foss and Oetzel’s Theories of Human Communication (2017), the first chapter introduces a basic understanding of why theories are developed and how they assist in predicting and understanding human behavior. Two terms, epistemology and ontology, are applicable to Far from Heaven (2002). Epistemology is the study of knowledge, or as Littlejohn et al. state it, “how people know what they claim to know” (2017, pg. 8). Knowledge is gained through four possible positions: Rationalism,…

Kristen D. Neff, a psychologist and associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, published her book Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind To Yourself to teach her readers to let go of self-criticism and its harmful effects and lead more fulfilled lives. As stated in her curriculum vita, her book expresses the results of her ongoing studies in “defining, measuring, researching, and developing an intervention to teach self-compassion” Although her studies come from her…

Rhetoric of Psychology The psychology field consists of a wide range of ideas and contributions that have lead to many rhetorical situations that have changed the world. Psychologists have and always will have strong values and when analyzing their rhetoric, their values tend to be shown more in depth. Throughout various readings, rhetoric is displayed and their rhetoric can be shown in the field of psychology. The scientific method, clear communication, empathy, and ethics are four topics that…

Overview The Karen Healey, Becoming a trustworthy profession, concerns the practicalities of social work as a profession with emphasis on trust. Additionally it's intention is to illustrate how trust is a functioning pillar of social work as a profession and when broken can undermined it's intentions. An example given is the royal commission into abuse in institutions to demonstrate how a breach of trust can destroy reputations and trustworthiness of professions. Healey then goes onto…

Introduction This paper will describe Dasani’s biological, psychological, and psychosocial dimensions that was seen throughout her case assessment. Some of the theories that will be discussed is health and wealth connection, Piaget cognitive theory, social learning theory, and social support and how social support aids coping. The conclusion with consist of a reflection of Dasani case assessment, and what the writer has learned about other people while writing this assessment. Health and…

Author Robert Anton Wilson once stated: “We all see only that which we are trained to see”. The quote illustrates that perception influences how people see things, but what is perception influenced by? The authors Alice Walker and Amy Tan would argue that culture – by developing one’s beliefs and attitudes – is the most important element in shaping one’s perception. Culture forms an individual’s perception by evolving his or her beliefs. In Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday Use,” one of the…

Counseling and Therapeutic Approaches Theoretical Approach to Psychotherapy My theoretical approach to counseling is based on a belief that our childhood directly affects how we develop. I often wonder as adults, where our personal beliefs, values, and thoughts stem from. My theory is that these thoughts and beliefs originate from our childhood memories and experiences that we have learned at a young age. My theory relates to behaviors as well, in that what we do, and how we act are a…