Integrative psychotherapy

communication such as email, texting, videoconferencing, and social media. One surprising element was that the Groshong and Phillips, 2015, stated is that “the majority of states currently have no regulations about videoconferencing to conduct psychotherapy within the state in which the LCSW is licensed. Almost all social work boards are reviewing the issue. The military does allow videoconferencing in any state if an LCSW is licensed in one state. This may be the wave of the future.”…

Description of Counseling Process In person-centered therapy, there is a positive view of people and their capabilities of resolving issues on their own. (2) Therapy starts with the therapist questioning the client to understand the clients’ feelings, emotions, and experiences to discover the meaning behind what they are experiencing. The therapist is not interested in history of the problem nor in diagnosing the client. Instead, the therapist uses a nondirective approach and attitude that…

APPLICATION Setting: Lay-counseling through ministry (within a church or parachurch). Individual and/or group. Role: Mentor and coach Population: high-functioning adult persons undergoing transition- especially young adults and senior adults. Specialty: Life stage transition and self-improvement Context: Christian or secular THERAPEUTIC GOALS • Navigate life stage transitions • Learn more effective coping mechanisms • Gain clarity through self-awareness • Set and follow-through on realistic…

different forms of psychotherapies, I realized that I could not see myself using only one form throughout my career. Theoretical integration is the process of combining two or more therapies to provide better outcomes than just one form of psychotherapy alone (Wedding & Corsini, 2013). This helps look out for clients’ best interests. I am really drawn to many tenants of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Positive Psychotherapy (PPT). Kuyken et al., explains that the “goal of psychotherapy…

When you’re in high school, the preconceived idea of choosing a lifelong career path seems inevitable. At the age of 17, I couldn’t legally purchase alcohol, cigarettes, or gamble but was expected to choose a career that I wanted to pursue when I started college. With time running thin on submitting college applications, choosing a career path was mandatory so I decided to take a personality quiz. Most, if not all, tests lead to a career in accounting, which made sense at the time since math…

Garner et al. outline the seven interrelated dimensions of the EDI (Eating Disorder Inventory) used to evaluate the extent at which the patient is affected by anorexia nervosa: Drive for Thinness, Body Dissatisfaction, Ineffectiveness, Perfectionism, Interpersonal Distrust, Interoceptive Awareness and Maturity Fears (17-19). Garner et al. demonstrate that patients with anorexia nervosa are characterized by their perfectionistic attitudes. Garner et al. report that “families in which anorexia…

One of my earliest memories is a nauseating blur of deafening screams, broken glass strewn across the ground, my hoarse wailing, and a compulsory one-day stay at Disneyland Resort to “forget.” Under a cracking veneer of perfection, my traditional Vietnamese parents desperately fought to keep the shame of their failing marriage and verbal and emotional abuse a family secret. Then, during my middle school years, social work became undeniably real to me. After being diagnosed with major depressive…

I am an intern at Springwoods Behavioral Health and I was presented with a patient who suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder and depression. Tammy was brought to Springwoods by her boyfriend when she threatened his life as well as her own. The intake report states that Tammy was under the influence of alcohol when she began fighting with her boyfriend who had just returned home from work. Tammy grabbed a knife and made threatening statements and movements toward herself as well as her…

As I have been going to school, I found the passion for wanting to people that needed help; I hated to see people upset or unhappy about a personal problem. Seeing people like that made me realized that I want to be a person that will put a smile on someone’s face and if I could help in any way, I would do it. I knew that if I did such thing, it would bring happiness. As I made it to high school and finishing high school, I thought I wanted to be a relationship therapist because I used to be so…

Behavior therapists use a broad spectrum of treatment. Typical therapy involves methods such as operant conditioning techniques, exposure therapy, and behavioral activation therapy. All of these treatments aim to change overt behavior or to alter negative cognitions as a result of changes in behavior. Most behavioral therapies tend to produce positive short-term results, but are not as effective in the long-term after treatment is completed. This influenced behavior therapists to introduce…