Integrative psychotherapy

What is it to be a counsellor? Originally, I thought it had to do with just listening to someone and giving some form of advice, but I soon realised that it was not so. I think that that is the common view amongst the majority of people; certainly amongst the people that I’ve spoken to. Counselling does involve a lot of listening and less of advice giving. It is a space in which the client can pour themselves out and unravel their thoughts; making sense of the current situations (Jacobs, 2010)…

During an era where mental health treatments were still rather primitive, Freud flourished as he developed a treatment style that was ahead of its time. In his article, “Recommendations to Physicians Practicing Psychoanalysis”, Freud discussed many necessities and ideas that therapists practicing within this framework should adhere to. Therefore, a comprehensive summary and interpretation will be conducted… Freud began the article with a disclaimer that essentially warned other physicians…

Johnson (2008) developed Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy based on the principles of attachment theory. The basic assumption is that lack of a secure attachment in childhood results in emotional and relationship problems in adulthood. Parents are human beings with their own problems and cannot always respond to children in a healthy and appropriate way, so it is quite common that children experience insecurity and trauma. However, in order to heal from the wounds of childhood, adults need to…

I know when he leaves that he has filled out a counseling rating form, with which I might be able to see certain aspects of today’s counseling sessions as beneficial and those that were deemed by the client to not be beneficial. This component of our clinic’s follow up of client experiences helps shape the ability to determine the effectiveness of counseling sessions together. Continued Growth & Development As I contemplate those things that might be helpful to consider for future sessions…

Suarez, Newman, and Reed (2008) have defined positionality as “our internal and external status’ as being along two axes and how they interact or intersect defines our position and power in society and our practice with clients.” Their article goes on to look at how Suarez one of the co-authors viewed and deconstructed her positionality about that of her client’s. She reflected on her positionality in this way so that she would not make false assumptions about her clients by viewing them with…

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is one of the most popular types of therapy when treating disorders such as anxiety, panic disorders, and most commonly, obsessive compulsive disorder. Cognitive behavioral therapy is defined as changing the disturbing thoughts of a person by identifying their feelings, beliefs, and behaviors in order to eventually change the behavior of the person (Courtois, 2009). Cognitive therapy treats…

1. Theory as Is Related to Presenting Problem. An Existential-Humanistic theory aligned with the CREAR-CE model approach will be used to argue to formulated the case of Sonny. In addition, a Person-Centered approach is used to initiate therapeutic rapport with Sonny. Regarding the Person-Centered approach three basic principles of the approach were followed: 1. The therapist is congruent with the client, 2. The therapist provides the client with unconditional positive regard and 3. The therapist…

Community based rehabilitation is a way of aiding the physically or mentally disabled individuals by empowering them as well as their families to work for a better life. This is achieved by training the disabled to be a useful social entity and contribute to the society in some way. Also, their family members are trained in such a way that they can encourage the disabled member to become as independent as possible. For this purpose, community volunteers and assistants are trained to provide…

people use their psychological condition for personal benefit. The well-known example is people giving testimony about their psychological illness to evoke pity from the public. Another example is the patients who have psychological reversal during psychotherapy. Psychological reversal, which is a subconscious condition of self-sabotage (Heitler, 2011), is frequently shown when the patients judge that they gain additional profit, such as less stress from family members, during therapy and…

Theory of psychological development was articulated by Erik Erikson in 1959, in collaboration with Joan Erikson. . It was a comprehensive psychoanalytic theory that identifies a series of distinct stages of development. . Erikson says that a healthy developing individual should pass through these stages from infancy through to adulthood. All these stages are present at birth, but begin to open up in relation to both natural scheme and ecological and cultural nurturing. Erikson’s ideas were to…