Interpersonal psychotherapy

treated. The treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder really depends on the patient and the severity of their disorder. However there are various types of treatment one can receive for this mental illness. A treatment options for BPD can be Psychotherapy, what is also known as “talk” therapy. This treatment is usually the first one most Borderline Personality disorder patients will go through. Therapy can be a very difficult thing for someone with BPD, because in order for their treatment…

Moving on to the differences between person-centred therapy and psychoanalysis, the primary distinction between these two psychotherapies is that the person-centred therapy focuses on the conscious mind, whereas psychoanalysis focuses on an individual’s unconscious and how the influences of childhood experiences mould one’s present behaviours and beliefs (Ogborne, 2004, p. 6). Fundamentally, the aim of the person-centred therapy is self-actualisation and the positive belief in human ability,…

incorporates four modes, four modules, and four treatment stages. The four modes include individual therapy, group skills training, 24-hour phone support, and consultation team meetings and the four modules are distress tolerance, emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness. The primary focus of the DBT modality is to teach clients more constructive coping skills when dealing with their emotional distress (Field, 2016). Within the DBT model, emotions are presented to…

According to Engler (2009) existentialists seek to understand anxiety, despair and alienation as it relates to our society today. Existentialists argue that there is no truth or reality, and thus our goal as humans is to exist. Rollo May’s view of health and neurosis, suggests that healthy people have predictable and consistent behaviors, whereas neurotic individuals have predictable compulsive behaviors. May theorized that personality dysfunctions are instigated by a perceived powerlessness,…

Because incidents of aggression historically have been underreported, this provides an identifiable barrier to accessing and providing services. Social workers have ground to cover in closing the gaps with this population. While psychotherapy as a direct practice approach is necessary, collaboration with policy and law makers is equally important. As researchers continue to identify key elements prohibiting veterans from accessing the well-established programs, this yields important…

1.0 Rogers’ Theory of Therapy Jerold Bozarth, the well-known person-centred reader and the president of Person-Centre International from University of Georgia, USA, in his article ‘Nondirectivity’ in the theory of Carl R. Rogers: An unprecedented premise’ (2012) defined that “In Roger’s theory of therapy, nondirectivity refers to the therapist’s actions, attitudes, and demeanor that maximize the opportunity for the client/participant to direct her/his own life (…) the client is the director of…

elderly care. Their mission is to improve the health and over all well-being of the community. The behavioral health services that they offer include 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…

Kluemper, N. S. (2014). Published case reports: One Woman’s account of having her confidentiality violated. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(18), 3232-3244. This journal article is a personal account of someone whose confidentiality was broken indirectly. The writer had suffered sexual abuse as a young girl and the parent’s divorced and went through a custody battle. The custody battle was long and brutal. The girl had reported to her dad that she was sexually abused by her mother and a…

Therapist self-disclosure has long frequented the counseling and psychotherapy literature (LaPorte, Sweifach, & Linzer, 2010). Over the past decade, the topic has received increased attention in theoretical debates (Audet & Everall, 2003) and empirical research (Kelly & Rodriguez, 2007; Bitar, Kimball, Bermúdez, & Drew, 2014). There has been an expansion of ideas about what makes a disclosure ethically appropriate (Audet, 2011) and how relevant ethical principles should guide therapist decisions…

and initiate positive change in all systems by acting through the cognitive systems. Cognitive therapy views personality “as shaped by the interaction between innate disposition and environment” (Corsini & Wedding, 2014, p 239). Basic schemas or interpersonal strategies are developed in response to the environment. A variety of concepts are used in cognitive therapy to depict the individual’s learning history, such as the theory of causality which states that, “Psychological distress is…