Manual therapy

Physical therapy is more of a passion for me than a career choice. Physical therapy has directly and positively impacted my life, as well as the lives of others I care about, and the lives of those in my care. As a future physical therapist, I am driven to help people improve their lives through movement, not only for their sake, but also for sake of their family, loved ones and supporters whose lives have also been impacted. Physical therapy has a positive and transformative effect on many…

Wall of Silence Journal 1 Describe your level of awareness of the prevalence of medical errors before this course and reading part 1. The healthcare field is one of the utmost respected fields one could work in. Nurses are the most trusted workers in the country and are expected to advocate and protect their patients. Nurses also spend most of their time at work administering medications which plays a key role in the reduction of medication errors. My idea of medical errors has been based off…

"recreational therapy, also known as therapeutic recreation, is a systematic process that utilizes recreation and other activity-based interventions to address the assessed needs of individuals with illnesses and/or disabling condition, as a means to psychological and physical health, recovery and well-being." (ATRA, 2009). This service helps restore and rehabilitate the functional ability and reduce the limitations one may have due to injuries or illnesses. A few of recreation therapies…

Rogers conditions. The student studying Rogers’s six conditions would seem to be growing both personally, as in the personal development of the ‘to be’ counsellor and towards a professional situation where they will be able to help clients in real therapy situations. To provide the six conditions we need to be in tune with ourselves and to be taking care of how we are and how we are feeling, mind and body. We must always be checking-in with ourselves. Otherwise we risk not being congruent in…

It seems odd that a client would present for treatment while simultaneously being opposed to making changes, but this is indeed what counselors frequently encounter. Such clients are usually coerced into therapy. A person in legal trouble may be offered a deferred sentence for undergoing outpatient treatment if they are assessed to have a substance-use disorder (SUD) or other behavioral problem which contributed to the offense. Others might seek treatment to assuage family members, avoid a…

Confidentiality and its limits need to be discussed at the beginning of the session (Hill, 2014). One of the ethical issues in the current role-play was that I did not discuss the confidentiality, its limits and the client’s informed consent at the beginning of our session. The helper needs to make sure to address issues such as the general confidentiality limits pertaining safety issues for the client and others, the purpose of the role-play, the role of the observer, recording, transcribing…

Person centred care is when a patient is respected and treated as an individual. Person centred care sees patients as equal partners in the planning and development of their care so that it is suited to their unique needs. The term ‘Patient Centred Care’ and its theory originated from the work of psychologist. He regarded each client as an individual and whole person. His practice of client centred counselling regarded the person who sought counselling as being the expert on themselves and the…

administrative and overhead costs for service providers. Another positive that is contributed to online counseling is the reduce of the stigma that is traditionally associated with therapy services, helping individuals become more willing to accept counseling in the privacy of their own home. Overall, conducting online therapy is more convenient, flexible, and…

To either be angry or at ease. These are the two paths a character must choose in the face of adversity. This is portrayed clearly with the characters Mr. Frank and Mr. Van Daan when they solve their problems in The Diary of Anne Frank written by Anne Frank. Where Mr. Frank the calm one and Mr. Van Daan the crazed one both live under the conditions in the annex but solve their problems their differently. This small hidden place squeezed eight members, including them and their drama inside its…

displaying how they are as a person or how they could be feeling. They could be telling a story of what they went are going through in life. Music is the place for artist to release what they have been holding in it could probably be considered as therapy for the artist just them releasing their feelings. Music displays the feelings of us everyday in life when we are feeling happy and even when we are feeling down music is use for every…