Maudsley Family Therapy

Laurie Burns CSW-R CGP has been helping couples in Rochester, NY, and the surrounding areas build healthier relationships for more than two decades. Her compassionate couples counseling services and expert, unbiased perspective help couples find a common ground to work through tough issues and reach new levels of respect, understanding, and care. Here are a few reasons why couples might choose to partake in counseling services: It Brings Couples Together: When couples schedule professional…

Cross-culturally, mental illness is known and researched, with an overall curiosity of what effects it. For centuries, various ideas of causation have been speculated upon which, has brought about numerous people willing to pose their philosophies to the psychological and scientific communities. A cross-sectional study titled, Lay Beliefs Regarding Causes of Mental Illness in Nigeria: Pattern and Correlates, was performed with south-western residents of Nigeria, with published results in 2007.…

Treating Co-Occurring Disorders Before entering a treatment facility... If you are concerned that you or a family member or friend may have co-occurring conditions, you probably feel uncertain about how to access the services you need. The only way you can ensure you get adequate treatment is to identify and confirm the presence of co-occurring disorders. This is the first and most central step towards your recovery. Many substance use disorders involve symptomatology patterns that overlap with…

mental health disorder face because people are not open minded when it comes to mental health disorders. Things are getting better, but many cultural feel that mental health disorders can be a sign of weakness which can turn people off from seeking therapy. As a therapist, we learn about different cultures and their take on mental health issues. When working with a client who is struggling with mental health disorder therapist have to work towards understanding the client’s cultural and how in…

There once was times when medical physicians offer therapy sessions to help their patient with their mental disorder. But with the enhancement of different psychotherapeutic drugs individual’s pursuit medicine for a quicker relief. Therapy sessions was established so that mental illness patients can have someone to talk out their issues and be relieved through psychotherapy. It was also a session…

symptoms, where they can be cured through various treatments like therapy, which takes place in the hospital. Thus, a person who has a mental illness will have to be sent to the hospital to be diagnosed for treatment. The sickness of the mind can happen due to many reasons like stress and inhumane conditions. However, the bio-psychosocial approach to disordered behavior shows us that our biological…

As her experience of domestic violence which was seen by them will have affected them and their relationship with her. It is important that they get family therapy as Maria and her children will respond better to be treated together then separately. As domestic violence changes the bond between mother and child, not a lack of parenting. With focus on the strengths, resilience and the relationship between…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper was to inform readers about the stigma that is put onto mentally ill people and explain the different studies used to try and reduce the stigma. Also, how the mentally ill and clinicians respond to the claims. Biogenetics explanations and stigma are the main focus in the first few paragraphs on page 400. It is written that after studies and research they found that biogenetic explanations are often tied to stigmatized attitudes. Unfortunately, people actually…

learning, interacting with friends, and the “whole” school experience would not be obtained again. I search my soul to understand how to live in the “moment” while still planning for the future. I begin to understand this process when I began individual therapy. I wanted to give that person my undivided attention, my professionalism, and my social work competencies and experiences. I begin to understand and feel that “place” within myself. I believe I was scared, I had the person’s life in my…

For this Jewish family I would write a qualitative assessment to give to my supervisor. The key components from this case would include Ruthie and Herbie don’t like and hide the fact that their daughter is a lesbian. In fact even in the public’s eye they are not what they seem. When they go off the airplane an elderly woman calls them sisters and they just ignore it as though they are so use to it. Ruthie and Herbie love their daughter very much and want her to be happy. Rachel announces during…