Music therapy

James was described as a graduate student intern working on his Marriage and Family Therapy Program, with specialization in working with couples and families. In this scenario James has completed two counseling sessions with a married couple who is experiencing trust deficiencies, following infidelity within the marriage of 10 years. James…

The topic of this paper is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The client presented throughout is a survivor of human trafficking who has been trafficked as a sex worker from the time she was eight years old until she escaped at 20. The client has been professionally diagnosed with PTSD by multiple licensed clinical social workers and marriage and family therapists. The chosen practice method that will be explored is eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). This paper presents…

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 required that the services funded by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services must be provided in a person-centered setting (Burm, 2014). Recently, however, this concept is beginning to get strictly implemented in most HCBS settings, in order to provide integrated and coordinated care. ‘Person-centered’ care allows for a holistic methodology to enhancing an individual’s health and well-being. Person-centered care focuses on an individual’s “physical health,…

Professional Boundaries Both physical and emotional boundaries are something social service workers have to be very aware of. If we are not aware of them we are potentially not going to be any help at all, we may damage the helper to client relationship more in the long run if we do not take boundaries seriously. You can tell when me as a helper or other helpers might be too involved with a client if I were to talk about things that in an inappropriate way or talk about things that are…

Being able to reflect and critically evaluate the outcome of the session plays an important part in improving the skills of the counsellor both in the session and outside of the session, planning better sessions providing the best service to the client. For the first half of this role play, I experienced the same problem similar to the one during the trial role play which is not listening to the client. I was trying to ask my questions in accordance to the script which resulted in me not…

At first, I did not want to become a counselor because I was not sure what it meant to be a counselor and I was not sure if I had the right skills to be a good counselor, but mostly, I was scared that I might say the wrong thing or use the wrong treatment plan for the client, and there will be serious negative consequences after. Also, at that time I did not know anyone who was a counselor to help me to get better understanding of the field. However, it was not until one of my own family members…

Desired career choice My desired career choice is to own and operate a prestigious equine hippotherapy facility. Hippotherapy is a type of therapeutic riding used to rehabilitate humans in areas such as coordination, balance, and strength. Many hippotherapy riders are found to be disabled or mentally challenged. Through my facility, I will be able to give these clients the opportunity to find their inner balance and help them overcome their mental or physical weaknesses through riding. Why do…

treatment protocol and agency practice. Secondly, couple’s therapy work focuses on what both people in the relationship seek to gain from therapy. What intimidates me about couples’ therapy is the potential for contention and disparity in the therapeutic relationship. According to Williams (2012), couples’ therapy requires a stance of neutrality thereby creating an environment of stability and consent to diffuse couples’ dissension. In couple’s therapy, each member brings with them a point of…

John Dattilo, Douglas Kleiber, and Richard Williams’ TR model explains the relationship between self-determination and enjoyment. This service model guides recreational therapists to lead their clients in creating environments that facilitate enjoyment in which ultimately leads to functional improvement. The six components that complete the model are perception of manageable challenge, investment of attention, enjoyment, functional improvement, self-determination, and intrinsic motivation. For…

According to the ADTA website, dance/movement Therapy (DMT) helps people that have various conditions and is the psychotherapeutic use of movement. “Dance/movement therapy focuses on the movement behavior as it emerges in the therapeutic relationship.” (https://adta.org/faqs/). Many behaviors are considered for individual or group treatment. These behaviors include: expressive, commutative, and adaptive behaviors. According to the American Psychiatric Association, “it is practiced in many…