Prolonged exposure therapy

My role, as a counsellor, once a contract or agreement has been signed with a client will be to provide the following: My immediate role will be to establish a bond that will enable trust on both sides. It must be noted that the decision to seek treatment for addiction is not an easy one, and therefore requires a great deal of trust between the patients and their counselors. A counsellor must be able to provide an atmosphere where the client is happy, relax and feel secured. Ensure that a…

Universal Design Decrecia Nevels Concorde Career College OTAP 1360 Occupational Therapy in Physical Dysfunction 07/18/2016 Abstract This paper explores the ideology and concept of universal design including its history, implementation and how it is used in today’s society. Other areas that will be examined in this research paper include the how universal design is used as a treatment tool in occupational therapy as well as the population and/or diagnosis it is used to treat. …

is useful to construction workers. Known as “The Helper’s Tool Belt” in the social work profession, it supplies the specific tools for the helper’s specific theory. For instances, if a helper’s theoretical orientation is based on Structural Family Therapy, a tool that the helper…

symptomatic) integrated therapeutic approach. It requires a thorough evaluation which enables to determine all the possible causes that may be causing the symptoms, allowing the specificity of therapeutic planning. The treatment is developed through manual therapies, targeting the normalization of different body structures, restoring the biomechanical integrity for the recovery of GLOBAL functional…

Streamlining Chaos Deciding on my career was a bumpy road. I went through at least 5 different career choices before settling, at last, on equine trainer, more commonly known as horse trainer. After all the research I have done, I still feel that this is the right choice for me. I have never felt this calm and sure about a career decision before. It feels right. Being an equine trainer is no easy job. I think that is half the reason I am so drown to it. Training animals that weigh half a ton…

The Elderly and Animal Assisted Therapy Humans have a very long and varied history with animals. They have been used to provide food, disposal of waste, protection and companionship for over 15,000 years (Ernst). It is not a recent development that animals have been used in therapy, yet their use will continue to grow. The benefits animal assisted therapy is especially apparent in its uses in treating the elderly; the use of animals through animal assisted therapy (AAT) in nursing homes and…

Preferences in Therapist-in-Training Journal Psychotherapy/Theory, Research, and Training, Vol 43(1), Spring 2006. pp. 111-118. Anthony Teasdale, and Clara Hill is a study dealing with 132 therapists- in -training preferences of clientele in future therapy sessions. This study was primarily conducted to reveal any unforeseen biases a prospective therapist may possess while selecting a client. To achieve this, Hill & Teasdale emailed a total of 419 doctoral students questionnaires regarding their…

most people would call a “diary”. Most girls growing up receive a diary in which they can free write about their high and low days. Writing your feelings down can be easy to do, but the question I’m yearning towards is how could writing be used as therapy for those who’ve undergone traumatic experiences. As people undergo trauma, they tend to copy down how they feel onto paper. Most times when we think of the word “diary”, we affiliate it with girls, but men too have similar gestures such…

institution. A small school of fewer than six thousand students, I see it as a perfect college fit for me both academically and spiritually. I intend to study human biology, with the hopes of being accepted into its highly ranked doctoral physical therapy program. This school is also affiliated with the United Methodist Church, which will grant a sense of “home” while I am three hours away. Additionally, I intend to run on the university's cross country and track team. This opportunity will…

The client population which may be the most challenging for me to work with is differentiated by culture. Each culture has its own values and beliefs that they abide by. Counselors should be considered their clients traditions, shared values, customs, norms, history and institutions of a group of people. Counselors should be aware of other cultures understanding and concept of how they interpret their environment. It’s best to understand other cultures to see how their world is and how they…