Psychodynamic psychotherapy

“DBT treatment strategies include both acceptance- and change-oriented strategies.” (Corey, 2013) The skills taught within DBT are within the following four modules: Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance. These four modules are taught in a way that allows the patient to look at the world around them and notice the actual reality of the situations that present in their lives. “Mindfulness involves intentionally bringing one's attention to the…

Introduction Hypnosis can be a very controversial subject to talk about depending on how it is being used. According to the North Carolina Society of Clinical Hypnosis (2014), “Hypnosis is a natural state of selective, focused attention, and, even though it is 100% natural and normal, it remains one of the most fascinating phenomena of the human mind. Hypnosis, called by different cultures and times, has been recognized for thousands of years and used for many purposes.” (North Carolina…

1.)As an individual highly interested in pursing a career in the filed of psychiatry, this chapter included very valuable information on the different therapeutic approaches. I must also point out that I have a great respect for biomedical therapies, as it is a point of interest for choosing psychiatry as my intended career choice and has shown to significantly improve the lives of many suffering from psychological disorders. However, putting biomedical therapies aside I have gained great…

Mental distress lies at the heart of counselling, psychotherapy and counselling psychology. Psychopathology derives from two Greek words psych meaning soul and pathos which means suffering. In summary psychopathology is the origin of mental disorder it is the development and the symptoms associated to mental disorders. The environment has placed mankind under the governance of two self-determining masters, pain, and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to…

There are variants of treatments that are utilized for treating aberrant comportment. One of treatments that is utilized is Cognitive-demeanor therapy. This type of “therapy combines cognitive therapy with behavior therapy (Myers, 2008, p.508)”. Cogitative-demeanor therapy is availing people transmute the way they cerebrate, but withal transmute the way they act. By making people cognizant of their irrational negative mentally conceiving, and practicing ways to make positive approach to everyday…

Karen Danielson was born on September 16, 1885 to Berndt Wackels Danielson and Clotilde née van Ronzelen in Blankenese, Germany. At the age of nine, Karen developed a crush on one of her older brothers who soon pushed her away leading her to begin suffering from depression effecting her for the rest of her life. After her mother left her father, Karen entered medical school at University of Freiburg, she transferred to one other school before graduating from University of Berlin in 1913. She…

Person Centered Therapy There is a certain level of simplicity that makes Person Centered Therapy (PCT) appealing. Rogerian, non-directive or person-centered, the simplicity of this form of therapy is about the therapist being supportive and the client leading the direction of the session(s). Each person is wants to change, to have personal growth in some form. There is a balance in person-centered therapy that is not always found in other theories. Founding Theorist(s) Carl Rogers…

I often liked to help people work things out in a calm way, and I enjoyed helping them release stress. To prepare for a career in Marriage and Family Therapist, I will need to take high school classes in mental health, then plan to do an internship after high school, accept many hours as working conditions, know that salaries change with experience is the outlook for this career, and beware that some people who have this career like helping others and dislike time and money spent on it. Being a…

My goal as a social worker is to ensure the best quality of services for clients. I personally felt that this certain aspect of services needed evaluation due to the outcome treatment was having on the clients. At times this population of clients was struggling in their treatment more than other clients. The treatment team would evaluate treatment progress and if the client continued not to make any progress they would then decide if treatment was terminated. They would say the client is “not a…

may lead to insight for some, others have rejoined with a greater level of hostility (Greenberg & Safkan, 1987, as cited in Mohr, 1995). Experimental research has also found gestalt therapies to generate higher rates of deterioration than other psychotherapy modalities (Mohr,…