Psychodynamic psychotherapy

making critique is important to thing disadvantage groups (Witkin& Gottschalk, 1988). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is represented and grounded in the behavioral and cognitive theories of human beings (Benjamin et. al, 2011). Around the 1960’s, psychodynamic perspective effectiveness was questioned, and it appeared to be lacking (Benjamin et. al, 2011). Behavior…

Second Case Vignette Diagnostic Impressions The client is a 25 year old male who has been participating in therapy to address concerns of PTSD symptoms that arose from an event that occurred 6 years prior to therapy. The client recently returned to the area to live with his parents following an intensive inpatient treatment program for drug and alcohol abuse. The client has returned to college to complete his education and pursue a career in the medical field. The client had progressed well in…

During this global movement, the word “recreational therapist” was made by the Menninger brothers. The Sisters of Charity from Quebec also had a big part in this global movement for recreational therapy in 1893. These sisters had their own asylum, which was different than a regular asylum at this time. The Sisters of Charity had parks and gardens around their building, to which all patients had access. They incorporated dancing, music, games, reading, and picnics into their daily schedules.…

Discussion In terms of recovery and recovery maintenance, Family Therapy seems to be the more suitable recovery strategy compared to Individual Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; when Individual Therapy and Cognitive Therapy are compared, there appears to be no significant difference in outcomes and recovery rates between these two treatments. However, when the two recovery strategies are compared in terms of their relapse rates, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy transcends over Individual…

Behavior Therapy was develop by B.F. Skinner, he was considered to be the father of the behavioral approach of psychology, Skinner emphasizes his efforts on the effects of environment in behavior, and he believed that behaviors were a result of cause-and-effect between environmental conditions and behavior. In essence, Behavior Therapy is a method that centers primarily on learned behaviors, and on determinants of behavior, the goal of the therapist is to change that undesirable behavior. (Corey…

A joint, unified appreciation of perspective offers providers the ability shift and respond appropriately within the therapy session. Such flexibility was showcased in the treatment Kisi (Binnie, 2012). Kisi sought out psychotherapy, meeting clinical criteria for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), neurasthenia, schizophrenia, dissociative fugue disorder, recurrent depression, and emotionally unstable personality disorder. Treatment…

In the critical meta analysis Borkovec et al. (2002) perform, it is clearly indicated that in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), that is an empirically backed method of treatment for GAD, often has many faults within the treatment style. Researchers make evident that often the control group comparison is comprised of those on a waiting list for treatment, that the effect size may not be significant enough, and also that individuals ' improvement still does not lie within the range on the…

Unique Outcomes/Sparkling Events The clients described that they were able to communicate when Maria and Andrea engaged in play. Both clients described playtime as playing board games or kicking a soccer ball. Andrea stated that she “liked to play with mom because she can talk to her and have fun.” In addition, Andrea recognized the importance of “working” towards rewards for preferred activities such as visiting Sea World. Maria described that when Andrea had an incentive, such as extra…

Gerard Mauthe Report on Counseling Theory and Method HSCD 380 CREATE Inc. uses a mixture of evidence based practices and the implementation of multiple techniques. Their philosophy works well with clients from a broad population base and involves an educational & harms reduction approach. Clients are mandated to remain abstinent during treatment with expectations of making better decisions about their chemical use after completion. CREATE’s curriculum is based on the stages of change and they…

In fact, the participants in the forgiveness group showed minimal to no depression and anxiety while the participants in the alternative group showed signs of moderate depression and anxiety. Women who have been abused may have a hard time getting over the experience because they resent the fact that it happened and they resent the person who abused them but any kind of therapy that supports women’s expression of anger without helping them to find meaning in their suffering and teaching them how…