Psychodynamic psychotherapy

For the second essay in this course, I decided to choose the book titled "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures," by Anne Fadiman. The reason for choosing this read was my interest and fascination with the Hmong culture. I had never heard of the Hmong culture before until a couple of years ago when I wrote a research paper about sleep paralysis, in which I wrote about how the Hmong interpret their experience. Although…

Human behavior is often irrational, but Dan Ariely presents his research on how that irrational behavior can be predictable in his book Predictably Irrational. One reason for this is that in the time we take to process the information our senses perceive about the world around us, that world has already changed in some way and we are making decisions based on outdated data. Additionally, our previous experiences and personal worldview affect how we process that world, which introduces a layer of…

Analysis of “The Lottery” and “The Cask of Amontillado” Psychoanalytic theory is based on Freud’s idea that we can realise what does person’s thinks and feels if we look at what he or she perceives in his mind (Psychoanalytic Criticism (1930's-present)). Moreover, it follows that by analysing one of the author’s characters we are really analysing the author itself. We do not need to believe this as a whole. We believe based on experience and on some Psychological theories, that the main…

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: Albert Ellis is considered as the founder of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. He discovered that our positive or negative beliefs influence our emotional functioning in the brain. He said that our negative beliefs lead us to anxiety, depression, aggression and people often think of self harming behaviors. He also said that by not taking into account the fact that cognition affects our emotional thinking, other theories failed to explain that why people…

A structural approach to family therapy involves looking at the pattern of family dynamics focused on the components that make up the family. These are the structure, the subsystems, and the boundaries within that family (Nichols, 2013). A family is always dynamic, always growing and changing, and interactions mark the ways in which a family deals with these changes. Problems in families can generally be traced back to problems in the hierarchal structure within families, according to this view.…

Consulting with a Mental Health Provider Collaborator and Systems In efforts to provide consultation in my field of work, I approached a mental health consultant at Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC). Her name is Rachel Sullo, LICSW and she has been working for MSPCC for 3 years in a variety of different capacities. Right now she is transitioning from mental health consultation to working as an in-home therapy supervisor at MSPCC. As a mental health…

1. Goals and objectives. The goal and object of individual therapy will be to guide Sonny in his understanding of his limitations. Through the meaningful relationship that will be developed in therapy, insight is developed on his ability, his accomplishments and the raising of his self-esteem. Furthermore, it is the development of his identity that will generate a new perceptive which will provide confidence to challenge the psychotic symptoms that he experiences. (Please see Appendix B.) 2.…

Sabina played a big role in the development of the movie. She was the center of Jung’s and Freud’s disputes and psychoanalytic advances. Sabina suffered from attacks that she could not control and did not yet know the root of. She was disobedient, disorganized, and sort of manic. Jung began to treat her by sitting her in a chair facing away from him so she was able to be honest and answer questions accordingly. She was describing her abusive father and she believed her attacks were brought…

OCD is a perplexing and heterogeneous neuropsychiatric disorder that is characterized by obsessions and compulsions of varying manifestations (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Moreover, OCD is also a highly chronic and disabling disorder, in that it has been found to have a very low rate of spontaneous remission (Abramowitz & Siqueland, 2013) and is associated with significant functional impairment and decreased quality of life (Subramaniam et al., 2014). Not only are there personal…

I am currently an Advanced Standing student who is attending school right after graduating with my bachelors from Monmouth University. I was in elementary school when I first realized I wanted to be a social worker. My mother is a social worker and she is a great role model for me. In fourth grade I became a peer mediator where I would help settle disagreements between classmates. Additionally, I have always loved to help others. When I was growing up I had an aunt who was and still is addicted…