Psychotherapy

Mental health counsellor just to name a few. These different types of counsellors require specialized studies in specific courses in order to use their specific techniques although some will overlap. Section A3 of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) states that counsellors’ must restrict their counselling services to those areas within the boundaries of their competence by virtue of verifiable education, training, supervised experience, and other professional experience…

This article deals with various intervention strategies that incorporate Scripture in psychotherapy, providing examples of a fictional client, George. This article is written to increase Christian counselors’ awareness of diverse Scripture interventions and to stimulate “divinely inspired creativity” in the further development of strategies (Garzon, 2005). At the beginning of the article, the author introduces the case of George and mentions ethical issues. He highlights the importance of…

enough of the benefits of holistic therapy; however, there is always opportunities to hold clinical trials to see results of medications versus holistic ways. “Almost all (95%) of the federal dollars spent on mental health research go to drugs, not psychotherapy in clinical trials.” (Whitbourne) The fact that the U.S. hasn’t even put forth 10% effort to cut back on medications is a big deal that needs to be changed as soon as possible. The world we live in today is an overmedicated world,…

Portfolio Essay Two Several weeks have passed in this semester. Every week there is a book club and skill group activity. During a book club activity, every group will share and exchange ideas about the therapy we learn from the textbook and the related readings; then we will be the therapists and apply the therapeutic techniques to a case with analyzing the ethics and approaches. From these book clubs, I have figured out the most appropriate therapy for school counseling. In the skill group…

Marriage and Family Counselling focuses on familial, couple, and group relationships. Marriage and Family therapists, psychologists who work in this specialization, possesses knowledge dealing with family dynamics and problems which involve everybody involved in close relationships. Marriage and Family Therapists teach, supervise, do research and engage in practice through consultation and treatment in a diverse number of settings Their primary goals are to discover the influence of problems in…

are good listeners and offer essential insight. Therapist are trained to consult and guide their patients in order to give them the best possible expert feedback. A way in which to cure depression would best be therapy, but not just therapy, psychotherapy or cognitive behavioral therapy. In the ebook Cognitive Therapy For Chronic…

On Becoming a Person is a book written by Carl R. Rogers it is a simple text on Humanistic and Existential psychotherapy. The book is written about work Rogers carried out during the nineteen fifty’s and sixty’s. The book has many interesting idea’s and perspectives on personal growth and development. In the book Rogers talks about the idea of oneself getting in touch with there emotions so that he or she might go about there life based on there real self rather living a life based on there…

William Glasser (May 11, 1925 – August 23, 2013), a renowned American psychologist and psychiatrist, developed Reality Therapy in 1965 - a method of counselling and psychotherapy. In this his disagreement with the Freudian (Sigmund Freud: 06/05/1856- 23/09/1939) theory of mental illness was openly noted, which found great support from a teacher and psychiatrist G. L. Harrington in 1965, an anti-Freudian whom Glasser credits as being his ‘mentor’. Validated by research studies, this theoretical…

1.Define high fidelity in supervision. High fidelity is ongoing research completed by those providing supervision. Research is conducted to see if supervision is reliable and helpful. Research is done during cognitive behavioral therapy. High fidelity allowing individuals to research the qualities of theories. In fact, they found that CBT was effective over a range of dysfunction and that BT was as effective as CBT in the treatment of adult who were depressed or displaying signs or obsession and…

Psychotherapy is a general term for treating mental health problems including the abuser of alcohol and drugs by talking with a psychiatrist, psychologist or other mental health provider such as an alcohol and drug abuse counselor. Psychotherapy is also known as talk therapy, counseling, psychosocial therapy or, simply, therapy (Mayo Clinic). Individual psychotherapy counseling sessions, in the area of substance abuse, are typically…