Psychotherapy

The first study utilized a sample of 20 Vietnam combat veterans who were randomly assigned to one of three groups, one of which being EMDR (Albright & Thyer, 2009). While the therapist used in this study was EMDR trained, the extent of that training was not indicated. Only two sessions were provided, and repeated measures ANOVA yielded no significant effects for any of the psychological measures (Albright & Thyer, 2009). The second study utilized 25 Vietnam combat veterans who were randomly…

Getting Started: Couples counseling is different from the individual counseling, couples counseling is active, structured, and the time is around 10 to 12 sessions. The individual counseling is passive, slow, and it takes months. The individual therapy, the therapist is always on the side of the client, while the therapist in the couple therapy never takes a side. Individual therapy, the therapist has to feel connected with the client, but the couple therapist, the therapist has to be close…

The adolescent period is understood as the phase between puberty and young adulthood. During this stage, both sexes experience intense physical and mental development and additionally they have the challenge of adjusting to a range of societal challenges. During this period of development, various health issues may transpire. This essay will focus primarily on how eating disorders affect both genders during this stage, predominantly in Western societies. The term ‘eating disorder’ is a very…

The Gift of Therapy by Irvin D. Yalcom, M.D., is an insightful book about therapy from the counselors view. He takes you through real-life cases and gives suggestions on how to be or become a better counselor. The four ultimate concerns with existence (death, isolation, meaning of life, and freedom) are addressed throughout the chapters. While using an interpersonal framework with his groups, he works off of the assumption that his patients have an inability to sustain meaningful…

Identifying Information G. F. is a 42 year old, bi-racial, single, heterosexual male. G. F. lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before being detain at the Allegheny County Jail on September 24, 2016. Client states that he does not have any aliases. Reason for Referral G. F. was referred from the Allegheny County Jail to Allegheny County Treatment Alternative (ACTA). G. F. presents with Opioid Use Disorder (F11.10), severe and Cocaine Use Disorder (F14.10), severe. Client stated that before…

Another goal is to encourage the client (s) to examine their preferred answers to their problems that they are going through. Since, clients possess strengths; the goal of this therapy is to use those strengths to solve their problem. (Gehart, 2014). The goal of Narrative Therapy is to use the client’s language to find out what is going well in the client’s lives to enable the client to anticipate a positive change in their life (Gehart, 2014). The goal of Narrative Therapy is to assist clients…

This class was beneficial to my future as a social worker. I was able to learn about different therapies I could potentially use when working with clients. When we were first assigned this paper I was a bit conflicted on what my theory was going to be since I felt that all therapies were important. But as we learned a little bit more in depth about how each of them worked I was able to relate to certain ones. The main therapies I’ll be using as a guide for my personal theory paper are Cognitive…

Theory The theoretical orientation that I have begun to align with is Rational Emotive Behavior Group Counseling Theory (REBT). Albert Ellis created this theory in 1955. This theory revolves around the core concept of rational and irrational beliefs. A rational beliefs are consistent with reality, logical, enhances both the self and relationships. On the other hand, irrational beliefs are seen to be a psychological disturbance (Dryden, 2005). An irrational thought is illogical, defeating and…

In the United States, as many as 6.4 million public school students, or 13%, receive special education services for specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, other health impairment, autism, intellectual disability, developmental delay, emotional disturbance, multiple disabilities, hearing impairment, or orthopedic impairment (Children and Youth with Disabilities). There are some disabilities that students are born with or exhibit early on in their life, such as Down syndrome…

Viktor Frankl suffered through many atrocities that were so unthinkable; that many have a hard time believing that they happened. The fact of the matter is it did happen and an incredible amount of people were lost. It is understandable not to be influenced by Marxism on Frankl’s part. He had experienced Marxism first hand. He lost all of his freedom in the camps. He was told what to do and how to do thing every day of his internment at the camps. The recounting of his story is a great…