Psychotherapy

Overview The Karen Healey, Becoming a trustworthy profession, concerns the practicalities of social work as a profession with emphasis on trust. Additionally it's intention is to illustrate how trust is a functioning pillar of social work as a profession and when broken can undermined it's intentions. An example given is the royal commission into abuse in institutions to demonstrate how a breach of trust can destroy reputations and trustworthiness of professions. Healey then goes onto…

Introduction This paper will describe Dasani’s biological, psychological, and psychosocial dimensions that was seen throughout her case assessment. Some of the theories that will be discussed is health and wealth connection, Piaget cognitive theory, social learning theory, and social support and how social support aids coping. The conclusion with consist of a reflection of Dasani case assessment, and what the writer has learned about other people while writing this assessment. Health and…

Author Robert Anton Wilson once stated: “We all see only that which we are trained to see”. The quote illustrates that perception influences how people see things, but what is perception influenced by? The authors Alice Walker and Amy Tan would argue that culture – by developing one’s beliefs and attitudes – is the most important element in shaping one’s perception. Culture forms an individual’s perception by evolving his or her beliefs. In Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday Use,” one of the…

The article “School counselor consultation: Enhancing teacher performance through rational emotive-social behavioral consultation,” Jeffrey Warren and Stanley Baker, discusses the viability of the Rational Emotive-Social Behavioral Consultation (RE-SBC) model for use by school counselors in support of teachers and students alike, which are experiencing social-emotional issues. They also provide an overview of theory and concepts that can be applied during a consultation, as well as case examples…

Techniques Rogers did not believe in using a set of techniques to deal with a client. Although Rogerians consider the therapist’s attitude as more vital than any technique, two main techniques that can be utilized with Ruth are reflection and motivational interviewing. Reflection is restating what the client says rather than interpreting those statements. For instance, Ruth reports that she “took a role on caring for her younger siblings, largely in the hope of winning the approval of her…

1. Where am I in relation to the learning goal(s) I established for myself for this course? The three main learning goals I established for this course was to gain self-awareness and examine ethical issues that arises in mental health practice, learn interventions and evidenced-based practices that I can incorporate when engaging my clients, and to heighten my knowledge of cultural disparities in mental health. Ultimately, I wanted to feel and identify professional and personal growth after…

Watching Stan’s therapy sessions has enhanced my learning experiences in more ways than I have thought possible. This is the first time I have observed role played facilitated interventions between a therapist and a client. I must say I am impressed at the level of professionalism. During this voyage, the most important concepts, techniques, principles, ideas and insights I gained from observing the many counseling theories will be discussed. I had more difficulty understanding the therapies…

Chapter Five Five Strategies to Combat Compassion Fatigue The fifth chapter is the final presentation of the thesis projects conveying five approaches to combat the negative symptoms and signs of compassion fatigue. The action steps are suggestive tools to slow down or counteract the process of stress or burning out in spiritual leaders and persons who provide care. The strategies will seek to provide a framework for both understanding and, optimistically, inoculating against potential stress…

In the above conversation, the question ‘when you exactly got the chicken-gunya’ was usually supposed to probe at the time of patient’s assessment by the therapist; however, in this situation, it had been asked to the patient at the time of treatment session. So, the intention of that may be to encourage the patient to share the narrative. In addition to that the act of ‘nodding head like listening’ was also considered as the way of encouraging the patient to share his past medical history.…

The main qualities of what makes you who you are, are your actions and emotions. A person’s emotional and physical reactions are what people detect in order to assume your diagnosis. People with Asperger's syndrome are defined as people with a developmental disorder affecting their ability to effectively socialize and communicate. Mark Haddon expresses the many symptoms children with asperger's have in his book “the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”Christopher is the narrator of…