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    called “Hell-Heaven”, which is an excellent take on a young Bengali girl named Usha who was born in Berlin, Germany, (61) but is being raised in America. She lives with her two parents, her father Shyamal Da who is emotionally distant from everyone including Usha’s mother Aparna. One day walking home the pair of Usha and Aparna realize they are being followed by a fellow Bengali a student named Pranab Kaku. (61) Eventually the family welcomes him into their home and lives. This causes them to become very close, but eventually Pranab gets married and ends the relationship with the family causing extreme harm to Aparna. Jhumpa Lahiri demonstrates jealousy in “Hell-Heaven” by how it leads to harsh judgments, it leads to isolation, and it causes self-destruction.…

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    more consecutive weeks. Plan for Punishment/Extinction: Extinction: When the patient partakes in the self-harm activity of cutting, the boyfriend no longer gives attention for the harmful behaviors. The parents should put the patient on suicide watch. Replacement Behavior: The patient will keep a journal to express emotions; find a hobby to relieve stress in a healthy way (such as: cycling, drawing, photography, etc.); and the patient should go to a therapist to get validation and attention. …

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    the reader and narrator’s knowledge. For instance, while Charlie experiences the events of the story, the reader both experiences the events and is capable of deriving meaning from the them. Perhaps the most important knowledge the reader has is how Charlie subconsciously maintains contact with his old lifestyle. While the reader is able to sympathize with Charlie’s frustration with not being able to escape his troubled past, the reader is also privy to the ways in which Charlie is responsible…

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    SPIRITED MISADVDENTURES is a character driven story of self-discovery and healing. The story’s tone is dramatic, but nicely blended with wit and humor. The script explores solid themes about grieving, communication, reconnecting, and healing. It’s an introspective story told with subtext. One of the strengths of this script is the character of Dani. She’s well crafted as a very complex woman. She presents with a very tough exterior that’s abrasive. In fact, initially it’s challenging to like or…

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    Child in Crisis Joe is a child who has just been admitted to a youth facility, he is a 16-year-old male Caucasian, who has been cutting for 2 years. Joe has threatened suicide, but it is believed this is his way of getting the help he needs to get someone to listen to him. Joe’s crimes that has him in the juvenile facility have been petty. Joe has a condition called (NSSI) otherwise referred to as cutting. I will be counseling Joe for several weeks trying to help him get over the…

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    cultural dimensions Country IDV PDI UAI MAS LTO Hong Kong 25 68 29 57 U.S.A. 91 40 46 62 Source: Hofstede (1984, 2001) Individualism refers to individuals that prefer loose social framework and tend to take care of only themselves and immediate families, while collectivism stands for individuals who prefer tightly knit social framework and would stay in group with relatives to look after them. Asians are usually considered as more collectivistic when comparing to Americans, where family…

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    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is all about changing the thoughts that a person has and their current way of thinking. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a gradual process that helps a person take incremental steps towards a behavior change. There are two steps that are generally used in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The therapist begins by helping the patient identify the problematic beliefs that they have. This step is important for learning how feelings, situations, and thoughts can attribute to…

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    Mode Deactivation Therapy

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    Adolescents are often very hard to treat and evidence based research does not always work with this particular population. Many of the adolescents that are in treatment centers are dealing with behavioral issues, conduct issues, mood disorders, personality disorders, complex trauma, and suicidal ideation. These complex issues make finding proper treatment even more difficult. Mode Deactivation Therapy (MDT) seems to work well with this population as every study in this annotated bibliography…

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    Cognitive-Behavioral child therapy is a combination of cognitive component and behavioral modification. CBTCT procedures include relaxation training, behavior modification and parent guidance, cognitive-behavioral therapists teach children and their parents how to reduce and eliminate problematic behavioral and emotional symptoms. Behavioral therapy techniques and modification of a child’s thoughts and feelings is the approach of Cognitive Behavioral therapy (Hart & Hart, 2010). According to…

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    The reading from the textbook relates to what discuss in many ways. The first way the textbook relates to what we learned in class is in section that where it mentions why children do better in group counseling rather then individual counseling. This topic relates to what we did in class because when we were playing our group games we need to break the group into smaller size because some games only allowed four members or less. The second way the textbook relates to what we learned in class is…

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