Therapy

living by its own society. I believe to become a more effective therapists he/she has to respect the different culture client bring to counseling in order to establish a relationship that is very vital component in the practice of marriage and family therapy. Also, I believe that a therapists must recognize and examine his/her own culture, values, belief, norms, and history having a horizon of meaning of self (Gehart, 2014).…

This week’s reflection paper examines the execution of Cognitive Therapy Approach (CAT) intervention, which was presented by Arthur Freeman and a client with depressive symptoms. Throughout the video, Dr. Arthur Freeman highlighted and implemented several intervention techniques such as patients’ agreement and the importance of collaboration and structure. From my perspective, patients’ agreement is a tool for safely treating a patient and meeting them at their level of readiness. During…

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Gestalt Therapy: Similarities As Yontef and Jacobs (2011) note, initially, it was fairly simple to compare Gestalt to other systems of therapy, largely due to the fact that Gestalt could clearly distinguish itself as the system that upheld existential and humanistic characteristics. Over time, however, the distinction between the fields has become more and more narrow. Following are the similarities between Gestalt boundary differences and psychodynamic defence…

August of 2003 due to a fatal car accident. Upon seeking medical attention after my back injury, I was prescribed to attend physical therapy twice a week for five weeks. At the time of my first physical therapy appointment, I instantly fell in love with this field just by observing the atmosphere and the actions by staff members and patients. During my physical therapy experience, I continued to become more and more fascinated with the profession and began doing research on the career. The…

This is normal because everyone is different. Adjusting to this may be extremely challenging but having high levels of support may help with this. Family therapy may also help cope with this difficult situation. If there is more than one child in the family paying attention to them is vital. They are also going through this right along with the patient. Lots of siblings struggle with stress, anxiety, overwhelming…

induced movement therapy on various practice basis, that is, massed practice and distributed practice in the rehabilitation of hand dysfunction in post stroke subjects. Most rehabilitation strategies for hemiplegic patients are aimed at compensatory means rather than restoration of upper limb function. Typically, patients are taught to use the unaffected limb and various assistive devices for activities of daily living to regain independence. In contrast, constraint-induced movement therapy…

Professional Development. According the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), professional development “begins with professional education and continues throughout one’s professional life. Professional development is the foundation for where the physical therapist assumes an attitude of inquiry and engages in an ongoing process of assessment and evaluation of knowledge, skills, and abilities.”1 Professional development can occur in organized instructional settings or in societal…

engaging in couples /family therapy is the issue of holding individual therapy sessions with members at the outset of therapy. Individual assessments provide therapists with valuable information regarding each individual’s history, commitment to the current relationship and goals they wish to get out of therapy. However, during these sessions individuals take the opportunity to tell secrets which create an ethically difficult situation in confidentiality when conjoint therapy comes into play. As…

Frias 7 Inez Frias Castro Spring 2017 Dr. Miles M. Ishigaki Music 9 Music Therapy in Mental Health The article Music therapy’s effects on levels of depression, anxiety, and social isolation in Mexican farmworkers living in the United States: A randomized controlled trial is about a study made using music therapy and Mexican farmworkers. The purpose of the study was to see whether music therapy could positively affect levels of anxiety, depression, and isolation in Mexican farmworkers. Despite…

performed in therapy is to decrease tightness and tone and to improve tissue mobility of a specific muscle that may be very inflamed or the source of joint pain. (Liz Hoobchaak¬) The field of physical therapy requires a therapist to be considerate and understanding of a person’s limits. Even though this job does not save lives that are life threating, it is rewarding in knowing that someone might be able to do basic activities again. When researching the career of physical therapy it is…