PERSONAL MODEL OF HELPING
BHSH311
Aug 3, 2010
Elisa M Magill PH.D
Personal Model of Helping
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HOW AND WHY YOU FORMED THIS VIEWPOINT
It is hard for me with the given information to choose just one form of therapy. I see potential in many of the different forms of therapy, but my favorite three would be Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Journal Writing, and Collaborative Therapy. I think that these particular forms of therapy could work together well to assist the patient.
With cognitive behavioral therapy the therapist works with the client in the here and now. The therapists assists the patient with their day to day living issues and provide the client with a form of emotional support and encouragement. …show more content…
With journal therapy writing the therapist can recieve insight into the patient feelings, wants, fears, and goals. This can assist the therapist with the behavioral therapy as to what is affecting the client now. Collaborative therapy gives the patient a sense that you are on his or her team. As the therapist you are assisting the client to reach their milestones and eventually their goals. You are working on what his or her current issues are. You can use their journal to gain additional insight. The therapist and the client work together collaborating on solving the issue at hand. This gives the client a sense of security that they are not alone and they have someone on their team.
YOU’RE VIEW OF HELPING
I would combine several forms of therapy one of which being cognitive behavioral therapy.
In this form of therapy the patient and the client work together to accomplish the same goal. The patient issues are immediately brought to light and focused on as a team (Parrott,2003). As a therapist I would also like to incorporate a part of journal therapy. I would give the patient homework to write what they thought about the progress of the day’s session and use this information for a topic of therapy in the following session. I would hope that this would assist the patient opening a positive dialogue with the patient and also give additional insight on the patient to the therapist. In my opinion this would tie in with the Collaborative therapy where the patient and client work together as a team in order to assist the client in accomplishing the goals of their …show more content…
therapy.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CLINITIANAND THE PATIENT
In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy could be very emotional and to some people an intimate relationship. Therapy is a one sided relationship, the client shares while the therapist does not. If you began in include parts of your life or include your feelings this will upset the balance of the relationship and possible cross ethical guidelines. The relationship between the client and the patient should be comfortable for the client, but the therapist under no circumstances should not impose their personal opinions on the client’s therapy. The therapist serves as a supporter and motivator to assist the client in the process of change (Parrott 2003).
TECHNIQUES OR APPROCHESS TO CHANGE
The goal of therapy is to assist the client to change their mal-adaptive behavior (Parrott, 2003) as a therapist you have understand the client and use the best method of therapy that would create change in his or her behavior. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has an agenda the client should ascertain certain goals. As a therapist you have to be careful not to impose your personal goals on clients but allow them to set their goals and maintain their timeline with minimal interference only guidance though therapy. With the therapist working with the client and encouraging them to accomplish their milestones therapy will be beneficial to the client.
WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS CAN BE ADDRESSED BY HELP
With combining cognitive behavioral therapy with journal writing, and a good collaboration with the client the therapist is able to assist the client with a wide variety of issues. The therapist can assist them with mal-adaptive behavior and assist the client in changing their perspective on how they process the events in their life. In therapy you can work on anything you feel is an issue. This can range from something relating to not getting along with the in-laws to something much more complicated. You therapist is there to talk things through
MUTICULTURAL ISSUES
Multicultural issues can vary with the form of therapy that therapist chooses to use.
With cognitive behavioral therapy the patient are assisted with their current issues. You are able to address what happened in the past and it gives the therapist more insight as to the client’s current behavior and ways to assist with change. Of all three forms of therapy I think that Collaborative a therapy would pose the most risk for a multicultural conflict. As a therapist you have to be sure not to impose your personal religious views, stereotypes, or your belief and value system on the client. As a therapist you must remain open and objective.
LIMITATIONS AND STREGNTHS OF THE MODEL
Cognitive Behavioral therapy does have it limitations. This form of “talking therapy” focuses on current thoughts and behaviors that are affecting the patient (goodtherapy, 2010). Because this process does not dwell on the past your therapist will assist you on changing the way you process the information today.
POPULATIONS THIS MODEL CAN
HELP
At one point therapy was considered “taboo” or only “crazy people” went to therapy. People who attended therapy have a stigma attached to them. As our culture changed people have become open and accepting of therapy. You can say that therapy is no longer taboo but mainstreamed. As long as you can find a therapist that you are comfortable with and agree with their methods of assisting you then you can be helped by therapy. Therapy is also beneficial for issues that come up daily.
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Parrott, Les III (2003). Counseling and Psychotherapy (2nd ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Thomson/Brooks/Cole. http://www.goodtherapy.org/types-of-therapy.html first paragraph http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Cognitive-Behaviour-Therapy-(CBT).htm lilitation