A Site Visit to Better Understand Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention
Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions: A Site Visit Report
Julio F Caceres
BSHS 312
December 19, 2011
Cherlie Saffeels
Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions: A Site Visit Report
Famed American psychologist, Abraham Maslow, once said, “We may define therapy as a search for value.” That value that the client is seeking is in one’s self. Self value is very important. Human beings are creatures that require self validation; why do they exist? Why do they continue to live? Why do they live when so many others die around them? Is there is a purpose to their life, to their existence and is that purpose, that value, of enough worth to warrant their continued existence. The job of the therapist, in many ways, is to provide that value. The therapist often serves a similar purpose as that of a Wall Street trader; raise the value of the stock each individual holds inside them self. The therapist, like the Wall Street trader, has many tools at his or her disposal, many theories, programs and tools have been made available through decades of research, trial and error practice and many bright minds have spent countless hours studying the human psyche in order to provide effective means of intervention. Therapists and psychologists spend much time working through different agencies, services and clinics in order to effectively use these tools that have been made available. For the purpose of this paper the writer will consider such an agency, its purpose, methods and the wonderful and professional people that make it happen.
The Dorchester County Department of Mental Health is a clinic that falls under the jurisdiction and purview of the state of South Carolina and is part of the larger state department, S.C. Department of Mental Health. The S.C. Department of Mental Health, according to their website, is a state agency that is headquartered in Columbia, S.C. The Charleston/Dorchester Community Mental Health Centers are commissioned to, “provide
Julio F Caceres
BSHS 312
December 19, 2011
Cherlie Saffeels
Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions: A Site Visit Report
Famed American psychologist, Abraham Maslow, once said, “We may define therapy as a search for value.” That value that the client is seeking is in one’s self. Self value is very important. Human beings are creatures that require self validation; why do they exist? Why do they continue to live? Why do they live when so many others die around them? Is there is a purpose to their life, to their existence and is that purpose, that value, of enough worth to warrant their continued existence. The job of the therapist, in many ways, is to provide that value. The therapist often serves a similar purpose as that of a Wall Street trader; raise the value of the stock each individual holds inside them self. The therapist, like the Wall Street trader, has many tools at his or her disposal, many theories, programs and tools have been made available through decades of research, trial and error practice and many bright minds have spent countless hours studying the human psyche in order to provide effective means of intervention. Therapists and psychologists spend much time working through different agencies, services and clinics in order to effectively use these tools that have been made available. For the purpose of this paper the writer will consider such an agency, its purpose, methods and the wonderful and professional people that make it happen.
The Dorchester County Department of Mental Health is a clinic that falls under the jurisdiction and purview of the state of South Carolina and is part of the larger state department, S.C. Department of Mental Health. The S.C. Department of Mental Health, according to their website, is a state agency that is headquartered in Columbia, S.C. The Charleston/Dorchester Community Mental Health Centers are commissioned to, “provide
References: GoodTherapy.org. (January 01, 2012). Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Retrieved from http://www.goodtherapy.org/Dialectical-Behavioral-Therapy.html GoodTherapy.org. (January 3, 2012). Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Retrieved from http://www.goodtherapy.org/trauma-focused-cognitive-behavioral-therapy.html Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. (2012). Child Behavior Checklist. Retrieved from http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/PHDCN/descriptions/cbcl-w1-w2-w3.jsp NOVA Southwestern University Center for Psychological Studies. (2012). Child Behavior Checklist. Retrieved from http://www.cps.nova.edu/~cpphelp/CBCL.html