retrieved from an article called “Play Therapy Experiences with the Culturally Diverse.” The purpose of the study was to determine which form of therapy rendered a more positive result among children cross-culture. The participants of the research included 86 school counselors from Texas. The two variables applied in the research are play therapy versus talk therapy. The Pearson correlation coefficient was employed to compare the responses to play therapy and talk therapy‚ and the reaction of the participants
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even your life at times depend on your body and mind to heal‚ positivity is the best drug prescribed. How can you stay positive when life gives you so much pain? Well‚ sometimes you need help and a therapy dog may just do the trick. According to Dr. Barker (no pun intended) and Dr. Dawson‚ a therapy dog is a trained animal assisted therapist. The owner or handler of the dog is educated with proper ways to help the patient‚ and the dog follows the handlers command‚ adding a few extra tail wags for
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The difference between Cognitive therapy is that cognitive therapy considers thinking as the influence for change‚ and behavior therapy focuses on manipulation of the social environment‚ and the functional core environment cause behavior change. Therefore‚ the techniques or practice has to be different based on the concept of change since it covers a broad range of disorders. Cognitive therapy helps the client to understand or make awareness of their own negative self-image‚ and how their thoughts
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In the past‚ the brain was believed to be the most capable and adaptive during the earliest stages of human development. Scientists believed that as people grew older‚ the brain’s capabilities slowly faded and that they would become more and more restricted as to the overall capabilities of their brain in regards to recovery‚ receiving information‚ and retaining memory. In today’s world‚ scientists have found the adaptive capabilities of the brain to be far more capable and resilient than ever thought
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Discuss explanations for insomnia and/or narcolepsy. (8 marks + 16 marks) Explanations of narcolepsy are in majority biological. Scientists have discovered that narcoleptics often are lacking in hypocretin which is a chemical in the brain that control sleep and wakefulness. A lack of this chemical may explain the sudden attacks of sleep. Sakurai (2007) highlighted how there are about 10‚000-20‚000 hypocretin-producing cells in a normal hypothalamus‚ but people with narcolepsy have a significantly
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Evaluating the Psychological Therapies & Biological therapies PART B: OTHER MEDICAL THERAPIES FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS By Konstantinos Geros THE BIOMEDICAL APPROACH Biomedical therapies seek to treat psychological disorders by changing the brain’s chemistry with drugs‚ its circuitry with surgery‚ or its patterns of activity with pulses of electricity or powerful magnetic fields Biomedical therapies assume an organic basis for mental illnesses and treats them as diseases
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Existential Therapy Key Concepts/Unique Attributes The existential approach is more of a collective group of thoughts rather than a concrete therapy. The existential approach guides the counseling practices. The premise is that individuals guide their own lives and create their own paths. The existential approach unlike psychoanalytical therapy of unconscious boundaries and limitations is based on the fundamental belief that “we are what we choose to be (Corey 2009).” The key concepts are known
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about myself‚ the more I think about my problems. The more I think about my problems‚ the more depressed I get.” Explain why your friend’s comment illustrates his need for cognitive therapy. What procedures would a cognitive therapist use to help your friend overcome his negative feelings? Cognitive behavioral therapy is a type of psychotherapeutic treatment that helps patients understand the thoughts and feelings that influence behaviors. This type of treatment is used to treat a wide range of
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In his article Effectiveness of Talk Therapy‚ Benedict Carey states that antidepressant drugs and talk therapies are modestly effective‚ and the combination is better than either approach alone. However‚ for those who do well or fully recover‚ psychotherapy‚ particularly cognitive behavior therapy‚ seems to be most effective in cutting the risk for a relapse long-term. The researchers found that thirteen of the funded studies against talk therapy were completed but never published‚ usually because
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Structural Family Therapy Vivian Butler Liberty University Abstract Structural Family Therapy was founded by Minuchin whose desire was to help put structure back into a dysfunctional family. This theory focuses on the whole family as a unit. Minuchin discovered that families are organized into subsystems with boundaries. A dysfunctional family structure will show to be enmeshed‚ disengaged‚ and have confused boundary issues. This theory is designed with goals and techniques that
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