Narrative Therapy is considered a non-blaming approach to the problems clients deal with. This type of therapy is a respectful and collaborative approach to counseling and community work‚ focusing on people’s ability to externalize problems. Narrative Therapy was developed by Michael White and David Epston. The central idea to this therapy is ‘the person never IS the problem. The person HAS a problem’. It essentially focuses on the stories of people’s lives and is centered on the theories that problems
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The focus of this article is how music/music therapy can lead to improved brain function in patients who are in a vegetative state or a minimally conscious state. According to the article‚ vegetative state is defined as “a state in which patients exhibit a lack of awareness of external stimuli‚ but with preservation of sleep–wake cycles and vital vegetative functions (such as cardiac action‚ respiration and maintenance of blood pressure) while remaining completely unaware of both self and environment”(Okumura
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Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling Tarleton State University Abstract Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is affecting many combat veterans returning from the current wars or those that have returned from the past wars. PTSD can affect the veteran for the rest of his or her life if not found and treated early. Some may self-medicate to help numb the pain from memories. Research has and still is being conducted to find alternative ways that do not use prescriptions
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy This essay intends to examine some of the principles and practices of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy an approach to therapy that has become a staple of modern day therapy and reflective professional practice based on ‘actively constructing a collection‚ selection and interpretation of data’ (Finlay and Gough‚ 2003‚ p.5). This examination will begin with a critical evaluation of the key principles and practices that underpin Cognitive Behaviour Therapy‚ beginning with its
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achieve independence in all aspects of their lives. A few of the health conditions that benefit from occupational therapy include: work-related injuries including lower back problems‚ limitations following a stroke or heart attack‚ arthritis‚ multiple sclerosis‚ or other serious chronic conditions‚ birth injuries‚ learning problems‚ or developmental disabilities‚ mental health or behavioral problems including Alzheimer’s‚ schizophrenia‚ and post-traumatic stress‚ problems with substance use or eating
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Behavioral Problems in Early Childhood Abstract Early childhood behavioral problems is are a complex issue and there are many important aspects to consider when discussing this unique age group. The following is a broad review of the research on the subject. Included is an overview of the topic‚ as well as a review and discussion of risk factors‚ assessment methods‚ and intervention strategies. It is also discussed that further research must be done in order to provide better assessment techniques
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Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (2007)‚ "Behavioral therapy had its beginnings in the early 1900’s and became established as a psychological approach in the 1950s and 1960s." Many others had their hands in contributing to the development of the theory for behavioral therapy‚ and the approaches that are wildly used to aid the population at large. For example Ivan Pavlov (1849 – 1936) his hand in what is now behavioral therapy was accidental‚ but none the less a contribution through
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It’s an event that is perceived and experienced as a threat to ones safety or to the stability of ones world. Research has found that traumatic events have on children it impede their cognitive‚ physical‚ psychological‚ affective‚ interpersonal and behavioral function. Also‚ the symptom of the exposer that researchers found that have presented it selves early is Acute Stress Disorder‚ Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Adjustment disorder. More so‚ statistics have shown that 26% of children in
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Narrative Therapeutic Approach Narrative therapy is an approach to counseling that centers people as the experts in their own lives. This therapy intends to view problems as separate entities to people‚ assuming that the individual’s set of skills‚ experience and mindset will assist them which reduce the influence of problems throughout life. This therapeutic approach intends to place the individual in both the leading role and author roles‚ switching the view from a narrow perspective
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Play Therapy Play therapy is a type of mental health‚ educational‚ or developmental intervention that is designed to help children grow up as happy and well-adjusted as possible. It involves the use of play to communicate with children and to help children learn to solve problems and change their negative behaviors. The Association for Play Therapy defines play therapy as “the systematic use of a theoretical model to establish an interpersonal process wherein trained
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