The career path I have chosen to pursue is physical therapy. As I was growing up‚ physical therapy was not an option I would have considered but ever since junior year‚ my love for physical therapy has grown and pretty much eliminated all other career options. I had never fully understood what a physical therapist did until I became a patient. In the beginning of my junior year I had torn my anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)‚ medial cruciate ligament (MCL)‚ and medial meniscus while playing goalkeeper
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Animal Assisted Therapy is a form of therapy that has been around for many years‚ yet in recent times it has become a highly recognizable and appreciated form of psychological treatment. As society progresses to a point of acceptance for mental illness and its need to be treated appropriately‚ different methods of therapeutic treatment are able to be tested in practical settings and evaluated under a modern lens in order to see their effectiveness and the role they should play in the treatment of
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Animal-assisted therapy is basically what it sounds like: patients seek comfort and psychological aid from endearing‚ devoted pets. Of course‚ there is more to it than that. Centuries of extensive studies and research have supported the positive effects of animal therapy. By lowering depression and anxiety levels‚ this form of treatment‚ or even simply owning a pet‚ can calm a patient in the uneasy hospital atmosphere‚ and reduce stress for those with mental disorders in their everyday lives (Rathsam
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Therapeutic Psychology PYC 4809 Assignment 2 208315 Section A Question 1: Reality Therapy. Introduction. William Glasser(1925) has developed this approach as he believed that looking into your past and dwelling on the past is not beneficial for the therapeutic environment. He believed that one should look at the present reality in order to achieve happiness or be content in life. He was also convinced that one should take responsibility for one’s actions
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Scripture in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by Siang-Yang Tan; we are introduced to the ideal of incorporating‚ both prayer and scripture into the practice of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. A level of awareness within cognitive-behavioral therapy has risen and proposed a model that includes two components. The component known as self-regulation is designed to have the client focus on their present situation and accept it. Once this is combined with cognitive-behavioral therapy‚ there will be an abundance
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in Physical Therapy One of the major issues with physical therapy is the lack of communication between the physician and the patient. The problem with the lack of communication is the patient will not be fully healed because the physician is unaware of all of the aches and pains of their patient . The lack of communication will be the cause of the of further injury to the patient because the physician can not help the unknown. Communication is extremely important in physical therapy because it has
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Reality therapy was developed by Dr.William Glasser in 1965 (GoodTherapy.org). The therapy focuses personal responsibility for our choices and the resulting outcomes (study.com). The client will be directed to choose a behavior forcing them to reject the concept of unconscious forces causing a problem. Reality Therapy uses Choice theory to portray the goals of what is. The therapy is for issues happening now and not circumstances in the past. The therapeutic process is used to focus on things that
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Reminiscence Therapy According to “The Use of Reminiscence Therapy for the Treatment of Depression in Rural-Dwelling Older Adults” in Issues in Mental Health Nursing‚ reminiscence therapy is using the recall of past events‚ feelings‚ and thoughts to facilitate adaptation to present circumstances. In the article‚ there was great emphasis on the need for nurses skilled in evaluating and developing interventions that targeted the mental health needs for older adults‚ especially those residing in
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paper will review the benefits of drama therapy as a behaviorist therapeutic approach to improve these skills. 1. Why Drama Therapy? According to the North America Drama Therapy Association (NADTA)‚ drama therapy is “a creative arts therapy method that integrates role play‚ stories‚ improvisation‚ and other techniques taken from the theater with the theories and methods of therapy” (NADTA ‚ 2015). When working with children‚ some of the benefits of drama therapy include: reducing feelings of isolation
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emotional or mental well-being of a person is not considered in favor of much more pressing needs. While a person’s physical health is obviously important‚ here are the many ways music therapy can bridge the gap to happiness and satisfaction in daily life. Speech Retention Beyond lifting someone’s mood‚ music therapy can actually help someone in care services retain their speech patterns: even after a stroke or while suffering from dementia. It’s a bit of a phenomena that as people in senior home
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