Arts Therapy | How creative arts therapy can be used in nursing practice | NRS-433V | Robin Marth | 2/12/2013 | | Creative Arts Therapy A study was performed in the United Kingdom in 2012 to evaluate the usefulness of creative therapy for dementia patients. Creative therapy can include art‚ dance‚ and music‚ and movement. There is a wide range of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions that can be used with dementia. The use of arts or creative therapy has been
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Narrative therapy was developed by a number of people including Michael White and David Epston. Narrative therapy assumes that everyone has stories about themselves that determine how they view themselves‚ their situation‚ and their world. These stories are instrumental in the approach a person takes to living. The role of the narrative therapist is to hear the stories that people bring in with them‚ to investigate the role of the problem and its effects‚ to be curious about the times a person has resisted
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Occupational therapy assistants and occupational therapist‚ work in a variety of places like hospitals‚ schools‚ nursing homes and private practice. Occupational therapist have a interesting and busy career because of their work environment‚ education and training‚ skills‚ and salary. There are a lot of tasks that a occupational therapy assistant has to do. For example‚ they must maintain medical equipment and records‚ schedule appointments‚ teach bask living skills like cooking‚ walking‚ and learning
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Bias is one of the biggest concerns in psychotherapy of all types. It is impractical to believe that our own life experiences will not effect the way that we counsel our clients and view their behavior. In fact‚ often times the style of therapy we choose to use is derived from an agreement with the different theories of personality formation. For example‚ if we believe that our experience in early childhood speaks volumes about who we are today‚ we may identify with the psychoanalytic theory and
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Cyria Villalobos LT Assignment (family system tools) Strategic Family Therapy Strategic Family Therapy is designed to help find a solution to peoples problems. Strategic therapy does not make individuals reminisce about issues about what happened or how it happened‚ they just care about finding the right solution that will help the individual overcome his or her issue. Strategic therapy also has its name for a reason‚ they help clients by using strategically plan‚ execute‚ and measure winning
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Historical Origins & Major Contributions: In the early 1960’s there was a drift towards Cognitive Behavior Therapy as people turned away out of disappointment in the psychodynamic theory for psychotherapy. Also at this time social learning theory was the new and upcoming study. This is when Cognitive theory emerged with Alfred Adler. He was the first Cognitive therapist who came up with the idea that an individuals beliefs and ideas is what makes up their behavior (Lantz‚ 1996). He believed
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cognitive behavior therapy‚ the psychotherapist works closely with the patient in order to identify and evaluate behavioral problems. The focus of this approach is towards the difficulties concerning the relationship between thoughts‚ feelings and behavior. The therapist relies on the patient for the development of an understanding of the individual’s behavioral problems. As soon as the therapist is able to develop an understanding of the individual’s problem‚ he or she defines multiple therapy strategies
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them with a variety of needs‚ such as‚ educational‚ physical or mental. This was my highest attribute‚ and I can see why because I very much enjoy helping individuals with any situation that arises. This trait will be very beneficial in occupational therapy because I will have to be able to interact on a daily basis caring for people’s needs. I will use this characteristic to connect to an individual on different levels and will allow me and my patient to have meaningful connections with each other.
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“Adlerian Therapy” Alfred Adler the third child in a family of five boys and two girls was born in 1870. Adler’s childhood was an unhappy one as he was sickly. He almost died at the age of four from pneumonia so as a result he decided to become a doctor. His specialized area was in neurology and psychiatry. Alfred Adler died in 1937. Adler was a major contributor to the development of the psychodynamic approach to therapy. He stressed
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Cognitive therapy makes the assumption that thoughts precede moods and that false self-beliefs lead to negative emotions” (para. 1). Cognitive therapy helps patients to recognize what his or her negative thoughts are and helps the patient work at replacing these thoughts with those that are positive. Cognitive therapy is known to reduce the rates of relapse of depression. This therapy is effective in the treatment of depression in adolescents and teens (Schimelphfening‚ 2007). Cognitive therapy helps
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