The Effectiveness of Child Centered Play Therapy: A Non-Pharmaceutical Treatment Option for School-Aged Children Diagnosed with ADHD. William Wilson Wilmington University SOC 340-B1D02 August 19‚ 2011 Abstract Two research methods - an experiment and survey - were used to answer the research question asked: “How effective is Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT)? A non-pharmaceutical treatment option for school-aged
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“The Person-Centred Therapy approach has its limitations when it comes to treating a gambling addiction.” Discuss. In this assignment I am going to discuss what constitutes addictive behaviour in the context of therapeutic work. An evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of Person-Centred Therapy (PCT) will be used to highlight the limitations of this mode of therapy when used for clients with a gambling addiction. Other models of therapy will also be explored in order to ascertain whether
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5th November 2013 Essay 1: ‘Evaluate the claim that Person–Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients’. In this essay I will look at the benefits and the disadvantages of person-centred therapy and consider whether it provides sufficient tools for the therapist to be effective in the treatment of the client. Looking at the underlying theory (self-actualisation‚ organismic self‚ conditions of worth etc)‚ and the originators of it‚ namely Abraham Maslow and
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INTRODUCTION This paper uses the application‚ concepts and techniques from The Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and The Satir Model under Family Therapy in working with the case study of George. Presenting Issues: • Marital problem due to disagreement regarding whether or not to have a child. This has led to a number of arguments. • Lack of effective communication in the marriage. • Lack of confidence and low self-esteem : feeling of hopelessness‚ “not being good enough” and “not
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The similarities and differences between client-centered and psychodynamic therapies are: Client-centered therapy: An approach to counseling where the client determines the general direction of therapy‚ while the therapist seeks to increase the client’s insightful self-understanding through informal simplified questions. The client is the focal point of the sessions‚ the therapist takes a "back seat" to learn about the person‚ and watch as the client moves toward the achievement of their full
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System and Solution Focused Therapy Lennie Soo Mei Yoke Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors Comparison between Bowen Family System and Solution Focused Therapy This essay aims to compare and contrast the classical Bowen Family System Therapy to the more modern Solution Focused Therapy. Comparison will be made in the following areas (1) broad theoretical formulations‚ (2) normal family development‚ (3) development of behavioural disorder‚ (4) goals of therapy‚ (5) conditions
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Massachusetts: Ally & Bacon. Corsini‚ R. J. & Wedding‚ D. (2008). Current psychotherapies (8th Ed.) Belmont‚ CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole. Gardner‚ H. W. & Kosmitzki‚ C. (2008). Lives across cultures: Cross cultural human development (4th edition). Boston‚ MA: Person/Allyn & Bacon. Holden‚ W. E.‚ & Nabors‚ L. (1999). The prevention of child neglect. In H. Dubowitz (Ed). Neglected children: Research‚ practice and policy (pp. 174-190). Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage. Kaufman Kantor‚ G.‚ & Straus‚ M. A. (1999‚ December)
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Client centered therapy is a non-directive form to talk therapy with a positive view of human. According to Lesson three "Person-centered therapists ultimately teach clients to trust in themselves and to use this trust to find direction in life. It is common for Rogerian therapists to overtly express confidence to the clients that they will be able to move toward self-discovery and self-actualization. It is likely that this communication of positive expectations in and of itself enhances clients’’
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Therapy Evaluation: Rogers‚ Perls‚ and Ellis Dr. Carl Rogers‚ Client-Centered Therapy Gloria’s Reaction Gloria was very open to Dr. Rogers. Dr. Rogers seemed transparent‚ opened‚ and positive‚ and that seem to ease how nervous Gloria was quickly. Gloria opened up to Dr. Rogers sooner and exposed her concern over her daughter and her sex life‚ without feeling judged. Although the conversation was only a half hour in length‚ Gloria seemed to express her feelings quickly. I also noticed that Dr.Rogers
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Mary comes to therapy with many issues. She is going through a divorce‚ she feels inadequate to enter the workforce‚ and she has entered a depressive state where she does not take care of herself or her children. Now that Mary wants to make a difference in her life she is seeking help to “feel better about herself as a person and to get her life back.” It would be up to a person center oriented therapist to not solve her problems‚ but to insist on her personal growth. Throughout Mary’s adult
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