COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY Cognitive behavioral therapy (or cognitive behavioral therapies or CBT) is a psychotherapeutic approach that aims to solve problems concerning dysfunctional emotions‚ behaviors and cognitions through a goal-oriented‚ systematic procedure.[i] The title is used in diverse ways to designate behavior therapy‚ cognitive therapy‚ and to refer to therapy based upon a combination of basic behavioral and cognitive research. There is empirical evidence that CBT is effective
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Types of therapies Acupuncture- Is a collection of procedures that involve stimulating points of the body. Some of the techniques used are penetrating the skin with small thin needles; this is one of the traditional Chinese methods. According to the traditional Chinese methods‚ stimulating the acupuncture points helps to correct imbalances in the flow. It has also been used to reduce depression‚ anxiety and sleep disturbances. Cranio-sacral therapy- Is an alternative therapy used by occupational
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Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions and they pass no criticism.” So it is no surprise that scholars have long been intrigued by the possibility that animals possess largely untapped therapeutic powers. Most Americans are animal lovers; about 63 percent of U.S. households contain one or more pets‚ according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association. Several‚ but not all‚ studies suggest that those of us who own pets tend to be somewhat happier than those of us
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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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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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Alfred Adler’s (1870-1937) early childhood struggles of poor health‚ physical limitations‚ feelings of inferiority‚ and relationship problems with his siblings had influence on the development of his theory. Adlerian Therapy is a growth model which emphasizes an optimistic outlook on human nature and confirms that people have power over their own fate and are not victims to it. Unlike Freud‚ Adler stresses choice and responsibility‚ meaning in life‚ and the striving for success‚ completion‚ and
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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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Career Development International Beyond technical competence: learning to listen James T. Scarnati Article information: To cite this document: James T. Scarnati‚ (1998)‚"Beyond technical competence: learning to listen"‚ Career Development International‚ Vol. 3 Iss 2 pp. 79 - 81 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13620439810207590 Downloaded on: 20 January 2015‚ At: 12:14 (PT) References: this document contains references to 9 other documents. To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight
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CRITIQUE PAPER I. Background Information Author | Jack C. Richards - Regional Language Centre‚ Singapore. | Title | Competence and Performance in Language Teaching | SourceYear | Rel.sagepud.com at Victoria Univ of Wellington on January 3‚ 2011RELC Journal2010 | II. Summary and responses This article on the nature of competence and performance in language teaching is about the knowledge‚ beliefs and skills that language teachers make use of in their practice. A language teacher must master and
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Similarly locating yourself in space requires an understanding of the concepts of distance‚ maps‚ and directions. Location in physical space is probably the first step in understanding your physical environment. This unit is going to focus on Map reading and other related concepts that help us to locate ourselves in physical space. A map is a graphic representation of a portion of the earth ’s surface drawn to scale‚ as seen from above
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