A BRIEF HISTORY OF ART THERAPY Randy M. Vick This history of art therapy focuses on the precursory and continuing trends that have shaped the theory and practice and the literature that reflects this development. Scholarship‚ like history‚ builds on the foundations laid by others. I am indebted to the authors of four other histories that I found to be particularly useful in the preparation of this chapter. Both Malchiodi (1998) and Rubin (1999) have assembled histories based on contributing trends
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Jaime: What is Family Systems Therapy? Family systems therapy strives to understand how emotional systems operate in family units in order to identify problems‚ resolve issues and improve relationships. Family members can learn new and more effective options for solving problems and changing reactions through comparatively studying individual and group behavior patterns and how they relate to each other. Family Systems Family systems therapy is a framework composed of interrelated parts and interdependent
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Experiential therapy uses expressive tools and activities‚ such as role playing or acting‚ using props‚ arts and crafts‚ music‚ animal care‚ guided image‚ or various forms of recreation to re-enact and re-experience emotional situations from past and recent relationships. This type of therapy can be beneficial for couples or individual therapy and through developmental learning styles that can be used for personal growth. Experiential therapy was designed to identify with humanistic values‚ understanding
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The family therapy movement spread its roots in the mid-1900s. The theory behind this approach was that the psychological symptoms did not solely arise within an individual‚ but were a result of the dysfunctional families that an individual lives in (Pomerantz‚ 2013). This approach is an evidence-based and it is being recognized in therapeutic interventions like the other more known therapeutic approaches. The following paper is based on explaining family therapy from the various other therapeutic
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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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In the present US‚ if you want care or therapy for a sickness or disease you still have 1 of 2 choices to pursue and that is conventional or alternative therapy. The primary important factor to weigh is to recognize the differences between the two. Conventional medicine has some pros and cons. It offers the finest medicine in surgeries or trauma care but in the treatment of immune associated conditions it relies deeply on prescribing drugs and recommending invasive medical procedures. Conventional
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While both laser therapy and scaling and root planing are both effective treatment methods for periodontal disease‚ scaling and root planing is used as a traditional method also called a deep cleaning while laser therapy is used as a relatively new alternative therapy. Both methods are usually used for patients who have periodontal disease with gingival pocket depths over 4mm. Though scaling and root planing has been the conventional treatment in the past‚ since 2008 laser therapy has doubled in
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At this site I observed an Occupational therapist. A new role I learned about occupational therapy was preparing the family in their transition home. Before this rotation I knew that OT’s specialized in ADL’s‚ but I assumed that it was the social worker’s responsibility for their transition home. During my observations‚ the OT discussed with a family their living situation. This included one or two story home‚ tub or bath‚ bed size‚ hallway width and a lot more. After this experience I want to learn
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Dance and music therapies are getting attention due to students because it will help their mental health. Some schools are testing out dance therapy for the students. While some schools are supporting music therapy to help the students attending. So the students can improve their mental health and their skills. Dance and music therapies are beneficial and it should get the support from the school districts to help the students and special need students for their everyday problems/issues. Some schools
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are being pursued‚ group therapy is emerging as a treatment of choice for child sexual abuse victims for a number of reasons (p. 2)”. While Group therapy is not the only way to help a child that has been sexually abused‚ there are many beneficial gains from group therapy. While individual counseling‚ and a strong social support group is most helpful for a child through all of the stages of healing‚ group therapy is also beneficial to the child‚ in many stages. Group therapy can help to educate‚ find
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