Life can change in a split second when an unanticipated injury or disease hinders someone’s normal daily life. Modern medicine‚ physicians and families can only do so much but physical therapy can help recoup the life many of us take for granted. It often isn’t until we lose something that we as humans realize what we had such as the value of our body’s ability to take us through each day. A physical therapist is the person who stays with a patient for the duration of the rehabilitation process
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Occupational therapy is a challenging and captivating job combining creativity and problem solving with the ability to make concrete‚ significant changes in a person’s life. Occupational therapy is a health and rehabilitation profession. Occupational therapists work with people of all ages who need specialized assistance to lead independent‚ productive‚ and satisfying lives due to physical‚ developmental‚ social‚ or emotional problems. Occupational therapists use the "occupations" of self-care‚
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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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Overview of Structural Family Therapy Overview of Structural Family Therapy Structural family therapy was constructed as a result of the life work of Salvador Minuchin. Within Minuchin’s work‚ he builds his treatment upon the traditional structural family therapy: brief strategic family therapy and ecosystemic structural family therapy. (Becvar‚Becvar pg.125) The therapist begins the session by looking into the family’s structure their boundaries‚ Structural family therapy allows the therapist to
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thousands of individuals suffering with lung illness ranging from mild to exceedingly debilitating disease. Over these years‚ clinical practices have significantly improved. I find myself increasingly more interested in knowing how and why these clinical advances become the best practice in rehabilitating individuals. As a Respiratory Therapist‚ my rehabilitation practice is not as traditional as other Allied Health rehabilitation experience. Many of my respiratory clients are individuals requiring
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Couples therapy has long been centered around treating the relationship rather than the individual(s) in the relationship. Those who most generally present to couples therapy are people who are in a dissatisfactory relationship but are none the less “normal‚” meaning they have no psychological disorders. But what happens when one (or both) of the individuals in therapy presents to couples therapy but also has a psychological disorder? Could couples therapy help alleviate individual problems within
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1. Which scenario did you choose? 1. After evaluating the scenarios presented‚ I have decided to select the following: After attending therapy for five sessions‚ one partner tells you (in private) that she/he had an affair. This partner wants to continue to work on the marriage and insists that you not tell the other partner. 2. What might you be feeling? 1. My impression of such scenario is based on the fact that many couples struggling with situations like the one presented. I had the experience
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USING RELIGION IN THERAPY 1 The Benefits of Using Religion in Therapy THE BENEFITS OF USING RELIGION IN THERAPY 2 Abstract This paper will explore four published articles that report the issue of using religion and or spirituality in therapy settings and how ethical issues may occur. The articles however discuss four different topics concerning benefits of using religion in therapy such as: using religion
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Theoretical Orientation: Outpatient Treatment Programs Marilyn Ramirez Hunter College There are several treatment modalities available for individuals with substance abuse disorder. It’s wonderful that there are so many options to support people with substance abuse issues (SUD). The road to recovery is so long for most people and finding the most suitable treatment program can be greatly beneficial to the client. On the other hand‚ starting a treatment program that is not the best fit can
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intellectual disabilities are affecting the lives of many individuals‚ both directly and indirectly. In fact‚ research has found that an estimated seven to eight million Americans have an intellectual disability‚ meaning
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