Equine-assisted therapy encompasses a range of treatments that involve activities with horses and other equines to promote human physical and mental health. A lack of high-quality studies‚ particularly assessing the efficacy of EAT for mental health treatment‚ has raised concerns that these therapies should not replace or divert resources from other evidence-based therapies. Terminology within the field is not standardized‚ and the lack of clear definitions and common terminology presents problems
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Expressive Art therapy. This is a form of therapy that uses the creative arts. Unlike art expression‚ the creation process of the art is emphasized not the final result. This method is used to help people cope with all types of emotional problems‚ including depression. (Grumman & Krucik‚ 2013) Expressive Art therapy is unique because it’s not strictly a verbal therapy‚ it also uses self-expression‚ active participation‚ imagination‚ and mind-body connections. (Malchiodi‚ 2005) All therapies encourage
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in Physical Therapy One of the major issues with physical therapy is the lack of communication between the physician and the patient. The problem with the lack of communication is the patient will not be fully healed because the physician is unaware of all of the aches and pains of their patient . The lack of communication will be the cause of the of further injury to the patient because the physician can not help the unknown. Communication is extremely important in physical therapy because it has
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a sixteen year old gymnast who attempted suicide multiple times‚ Paul adopts a psychodynamic orientation in order to uncover the reasons behind her unstable emotions. Derived from Freud’s psychoanalytic theory‚ the primary focus of psychodynamic therapy is to increase the client’s self-awareness by revealing the unconscious content of the mind that may be causing emotional distress. The treatment process is unique as it is developed upon the interrelationship between the therapist and client‚ enabling
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disability worldwide. Using occupational therapy can help migraine sufferers live a better quality of life without having to rely on medication. The main treatment for migraine sufferers is medication; however‚ occupational therapy can teach migraine sufferers how to live a better quality of life without the use of medications through self-regulation therapy. Migraine sufferers should seek out occupational therapy as an alternative to medications. Occupational therapy teaches migraineurs ways to manage
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paper will review the benefits of drama therapy as a behaviorist therapeutic approach to improve these skills. 1. Why Drama Therapy? According to the North America Drama Therapy Association (NADTA)‚ drama therapy is “a creative arts therapy method that integrates role play‚ stories‚ improvisation‚ and other techniques taken from the theater with the theories and methods of therapy” (NADTA ‚ 2015). When working with children‚ some of the benefits of drama therapy include: reducing feelings of isolation
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emotional or mental well-being of a person is not considered in favor of much more pressing needs. While a person’s physical health is obviously important‚ here are the many ways music therapy can bridge the gap to happiness and satisfaction in daily life. Speech Retention Beyond lifting someone’s mood‚ music therapy can actually help someone in care services retain their speech patterns: even after a stroke or while suffering from dementia. It’s a bit of a phenomena that as people in senior home
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“The riding also improves concentration‚ memory and sequential thought processing‚ and even helps emotionally disabled riders articulate their feelings”(Horse Therapy for children and Adults With Special Needs). Colored rings are used during some therapy sessions to help the child with color recognition as well as stretching. This also helps develop their cognition skills. The color makes their mind focus on what they are doing and where the rings go. They sometimes play games such as red light‚
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Person-Centered Therapy Person-Centered Therapy is a form of psychoanalytical counseling developed in the 1940s by Carl Rogers. The foundation of this form of therapy stemmed from Rogers’ belief that all people have an inherent desire to be good. Every person has a self-concept or an ideal self which represents what type of person they want to be or think they are. However‚ a person’s self-concept may not be reflected in their real life experiences and this incongruence creates psychological
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The first long-term goal that will be addressed in Mr. Schmidt’s therapy is: Mr. Schmidt will increase expressive language skills in order to functionally communicate in a conversation for 5 minutes‚ given minimal cues. This goal was chosen because Mr. Schmidt displays non-fluent aphasia and it was stated in the discharge that he has moderate expressive language deficits. To accomplish this goal‚ I will use the therapy technique called‚ Treatment of Underlying Forms (TUF). This technique focuses
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