Pet Therapy What is Pet Therapy? Pet Therapy is an area that has received increased attention in therapeutic recreation. In recent years‚ the experts have been relying on pet therapy as a valuable aid in reaching out to the elderly‚ the infirm‚ and to ill or abused children through-out the country.” Pet Therapy is the commonly used term for animal-assisted therapy (AAT)‚ animal-assisted activities (AAA) and pet visitation.” It is also recognized at hospitals around the country as a
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Gene therapy has a long rugged road ahead before it can be widely accepted in society. Gene therapy is an experimental technique in which genes are manipulated to prevent disease. Doctors hope to use this technique in the future to prevent future genetic disorders by injecting a gene in the patient’s cells instead of having to turn to surgery or drugs. Currently this process is only used if all other therapies are rendered ineffective. The two most frequently used methods are somatic therapy and germline
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learner must: 1. Understand complementary therapies that can be used by users of health and social care services 2. Understand the role of complementary therapies in relation to orthodox treatment 3. Understand the role of complementary therapies in maintaining health and wellbeing Grade Grading criteria Pass P1 – explain the factors which affect access to complementary therapies (IE3; IE4; CT2; CT4) P2 – explain how the use of complementary therapies is regulated P3 – explain the principles
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Complementary therapies Complementary therapies aim to treat the whole person‚ not just the symptoms of disease. Complementary therapy is known by different terms including alternative therapy‚ alternative medicine‚ holistic therapy and traditional medicine. Therapies include acupuncture‚ Alexander technique‚ aromatherapy‚ chiropractic‚ herbal medicine‚ homeopathy‚ naturopathy‚ osteopathy‚ reiki and yoga. Complementary therapy is known by many different terms‚ including alternative therapy‚ alternative
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Existential Therapy Existential therapy helps people who has uncertainties‚ anxiety depression‚ grieve and depression. Problems can distract a person life and essential of living. Sometimes it is hard to become stable possessing core cognitions‚ cognitive distortions thoughts and feeling on how a person views the world and themselves‚ which points out low self-esteem. Cognitive distortions are mainly negative thoughts of self‚ guiltiness that leads to uncertainties emotions and actions
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even your life at times depend on your body and mind to heal‚ positivity is the best drug prescribed. How can you stay positive when life gives you so much pain? Well‚ sometimes you need help and a therapy dog may just do the trick. According to Dr. Barker (no pun intended) and Dr. Dawson‚ a therapy dog is a trained animal assisted therapist. The owner or handler of the dog is educated with proper ways to help the patient‚ and the dog follows the handlers command‚ adding a few extra tail wags for
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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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Our nation is stuck in its tradition; conversion therapy should be illegal in all states. Conversion therapy is legal in 45 states in the U.S. In the past treatments used were similar to torture techniques used on prisoners‚ but even in modern times conversion therapy still has a detrimental impact on the patient. ”According to a 2009 report of the American Psychological Association‚ the techniques therapists have used to try to change sexual orientation and gender identity include inducing nausea
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Aromatherapy interesting but I hope to find much more information on how it treats people physically and psychology. For my second choice‚ I chose meditation because I know very little about it yet its one of the most popular forms of complimentary therapy known today. I hope to find information on these two topics from as much secondary sources as possible‚ including books‚ websites‚ documentaries etc. I also hope to include at least one primary source of information for each topic. An interview‚
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retrieved from an article called “Play Therapy Experiences with the Culturally Diverse.” The purpose of the study was to determine which form of therapy rendered a more positive result among children cross-culture. The participants of the research included 86 school counselors from Texas. The two variables applied in the research are play therapy versus talk therapy. The Pearson correlation coefficient was employed to compare the responses to play therapy and talk therapy‚ and the reaction of the participants
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