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    Dance Therapy

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    Dance therapy is a type of psychotherapy that uses movement to further the social‚ cognitive‚ emotional‚ and physical development of the individual. Dance therapists work with people who have many kinds of emotional problems‚ intellectual deficits‚ and life-threatening illnesses. They are employed in psychiatric hospitals‚ day care centers‚ mental health centers‚ prisons‚ special schools‚ and private practice. They work with people of all ages in both group and individual therapy. Some also engage

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    Gastalt Therapy

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    Gestalt Therapy Gestalt Therapy I. Summary and Integration of Major Concepts Founded by Frederick (Fritz) and Laura Perls in the 1940 ’s‚ Gestalt therapy is a phenomenological - existential methodology which emphasizes experience and experimentation. Gestalt is a German term that means a "complete pattern or configuration" (p. 112). Though there are many modalities and styles in Gestalt therapy‚ it is holistic in its approach uniting mind‚ body‚ and feeling (p. 112). Some concepts at the core

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    Physical Fitness

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    Physical education (often abbreviated Phys. Ed. or P.E.) or gymnastics(gym or gym class) is a course taken during primary and secondary educationthat encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting. Physical education trends have developed recently to incorporate a greater variety of activities. Introducing students to activities like bowling‚ walking/hiking‚ or Frisbee at an early age can help students develop good activity habits that will carry over into adulthood.

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    Laughter Therapy

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    Therapy and laughter is something that is rarely or never think of the global community. In the dictionary‚ the definition of therapy is "an effort to restore the health of the sick." therapy is a treatment that is very serious and requires the expertise of certain individuals to overcome. After all‚ people enter a therapy for a serious cause‚ often at critical times in their lives. There are many different types of therapy we generally known as Crystal and Gemstone therapy‚ Aromatherapy‚ Pet

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    Occupational Therapy

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    Occupational Therapy 1 Occupational Therapy: A Contemporary Career in Psychology Occupational Therapy Occupational Therapy: A Contemporary Career in Psychology U.S. News recently reported that occupational therapy is ranked as one of the 50 best careers of 2010 and ranked at 19 out of the top 100 careers expected to be the most secure and best paying in the next decade (U.S. News Staff‚ 2009). The American Occupational Therapy Association defines 2 occupational therapy as a profession

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    COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY

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    COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY By: Marjorie Anne L. Ozaeta Krestina Carla L. Mata COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY Complementary therapies add an extra dimension of care to Hospice’s commitment to nurturing the body‚ mind‚ and spirit. These non-invasive‚ holistic practices do not replace the medical‚ social‚ or spiritual care of the hospice team. Rather‚ they work with the total care of the interdisciplinary team to promote comfort and wholeness for both patients and their families. Complementary Therapy services are

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    Massage Therapy

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    Annotated Bibliography and Critique: Massage Therapy September 19th‚ 2012 Introduction The alternative therapy I chose to research was Massage therapy. The Oxford Dictionary of Psychology defines massage therapy as “manual manipulation of soft tissue to promote physical and mental health and well-being. Forms of massage therapy can be traced back to ancient Chinese‚ Egyptian‚ Greek‚ Roman‚ Hindu‚ and Japanese civilizations” (“massage therapy”‚ 2008). I chose to do this topic for my annotated

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    Individual Therapy

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    A. Individual Therapy Individual therapy refers to therapy sessions with one client and the social worker. Individual sessions with a Social worker average about 45 minutes to one hour long. Therapy provides a confidential‚ safe and nurturing space to look at yourself and your personal issues. It serves as a type of mirror which provides a spectator position onto one’s own life‚ helping one to make sense of how things fit together. Within this experience the client and therapist work together

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    Music Therapy

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    Introduction In this research paper‚ the effectiveness of music therapy on the cognitive degenerative disorder of dementia will be evaluated. To support the contention that music therapy is effective in treating the symptoms of dementia‚ research documenting this therapy’s impact on memory‚ emotions‚ and behavior will be examined. In order to provide a greater understanding of music therapy and dementia‚ these terms will be defined. Second‚ research will be examined to determine music

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    Physical Assessment

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    mentPHYSICAL ASSESSMENT Last September 16‚ 2011 at exactly 9 o’clock in the morning‚ we conducted a physical assessment to Patient X who is 12 years old. He was admitted last September 15‚ 2011 at 12:30 am due to edema on the right ankle. He is under Dr. Uy. Patient X was admitted per wheelchair with watcher. General Survey Patient X was lying on bed. He was awake and coherent and responsive to any kind of stimulus. He had an IVF of PNSS 1 liter at KVO rate infusing well at his left metacarpal

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