career as an art therapist‚ or a counselor. For the purpose of demonstrating this knowledge‚ this student has created a fictional case-study that examines issues relating to counseling a minor and understanding the concepts associated with reparative therapy. Review of Literature This paper addresses several ethical issues. The first
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entitled “What is Occupational Therapy?” This paper will include an in depth definition and meaning of occupational therapy and over view of the profession. Where it began and who helped mold it into the current practice. Also the paper will discuss the various employment settings‚ the education requirements and the appropriate accreditations as well as the numerous organizations affiliated with the practice of occupational therapy. Occupational therapy (OT) takes holistic approach
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crucial that counsellors tailor their approach to meet the needs of each individual client. Narrative therapy and emotion-focused therapy are two approaches to couples and family counselling that provides clinicians with a framework to help clients broaden their understanding of themselves and those with whom they are close. Emotions are the underlying motivating factor for why people seek therapy. Emotions are responsible for facilitating decision making‚ informing our responses to the environment
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The reason I chose physical therapy is because throughout my entire life I have always been in sports. Sports have been a big part of my life for a long time and there’s no way I could ever be away from that lifestyle. I wanted to pick a career that I know I will enjoy and where I’ll
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individualized nature. Moulton and Olsen (2004) gathered “a convenience sample of 51 pediatric occupational therapists at the 1999 Annual Conference of the American Occupational Therapy Association” (p. 54). While this is a small sample‚ the individual participants can be considered experts in the pediatric side of occupational therapy‚ making them reputable. They asked each therapist about their particular patients‚ breaking them down by diagnosis and by how many
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occupational therapy. A worldly and humanistic approach would shift the emphasis of a patient being apart of a disabled category‚ and more towards a person who has to overcome certain challenges. My goal in attending graduate school at the University of Puget Sound is to prepare for a lifelong career as a therapist who has the analytical thinking frame of mind to go above and beyond what is repetitively
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Motor Learning in Occupational Therapy Even though the motor learning process is commonly over looked in day to day life‚ without motor learning we would not have reasoning for the things we do. Research on motor learning makes it possible to figure out how to learn an action in the most effective way. Naturally‚ we learn to utilize our motor skills in our occupations. Whether sitting at a desk typing up charts in a dentist office‚ preparing food for fellow hungry college kids in a cafeteria
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Occupational therapy was born in 1917 with the founding of The National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy. The five founders held a belief that occupation was a valuable therapeutic tool‚ but also knew scientific evidence would push occupational therapy (OT) to be a respected field (Schwartz‚ 2003). Much has changed in OT in the last hundred years‚ but OT still stands strong on two points‚ occupation based interventions and evidence based practice. With the high demand for evidence
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For its time‚ narrative therapy was considered radical and unlike past therapies used. The major contributors‚ Michael White and David Epston‚ put aside the main idea and view of the preceding and dominate psychological theories and focused on the person’s story. Both White and Epston were influenced by French post-structural philosopher Michel Foucault. His ideas were largely based on existentialism‚ which gave worth to a person’s own experience. Narrative therapy became a tool to help people
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Physical therapy can be a very fulfilling career for some individuals. They help people physically function to the best of their abilities. Also‚ there are many benefits to going into the field of physical therapy. Being a physical therapist requires many years of education which helps therapists to complete important duties‚ and the job includes a good salary. Courses such as anatomy‚ biology‚ chemistry‚ physics‚ statistics‚ and psychology are important to take to go into physical therapy. In addition
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