Ms. Kristin Goetz‚ the Clinical Coordinator for Radiation Therapy at CCBC‚ came to Eastern Technical High School to speak with the Allied Health students about the Radiation Therapy program and profession. Radiation Therapists (RT) use high power x-rays to treat tumors and keloids. Therapy only treats the site of disease contrary to chemotherapy‚ which goes directly into the bloodstream and kills cells all over the body. The oncologist writes a prescription for radiation based on the patient’s stage
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Gestalt therapy is a therapeutic approach in psychology that helped foster the humanistic theories of the 1950s and 1960s and that was‚ in turn‚ influenced by them. In Gestalt philosophy‚ the patient is seen as having better insight into himself or herself than the therapist does. Thus‚ the therapist guides the person on a self-directed path to awareness and refrains from interpreting the patient’s behaviors. Awareness comprises recognition of one’s responsibility for choices‚ self-knowledge‚ and
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Cognitive therapy functions on several levels‚ looking for and changing a person’s symptoms‚ as well as their perspectives‚ core beliefs and underlying schemas (Seligman & Reichenberg‚ 2013) and once healthy thinking takes place then the therapist helps the person develop skills to continue to monitor‚ assess and respond to their own cognitions that allow them to lead successful healthy lives (Seligman & Reichenberg‚
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in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ senior Leianna Dolce and alumna Kelli Knapp took third in the nation for their work in the Social System category. Their project concerned the effects of equine therapy‚ a form of therapy that involves interactions between humans and horses. After observing the calming impacts of therapy dog programs on young children‚ Dolce and Knapp wondered if the same held true for high-school
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Be familiar with the term Gestalt therapy uses for the present and how they deal with the past‚ present and future. Fredercik Perls was the originator of Gestalt Therapy. GT was created on the premise that individuals must be understood in the context of their ongoing relationship with the environment. The main cornerstones of this practice are awareness‚ choice‚ and responsibility. The main goal is to have clients expand their awareness of what they are experiencing in the present moment. With
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The benefits of hydroxyurea therapy in sickle cell anemia are extensive and well established‚ and were first demonstrated by the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia‚ a double blind‚ placebo controlled trial in 299 adults with sickle cell anemia. The clinical trial‚ which lasted for 21 months‚ showed that patients with sickle cell anemia treated with hydroxyurea had dramatically fewer painful episodes than those who received placebos. Firstly‚ among the 299 adults studied at 21
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Name: Payvand Date: 10/28/2013 Name of theory: Behavior Therapy Theoretical Paradigm: Cognitive-Behavioral Prominent Theorist (s) B.F. Skinner‚ Joseph Wolpe‚ Arnold Lazarus‚ and Albert Bandura Basic Assumptions of Human Nature: Basic assumption is that behavior is a product of learning. That as individuals we are both the product and the producer of our environment. There are no set of unifying assumptions about behavior that can incorporate all the existing procedures in the behavioral
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Abstract Acupuncture therapy has been known as a practice related to oriental medicine‚ and recently has been detected as a potential therapeutic tool for which there is good scientific evidence. Depression and anxiety are usually classified as mental illnesses and it is more useful to think of them as disturbances in brain health‚ which is directly related to the physical makeup and brain mechanisms and emotional and relational issues. The ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture could be used for
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degree. Her education continued at the University of Pennsylvania where she received her Medical Degree (MD) and also attended Wharton where she received her MBA in Health Care Administration. She practiced medicine for 10 years as a Board Certified Family Practice Physician where she saw first hand the power of Natural Methods. She has been coaching clients to successfully heal naturally since 1985. Dr. Daniels is the author of the award winning book‚ Do You Have the Guts to Be Beautiful? Dr. Daniels
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Within Chapter 11 of On Being a Therapist‚ Kottler (2010) reviews he various alternative methods or therapies therapists utilize to help them avoid burnout and remain emotional healthy‚ while working in this field. Despite therapists primary goals of helping others learn healthy ways to change maladaptive behaviors‚ the majority of therapists are unfortunately not open to changing their own maladaptive behaviors. I think this stems from the fact that therapists get so comfortable with teaching
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