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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occupational therapy for children When I told my friends and family that I wanted to become and occupational therapist‚ they all thought I was going to giving sponge baths to the elderly for a living. Little did they know that occupational therapy is one of the most rewarding careers if you’re someone who loves to help people better themselves. More specifically‚ I wanted to become an OT that specialized in working with children. I find that most people believe occupational therapy is more prevalent
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The career path I have chosen to pursue is physical therapy. As I was growing up‚ physical therapy was not an option I would have considered but ever since junior year‚ my love for physical therapy has grown and pretty much eliminated all other career options. I had never fully understood what a physical therapist did until I became a patient. In the beginning of my junior year I had torn my anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)‚ medial cruciate ligament (MCL)‚ and medial meniscus while playing goalkeeper
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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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Reality Therapy was developed by psychiatrist William Glasser (1925). By 1962 Reality Therapy was complete‚ and Glasser then revised William Powers’ Control Theory and renamed it Choice Theory in 1996. The New Reality Theory claims that most clients share the same basic dilemma: an unhappy relationship with a significant person in their life. The main goal of this therapy is to support clients in connecting with the people they wish to include in their quality world‚ which is the world they would
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Salvador Minuchin & Structural Family Therapy: Working to Make a Change in Urban Families Some prominent theorists in structural family therapy include Braulio Montalvo‚ Bernice Rosman‚ Harry Aponte‚ and Charles Fishman. The best known is the founder of the theory‚ Salvador Minuchin. In 1959‚ Salvador along with the Minuchin‚ along with Dick Auerswald and Charles King‚ began developing a 3 stage approach to working with low-socioeconomic-level black families: • treatment
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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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Speech Therapy Cleft lip and/or palate have many implications on speech‚ so an integral part of repair is speech therapy provided by a speech-language pathologist. Due to cleft lip and/or palate’s effect on speech and language development‚ speech therapy is an important part of the treatment process. Speech therapy can help children learn how to properly use their articulators after the anatomy has been structurally repaired. Speech therapy helps with the articulation and language development early
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Types of therapies Acupuncture- Is a collection of procedures that involve stimulating points of the body. Some of the techniques used are penetrating the skin with small thin needles; this is one of the traditional Chinese methods. According to the traditional Chinese methods‚ stimulating the acupuncture points helps to correct imbalances in the flow. It has also been used to reduce depression‚ anxiety and sleep disturbances. Cranio-sacral therapy- Is an alternative therapy used by occupational
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Urine Therapy (Uropathy) - Your Body’s Own Best Medicine‚ A PowerFul Infection Fighter You may think that when it comes to alternative health therapies you’ve heard it all. But there is one natural therapy you’ve probably never heard of ---even though its one of the most powerful‚ most researched and most medically proven natural cures ever discovered. It is used in the manufacture of hormones‚ diuretics‚ and cancer fighting drugs. As urea‚ it is one of the primary ingredients in many face and
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