fourteen I was diagnosed with a type of cancer called Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and after six months of treatment I decided I wanted to help others like the many clinicians that helped me. After I graduated high school I got a job at an outpatient physical therapy clinic and there my true passion began. This inspired me to apply and eventually get accepted into the Physical Therapist Assistant program at Gateway Community College. The Physical Therapist Assistant program at Gateway will help me reach my goal
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Adlerian Therapy provides a psychoeducational approach to therapy that includes therapeutic techniques into practice. The Future Autobiography is a technique that allows clients to shape their own future. this is great for clients of ethnocultural diversity. Although this technique is more useful for clients who enjoy writing‚ clients may also draw their desires for their future. Clients tell their life story through drawings or writing. Future autobiography helps clinicians learn about the clients
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principles‚ and techniques to address and treat mental and emotional disorders. In doing so‚ they modify people’s perceptions prevent family and individual crises. Therapist may with individuals‚ families‚ couples‚ and groups. Marriage and family therapy differs from traditional techniques for the main reason it less emphasis is placed on an identified client or psychological conflicts. The main focus is on viewing and understanding their client’s signs‚ symptoms and interaction within their existing
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be that I simply wanted to help people. I have always been passionate about working with children‚ but I had not quite figured out what professional path would be the perfect fit. I would like to share with you how I decided to choose occupational therapy as my career and how my academic experiences‚ research background‚ and personal hardships have prepared me for graduate school. I began at the University of Illinois as a Psychology major because it seemed to be the most logical way to work with
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client’s disorder with cognitive-behavioral therapy. In cognitive-behavioral therapy‚ the counselor establishes a wide range of time-limited interventions and treatments that are applied to target behavioral change. The popular approaches in this therapy are to adopt new and more advanced coping mechanisms for the anxiety. This therapy can benefit stress disorders related to anxiety for both children and adults. Vondracek and Corneal (1995) discuss how the therapy focuses on the basic human nature and
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ability to occupy in daily life activates but with the help from occupational therapy‚ individuals with mental health problems and traumatic brain injuries can develop the skills needed to live life to its fullest. Even though a lot of researches assessed evidence for acute traumatic brain injury
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Occupational therapy is a health care profession which aims at improving the performance of activities by the patient‚ providing a means for the prevention of functional limitations‚ adaptation to lifestyle changes as well as maintenance or improvement of his/her emotional state and social participation. (Hammond‚ 2004). Occupational therapy includes both therapeutic and educational interventions and aims at improving performance of daily living tasks‚ facilitating successful adjustments in lifestyle
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*Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is a widely practiced integrative therapy‚ with an aim of altering the way in which individuals think (cognitive therapy)‚ as well as altering the way in which individuals behave (behavior therapy) developed by Aaron Beck in 1967 (McLeod‚ Saul. "Saul McLeod." CBT | Simply Psychology. N.p.‚ 01 Jan. 1970. Web. Apr. 2017. . This form of therapy was established based on the cognitive model The intent of cognitive-behavioral therapy is to encourage
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Benefits of Animal Assisted Therapy Throughout human history‚ “animals have occupied a central position in theories concerning the ontology and treatment of sickness and disease” (Serpell 16). Animals have played a major role in the lives of humans in ways that have affected our entire being and survival. Countless amounts of people‚ animals‚ and time have been put into bringing AAT all over the world; as a result‚ five other countries have adopted this form of therapy. The volunteers and workers
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undesirable behavior or emotions‚ and to replace it with productive thoughts that may lead to desirable behaviors. Right now counselors are creating and practicing all sorts of different approaches including Rational Behavior Therapy‚ Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy‚ Cognitive Therapy and Rational Living
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