What are the benefits and risks of alternative therapies alternative therapies? The human life expectancy is longer in twenty-first century‚ but individuals suffer from greats of stress‚ which results in physical illness‚ such as cancer‚ immune deficiency and a heart disease. During the treatment process‚ people seek peace and holistic methods (Fontaine‚ 2005‚ p9). That is a reason that the alternative therapies have quite grown recently. The W.H.O (World Health Organization) report‚ over
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Chapter 17: Therapy Outline The Psychological Therapies * Psychotherapy: an emotionally charged‚ confiding interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from psychological difficulties. * Half of psychotherapists describe themselves as taking an eclectic approach: an approach to psychotherapy that‚ depending on the client’s problems‚ uses techniques from various forms of therapy. Psychoanalysis * Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud’s therapeutic technique. Freud believed
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music therapy for someone with autism is to provide the student with an initial assistance using melodious and rhythmic strategies‚ followed by fading of musical cues to assist in simplification and transfer to other learning environments. Music therapy has been proven to decrease symptoms of children with autism‚ and could even facilitate motivation and social interaction. Even autistic children‚ who rarely or never speak‚ can respond to music; sometimes they may even sing along. Music therapy provides
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A pro of legalizing marijuana‚ that is great‚ are helping keep drug dealers off the streets. What I call corruption of the streets. It would keep many of people out of jail and it would also be an effective step in curbing drug related violence. According to Caulkins‚ (Sullum)‚ “Tens of thousands of marijuana distributors are in prison”. Drug dealers are a major problem in today’s society. If marijuana were to be legalized it would take illegal drug dealers off the streets and into things more
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5th November 2013 Essay 1: ‘Evaluate the claim that Person–Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients’. In this essay I will look at the benefits and the disadvantages of person-centred therapy and consider whether it provides sufficient tools for the therapist to be effective in the treatment of the client. Looking at the underlying theory (self-actualisation‚ organismic self‚ conditions of worth etc)‚ and the originators of it‚ namely Abraham Maslow and
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Individualized vs Group Therapy In individual therapy‚ a client works with a mental health professional in private sessions to acquire self-knowledge‚ insight into addiction‚ and a stronger sense of inner strength. Sessions can be held on a one-to-one basis‚ usually in a therapist’s office‚ but sometimes in a meeting room‚ classroom‚ or even in an outdoor environment. A typical therapy session lasts from 50 minutes to an hour. Frequency of therapy depends on the client’s needs‚ but most programs
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Why is Aquatic Therapy Better than ‘Land’ Therapy? As humans we are designed to move continuously. We naturally climb trees‚ run and play‚ go up mountains‚ swim‚ and perform numerous other movements. With all of this movement we have become experts on injuring ourselves as well. During a lifetime of movement serious injuries requiring physical therapy can be expected. There are many different types of therapy and recovery programs for many of these injuries. Physical therapy can be divided into
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Abnormal psychology can be fascinating. What makes it so challenging however‚ is how to treat it. The first thing that will be focused on is the difference between normal and abnormal psychology. Next subject covered will be mental illnesses and mental disorders. The purpose of this is to explore two different mental illnesses and two different mental disorders. The paper will conclude with treatment theories. Abnormal psychology is a branch of psychology that deals with psychopathology and abnormal
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There are four different conceptual approaches to play therapy which focus on models based on conflict (psychoanalytic)‚ relationship (growth)‚ behavioral (conditioning/social learning) and release/structure (catharsis). As each model is based on a different role of play‚ I prefer to focus on the relationship and release/structure approaches. The relationship approach is in a non-directive form‚ which allows the therapist to leave the responsibility and direction of the play to the child. Not only
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review that creates a hypothetical group therapy plan to addresses the challenges that transgender youth ages 13-19 face in daily life. It specifically targets psychological distress‚ shame‚ suicidal behavior and lack of support systems as common problems faced by this population as well as possible causes of these challenges. This paper postulates a therapy group aimed at transgender youth with a therapy plan centered around different cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approaches that target shame‚ suicide
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