one may have many diverse clients‚ to be attune to issues of cultural competencies. Sue(2005) established cultural competency as four part process that includes awareness of one own’s assumptions and values‚ understanding the world view of clients‚ developing an appropriate intervention and understand organizations/institutions that help or hinder cultural competency. My experience as a marginalized individual has made me more cultural competency central to how I approach social work practice. Furthermore
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Attachment Disorders such as DSED and RAD do not have much to do for treatment. They have a simplistic approach which just requires the care taker to be invested. Charles Zeanah and his colleagues American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry came up with an approach for treatment in their Parameter for treatment and assessment. (Zeanah‚ Chesher & Boris‚ 2016). They recommend that the most important part of intervention is ensure that the child has an emotionally available attachment figure
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reflection on two approaches Both psychodynamic and Focusing-oriented therapies regard trauma as a painful and challenging experience. They understand trauma as something that can alter a person’s sense of self. They both acknowledge the survivor’s attempts to avoid the pain. Also‚ both approaches note that there is an adaptive aspect to the survivor’s responses (as they attempt to avoid the pain) (see Mackay‚ 2002; Vantarakis‚ 2014). These approaches aim to help the clients to integrate their traumatic
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The strengths approach to social work practice values empowerment of individuals seeking services and advocates a relationship of collaboration as opposed of one of authority. Recognizing the resilience of individuals and believing in the potential of all humans‚ the focus is changed from one of limits to one of potentials‚ building on strengths‚ interests‚ abilities‚ knowledge‚ and capacities (Grant‚ Cadell‚ 2009‚ p.25). The formula is simple; rally client’s interests‚ capacities‚ motivations‚ resources
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The similarities and differences between client-centered and psychodynamic therapies are: Client-centered therapy: An approach to counseling where the client determines the general direction of therapy‚ while the therapist seeks to increase the client’s insightful self-understanding through informal simplified questions. The client is the focal point of the sessions‚ the therapist takes a "back seat" to learn about the person‚ and watch as the client moves toward the achievement of their full
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apply to humans. Many ideas of behavioural approach tested on animals such as rats make generalisations to human behaviour. + strongly replicated; others reaching same conclusion makes theory more reliable. + can be easily tested through scientific study. Doesn’t blame patient. Removes all blame from patient as they have simply learnt disorder due upbringing & environment so doesn’t condemn for having disease as not held responsible. Ethical approach in this sense as not stigmatised + systematic
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child to their parent‚ especially‚ the mother‚ is vital. The infant is introduced to their unknown environment through their parent. In attempting to understand the parent child relationship‚ theorists have taken different approaches. The psychodynamic approach to parent-child bonding is based on the work of Mahler‚ the Biological-Ethological Theories of Bowlby and Ainsworth‚ and Harlow’s Learning Theories. Margaret Mahler‚ a Hungarian physician‚ who became a psychoanalyst with
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Townsend‚ believes that a major problem between himself and his parents is their stubborn refusal to “chill out” and view the situation like he does‚ as “perfectly fine.” In the mind of this adult son‚ his parents still providing for him is not the core problem in their relationship. Nor is it the fact that he spends much of his daytime playing video games and his nights partying. According to this young man‚ the root of the trouble stems from his parent’s negative attitude toward him. Dr. Townsend
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of those suffering from an anxiety disorder receive treatment‚ even though the disorders are highly treatable.”(https://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety) The first theory explored was psychodynamic theory and the second was behavior theory. Core Concepts of Psychodynamic Theory The concepts for “Psychodynamic theory believes that unconscious
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Strengths‚ Limitations and Social Work Every theory has strengths and limitations‚ which can be beneficial to understanding behaviour as well as leaving gaps in knowledge as not every theory can explain every facet of human behaviour and understanding this is a key part of social work practice. The social work profession is guided by the AASW Practice Standards‚ which aim to provide a guide to practice‚ collective standards and expectations and can be used as a platform for ongoing professional
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