Diagnostic Impressions My clinical judgment would suggest that Silla is struggling of generalized anxiety disorder with a mild alcohol use disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder has 6 criterion including; excessive worry that has been occurring more days than not for about 6 months‚ the individual is having difficulty controlling the worry‚ the anxiety is associated with three or more of the following six symptoms (restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge‚ easily fatigued‚ difficulty concentrating
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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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|Wundt |“Father of Psychology”; introspection/ Structuralism | |Wertheimer |Gestalt psychology | |Titchner |Structuralism | |James
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behavioral therapy focuses on stopping the negative automatic thoughts that are associated with the feared object or situation‚ replacing them with more rational thoughts instead. Some of the techniques may include cognitive reframing and systematic desensitization. Some of the newer research found has shown that virtual reality therapy‚ in which sufferer may be exposed to the virtual representation of spiders‚ this may even work better that the older technique of gradually exposing the client to live
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Phobia comes from the Greek word ‘phóbos’ meaning morbid fear (wikipedia). But what exactly is a phobia? The direct denotation of a phobia is “a persistent‚ irrational fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it” (dictionary). A phobia falls under the category of an anxiety disorder. An anxiety disorder is often “a harmful chronic condition‚ which can be present from an early age or begin suddenly after a triggering event. They are prone to flare
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functional level. For example‚ an individual who wants to quit smoking cigarettes‚ or a parent who wants her child to consistently make the bed‚ may use behavioral techniques to help achieve those goals. Behavior modification can also be implemented on a systematic scale to increase productivity within organizations and businesses. Articles such as "A Behavior
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therapist uses to try and get the patient to relax their muscles in the body and calm and even breathing until the body is free of any type of tension. This technique is used to relieve anxiety and stress in the patient and prepare the patient for systematic desensitization.Systematic DesensitizationThe therapist uses this type of technique to help the
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Subject is a 14 year old female competitive dancer. Her aspirations for joining the team are due to her enjoyment of dancing and competing. According to the results from the SCAT and POMS evaluation‚ subject struggles with a high level of anxiety. She may lack self-efficacy and confidence in her performances. She does not believe she is a good dancer‚ despite being moved to the advanced team as a freshman‚ and has been given special routines to perform for competition. The subject may feel
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theme of desperation within the third estate. The theme of the constant threat of revolutionaries is shown in the image of Madame Defarge’s shadow cast over little Lucie Manette. Subsequently the image of the guillotine represents the theme of desensitization to violence within the progression of the revolution. The image of the broken wine cask shows the desperation and hunger within the third estate. They are all desperate to drink the wine as a means of filling their hunger‚ as they have been impoverished
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Guilford Press. Bisson‚ J.‚ & Andrew‚ M. (2007). Psychological treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews‚ 2007(3)‚ Article No. CD003388. Bisson‚ J. I.‚ Ehlers‚ A.‚ Matthews‚ R.‚ Pilling‚ S.‚ Richards‚ D.‚ & Turner‚ S. (2007). Psychological treatments for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder: Systematic review and meta-analysis Bradley‚ R.‚ Greene‚ J.‚ Russ‚ E.‚ Dutra‚ L.‚ & Westen‚ D. (2005). A multidimensional meta- analysis of psychotherapy
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