(PSY-280-90-123A) Capstone Evaluation Project 17 June 2013 ABC Therapy Treatment Facility Fifteen percent of all combat veterans are diagnosed with Mild Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Medication and time are two of the best treatments for Mild PTSD. Thirty Soldiers from Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital (BJACH) located on Fort Polk‚ LA diagnosed with Mild PTSD will be subjected to combat simulation conditions. The PTSD ABC Therapy will be given to fifteen Soldiers from BJACH who has been
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Humanistic therapy is the therapy used in humanism psychologists in order to treat a patient. Some psychologists started to disagree about the explanation of personality by the precedents psycho-theories. Because the theories ignore the qualities that make us unique to the other animal. Some of these psychologists started a humanism school. Humanism theory is started my Maslow and developed by Rogers. The humanism psychologists claimed to be the 3rd force after the behaviourism and psychoanalysis
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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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highlights the various techniques of psychotherapy utilized by therapist Paul to examine and treat his patients. In the case of Sophie‚ a sixteen year old gymnast who attempted suicide multiple times‚ Paul adopts a psychodynamic orientation in order to uncover the reasons behind her unstable emotions. Derived from Freud’s psychoanalytic theory‚ the primary focus of psychodynamic therapy is to increase the client’s self-awareness by revealing the unconscious content of the mind that may be causing emotional
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Pet therapy can be dated as far back as prehistory time when humans noticed that animals were not only used for food‚ but they were also friends and companions. Animal-facilitated therapy is one of the newer forms of medicine used throughout the nation. The origin of animal-facilitated therapy can be traced as far back as 18th century. The York Retreat‚ founded in 1792 by the Quaker merchant William Tuke‚ was cited to be the first use of animal-facilitated therapy. Instead of harsh forms of treatment
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Art Therapy: Is It Effective? Georgia O’Keeffe once said‚ “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way. Things I had no words for.” The actual creation of art triggers an unconscious process helping a person connect with his emotions (Kotwas). The process is said to enhance the physical‚ mental‚ and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages and backgrounds. The expressive arts do not discriminate and is an effective alternative to traditional psychotherapy
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What is MBCT? Kabat-Zinn has developed the practice of combining CBT with mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program and named it “Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy” (Segal et al.‚ 2013). Cognitive component includes education about depression‚ while mindfulness part covers meditation and simple yoga exercises (van der Velden et al.‚ 2015). Unlike CBT‚ where the focus is on the changing the thought context‚ MBCT patients observe the thoughts and learn to disengage from them. Therefore
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Existential Therapy Key Concepts/Unique Attributes The existential approach is more of a collective group of thoughts rather than a concrete therapy. The existential approach guides the counseling practices. The premise is that individuals guide their own lives and create their own paths. The existential approach unlike psychoanalytical therapy of unconscious boundaries and limitations is based on the fundamental belief that “we are what we choose to be (Corey 2009).” The key concepts are known
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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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Cited: Wood‚ D. (n.d.). Gene Therapy and Cancer. Retrieved 10 24‚ 2012‚ from Health facts and information: http://www.beliefnet.com Human Genome Project information. (2011‚ 8 24). Retrieved 10 24‚ 2012‚ from Gene Therapy: http:www.ornl.gov National Cancer Institue. (2010‚ 4 27). Retrieved 10 24‚ 2012‚ from clinical trails: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopic/factseet/information/clinical-trails
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