Occupational Therapy is a profession where a therapist’s primary aim is to assist individuals to achieve everyday life skills. Often times‚ many individuals who need therapy have had circumstantial situations in their lives. This prevents them from participating in daily activities. An Occupational Therapist should be able to help an individual adapt to their specific environment and help create a foundation to improve their quality of life. A task can range from self-care skills such as showing
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Mudra Therapy 5 July 2011 Acupressure 1 Introduction of Mudras Mudra literally means ’gesture’. Mudra expresses and channelizes cosmic energy within the mind and body The body is made up of 5 elements ± Earth‚ Water‚ Fire‚ Air and Space. When these 5 elements are not in balance we get various physical and psychological ailments. http://www.eclecticenergies.com/mudras/mudra.php?num=1 The energy from the body radiates out mainly through the tip of the nose‚ lips‚ finger tips
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Cognitive therapy functions on several levels‚ looking for and changing a person’s symptoms‚ as well as their perspectives‚ core beliefs and underlying schemas (Seligman & Reichenberg‚ 2013) and once healthy thinking takes place then the therapist helps the person develop skills to continue to monitor‚ assess and respond to their own cognitions that allow them to lead successful healthy lives (Seligman & Reichenberg‚
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Ms. Kristin Goetz‚ the Clinical Coordinator for Radiation Therapy at CCBC‚ came to Eastern Technical High School to speak with the Allied Health students about the Radiation Therapy program and profession. Radiation Therapists (RT) use high power x-rays to treat tumors and keloids. Therapy only treats the site of disease contrary to chemotherapy‚ which goes directly into the bloodstream and kills cells all over the body. The oncologist writes a prescription for radiation based on the patient’s stage
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[pic] Color Therapy was first discovered thousands of years ago in the ancient cultures of China‚ Egypt‚ and India. Each color gives off a different wavelength and energy. The main colors involved in color therapy include; red‚ orange‚ yellow‚ green‚ blue‚ indigo‚ and violet. Each of these colors relates to one of the seven main chakras‚ which are just energy centers in the body. If you balance these seven chakras then you are in good health and wellbeing. These colors also affect your mood
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alternative form of treatment‚ or in combination with medication‚ are several types of psychotherapy that have been found helpful for people with depression. The two effective types are cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and interpersonal therapy (IPT). IPT is structured time limited therapy aimed at addressing issues related to interpersonal role changes and loss. It focuses on four primary domains: dealing with interpersonal role disputes adjusting to the loss of a relationship‚ acquiring a new
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an important element of treatment. In addition to tacking symptoms‚ relationships must be analyzed‚ biological factors considered‚ actives the person engages in looked at‚ and economic influences (Kashdan‚ McKnight‚ 2009). Different types of talk therapy can be valuable when treating depression. It is vital for at least one medical profession to be involved in the treatment of major depression. Life style modifications are of equal importance. This can include proper nutrition‚ adequate exercise
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Be familiar with the term Gestalt therapy uses for the present and how they deal with the past‚ present and future. Fredercik Perls was the originator of Gestalt Therapy. GT was created on the premise that individuals must be understood in the context of their ongoing relationship with the environment. The main cornerstones of this practice are awareness‚ choice‚ and responsibility. The main goal is to have clients expand their awareness of what they are experiencing in the present moment. With
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Gene Therapy What is it? If genes don’t produce the right protein or don’t produce it correctly a person can have a genetic disorder. Gene therapy is an experimental technique that involves the transfer of a working copy of a gene into a cell to repair or replace a faulty gene so it is able to produce functioning proteins again. There are several approaches. The most common one is to insert a normal gene to replace the non-functional gene. Another approach is to swap a non-functional
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in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ senior Leianna Dolce and alumna Kelli Knapp took third in the nation for their work in the Social System category. Their project concerned the effects of equine therapy‚ a form of therapy that involves interactions between humans and horses. After observing the calming impacts of therapy dog programs on young children‚ Dolce and Knapp wondered if the same held true for high-school
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