The HBO television series “In Treatment” 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
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PracticePSYC-8705-6 | Final PaperEthical Issues in Family and Marital TherapyHealth Psychology Program | | Denise A. Bolden-Little | 11/7/2010 | Introduction Due to the extremely sensitive nature of marital and family therapy‚ it is imperative that therapists engage in the ethical‚ competent treatment of their clients. There are three aspects of marriage and family therapy research that makes it unique from other research fields: 1) multiple family members are involved; 2) it involves extremely
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John‚ Sally‚ and their daughter Mary came into therapy wanting to help deal with current issues relating to Mary’s depression and self-harm. They had discovered that Mary had been occasionally cutting herself as well as isolating herself in her room for long hours. Sally had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer‚ which was successfully operated on‚ and was in remission. From an object relations perspective much of the family’s relationship and way of dealing‚ or in this case not dealing with
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Family counseling approach paper: Filial family therapy Liberty University- 2013 Introduction Filial therapy is commonly known as a type of play therapy used to help create a bond between a child and their parents in creating different skills the family may be struggling with. In this paper the writer will go over different ways this therapy can be effective‚ when this therapy may be best used and for what ages that are most receptive to this form
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Narrative Family Therapy Narrative family therapy is a theoretical model that has grown out of the postmodern movement. Based on the idea that reality not simply concrete and observable‚ but subject to a person’s perception of the experience and the story he tells himself about who he is in the world. Rather than focusing on behaviors‚ narrative therapy focuses on how the clients interpret their experiences‚ then helps them to create a more positive story. This goes beyond reframing‚ a technique
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Phage therapy is a method that is very effective. Phage therapy consist of the intended bacteriophages that can infect and kill specific bacteria. (Sulakvelidze 2016) Bacteriophages destroy those bacterias‚ and then release virions. Virions can expand the cycle by moving to other places in the body where there is infection. (Sulakvelidze 2016). Which is a reason why phage therapy may be a more effective treatment. Antibiotics tend to have a larger focused as
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Ethics concerns in Couple and Family therapy. Carolina Cuestas Gutierrez- S00059899 Master of Clinical Counselling - Australian Catholic University. Working with couples and families has a significant role to play in clinical Counselling. This population‚ allow the therapist to encourage the challenging practice that involves different principles‚ risk and threats in order to provide a good service. Couple and Family therapy involves many members whose needs are in conflict‚ which implicates
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Introduction Experiential therapy emerged from the humanistic wing of psychology that was focussed on the immediate‚ here-and-now experience‚ which was most popular in the 1960’s and 70’s. Therapists focussed on the needs of the individual as they attempt to facilitate family interaction‚ resulting in the individuality of each member. As Becvar and Becvar (2000) asserted‚ the hallmarks of experiential family therapy were the importance of individuality‚ personal freedom and self-fulfillment (pp
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Strategic Family Therapy‚ the therapist’s role in this theory is that the therapist is a consultant‚ an expert‚ and a stage director (Bitter‚ 2014). The therapist is in control. The therapist’s responsibility is to develop a plan or a strategy for solving the client’s problems. In the initial phase of therapy‚ the goals are established‚ a plan is developed‚ and therapeutic strategies are designed to address the problems. The therapists that called into the counseling sessions‚ allow for the plan to be
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Experiential Family Therapy (EFT) emerged from humanistic psychology and focused on the “here-and-now” experience. Techniques from expressive therapies were incorporated into systems thinking‚ linking the emotional impact of the individual with family interactions (Anderson‚ Berry‚ & Roger‚ 2013). Like most forms of therapy‚ EFT goal is to strength the family unity by using active experiences. Additionally‚ emphasis is placed on the self-esteem development or increase of each members involved.
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