Running head: WEB-BASED THERAPY PROS AND CONS Web-based Therapy Pros and Cons December 9‚ 2005 Web-based Therapy Pros and Cons In this age of the Internet‚ it is hardly surprising that thousands of therapists are setting up online services‚ inviting persons with problems to e-mail their questions and concerns. This gives them the opportunity to have more clients‚ which in turn means more money for them. Such services can cost as much as two dollars per minute. They have raised concerns
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Miller Ashton University INF: 103 Mark Revels November 8‚ 2010 The Pros and Cons of the Social Web 2.0 1. What is Web 2.0? a) Where did it start from? b) Sharing information? c) Who can share this info? 2. What are the good things about social-web? a) Easier communication Advertising b) Great way to learn c) People connected together by common interests 3. What are the cons of using the social-web? a) No Privacy b) Cyber bulling c) Identity theft and fraud
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The Encounters of Group & Individual Therapy Lori Edwards Azuru Liberty University Abstract This research paper discusses the topic of the dissimilarities‚ as well as the pros and cons of individual and group therapy. Discussing the history of group therapy and visiting its early development‚ while discovering its advancement into the twenty-first century. Examining the origins of individual therapy‚ and those who laid a foundation for others to build upon. This paper will
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Conversion Therapy is recognised by many titles but it’s most accurate is Psychological Abuse. Ex-gay Therapy is an "ineffective and unethical" method of forcing members of the LGBT+ community into changing their sexual orientation or gender nonconformity. The existence of conversion therapy is an insult to the legalisation of gay marriage and to gay rights. One in every three adolescents who are either gay or found to be having non-heterosexual thoughts are sentenced to conversion therapy. San Francisco
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advantage of group therapy is that people can make friends and those friends tend to help with the healing process. Group therapy also helps with coping with situations that cause extreme stress and how to deal with those situations effectively. Group therapy helps the patients learn to thrive on their own without dependency and how to stay financially steady. Patients in group therapy can also experiment with different relationship styles for what would work in the world. In group therapy people can develop
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Conversion Therapy: An Unethical Practice An introductory series of appositives Depression‚ anxiety‚ suicide—these are some of the many symptoms that come about from conversion therapy of homosexuals. Conversion therapy is an unethical practice because it is unregulated‚ unnecessary‚ and even dangerous. People in support of conversion therapy have convinced themselves that homosexuality is a sin‚ mental illness‚ and even a disorder‚ despite having experts prove that it is none of these. Although
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Gene therapy is an experimental treatment‚ which is used to replace mutated‚ improperly functioning genes with regular DNA. There are several gene therapy methods‚ most of which involve using a vector to transport the corrected gene into targeted cells. Retroviruses‚ adenoviruses‚ adeno associated viruses and liposomes are commonly used as vectors. Naked DNA (DNA without a vector) has also been used in gene therapy. Recently‚ gene therapy has been used as a treatment for deadly genetic conditions
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Occupational therapy was born in 1917 with the founding of The National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy. The five founders held a belief that occupation was a valuable therapeutic tool‚ but also knew scientific evidence would push occupational therapy (OT) to be a respected field (Schwartz‚ 2003). Much has changed in OT in the last hundred years‚ but OT still stands strong on two points‚ occupation based interventions and evidence based practice. With the high demand for evidence
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For its time‚ narrative therapy was considered radical and unlike past therapies used. The major contributors‚ Michael White and David Epston‚ put aside the main idea and view of the preceding and dominate psychological theories and focused on the person’s story. Both White and Epston were influenced by French post-structural philosopher Michel Foucault. His ideas were largely based on existentialism‚ which gave worth to a person’s own experience. Narrative therapy became a tool to help people
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One of the many difficulties is‚ on zeroing down on one of the several therapies that exist and are touted as effective for curing and treating autism. There is a strong urge to try all types of treatments and therapies as quickly as possible‚ provided it is safe. But how do we know all these therapies are safe‚ especially for children? Amongst the various alternative therapies available‚ ‘Biomedical Therapy’ is prominent. It is defined as the dietary modification and nutrition supplementations that
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