Essay Title: “What are the challenges that face a psychotherapist working with Self-harm or eating disorders?” The focus of this essay will be to examine the challenges a psychotherapist faces when working with eating disorders. Whilst acknowledging eating disorders can include overeating I will base the essay around anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. I will look at the various theories around the subject as well as provide examples of my own experience working within this field.
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What are the challenges that face a psychotherapist working with self harm or eating disorders. “She cuts herself. Never too deep‚ never enough to die. But enough to feel the pain. Enough to feel the scream inside. The lines I wear around my wrist are there to prove that I exist. A broken mirror‚ a bleeding fist‚ a silver blade against a wrist‚ tears falling down to lips unkissed‚ she’s not the kind you’ll come to miss.” (http://xxdailydreamxx.tripod.com/id16.html) I took this poem from an
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obesity problem in children. In the last 20 years‚ obese children have almost doubled. In 2010‚ 43 million children were estimated to be overweight or obese. In 1990 4.2% of children were overweight or obese. It increased to 6.7% in 2010. In the last 2 decades‚ the amount of overweight and obese children have increased a lot. Being obese can effect children’s health dramatically. Obesity can cause many diseases. Obese children have a higher chance of getting cardiovascular disease‚ high cholesterol
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Another challenge I will face as a speech language pathologist is client behavioral issues. Behavior problems can interfere with therapy and the success of the client. Some children will try to escape situations by crawling under tables‚ attempting to run out the door‚ or yelling for their mom or dad. It is our job to NOT positively reinforce these behaviors by giving into the behavior. For example‚ if I am drilling the present progressive tense and my child chooses to fall under the table to escape
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encounter within the inclusive classroom and to provide information on intervention strategies that can be implemented. Issues and Strategies To provide a quality inclusive classroom‚ teachers are faced with numerous challenges. In the author’s view‚ one of the main challenges is that of time constraints. According to Queensland’s Department of Education and Training website (2011)‚ teachers (in Queensland) are entitled to two hours of non-contact time each week. This time is available to teachers
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Face-to-face vs. Electronic Communication We’re living in an age where e-mail‚ Facebook and digital connections are the rule‚ and face-to-face interactions start to become the exception. With the ability to exchange information via e-mail‚ chat and presentations over the web‚ face-to-face interactions with people seem to be unecessary. This is a harmful assumption that many people make. Without face-to-face communication intimacy is lost‚ there is greater misunderstanding‚ and people become
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Charlotte’s Web Reading is such a strange concept. People are willingly staring at a piece of deconstructed wood that has been pressed thin‚ and they continually try to decipher scribbles that are written on it by graphite from a writing device. By themselves‚ the scribbles slowly begin to form into words‚ and as a whole‚ the scribbles that have formed into words can now be read in its entirety and be grouped into a category or genre that it may fall under. For example‚ the book‚ Charlotte’s Web by E
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Faces Engage Us In today’s world photos are becoming a dominant means of communicating. There are many online photo sharing sites like Instagram that provide people with the ability to turn photos into a social medium. Because of its popularity many people are trying to discover the mechanisms by which users communicate around these photos and how the engage with them. In the article “Faces Engage Us: Photos with Faces Attract More Likes and Comments on Instagram” the authors try to answer two
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directives (EPA). Ghana‚ a developing country‚ is facing so many environmental challenges despite the policies put in place by the various institutions to help curb this problem. Some of these challenges are lack of proper waste management‚ deforestation‚ pollution‚ land or soil degradation‚ desertification and resource depletion among others. This essay seeks to elaborate briefly on some of the main environmental challenges confronting Ghana and also throw more light on the concept of sustainable development
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“Biggest Challenges Young Adults Face Today” Tynaisa Benthall AC1209704 Principles of Public Speaking Assignment 7_07 10/25/2012 Introduction In the world today young adults face numerous of problems. We often think Young Adults are ready for the real world such as college‚ career‚ and the adult social scenes. Some Young Adults find it difficult to adjust to making a change in their life. To me‚ education‚ unemployment and crime are major challenges for them today in this
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