Running head: Types of Therapy Types of Therapy Abstract: The ultimate goal of this paper is to explore to different types of therapy. Type of therapy is to help the client deal more successfully with a disorder or a situation. The specific treatment goals depend on the individual client‚ the therapist’s theories and the situation at hand. The goal may be concrete‚ such as quitting smoking‚ or more abstract‚ such as anger management. The ultimate goal of this paper is to explore
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Cognitive and behavior therapies are two common strategies used in psychology. Cognitive therapy is a type of psychotherapy that is short-term and focused on a wide variety of psychological problems including‚ but not limited to: depression‚ eating disorders‚ anxiety‚ panic‚ substance or alcohol abuse‚ and so on. Behavioral therapy can be described as a term for types of therapy that treat mental illnesses—it is commonly used to identify self-destructive performances and most times help change them
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In the Humanistic therapy approach psychopathology is attributed to a block in reaching self-actualization or being the best you can aim for. In Cindy’s case multiple things are blocking the way to her becoming her best self. She has dealt with a childhood that caused her to be unable to interact with her family in a comfortable way and has affected her belief in herself to achieve higher than she has currently gotten. An example of this is when she mentions that she was academically successful but
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purchase food‚ and does not discuss her concerns that men stay several days in their apartment without contributing to purchase food. As Linda’s therapist the approaches and interventions would center around Strength-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (SB-CBT). One approach‚ SB-CBT counselors use to help their clients is to construct meaningful positive methods of connecting with the world (Corey‚ 2015). SB-CBT approach proposes the client construct a different paradigm to do things instead of
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Cognitive behavior therapy it’s a type psychotherapy of in which used in many mental illnesses such as Depression‚ anxiety‚ bipolar disorder‚ and other psychological conditions. Also‚ it is based on helping the patient to understand and explain his or her negative thinking‚ in order to change it into more realistic positive thoughts or convictions. Cognitive behavioral therapy can be done individually or with a group of people. It can also be done by self-help books or a computer program. If you
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Introduction The first interview in the therapy process is done in order to build alliance with the family (Nichols‚ 2012). It is also important during the first interview to develop a hypothesis identifying what could be maintaining the presenting problem for the family and outline expectations for the treatment process (Nichols‚ 2012). This paper will discuss how building an alliance‚ developing a hypothesis‚ and outlining expectations of treatment applies to the Vargas case study. Building Alliance
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A Brief Overview of Play Therapy Rebecca Maxwell March 28‚ 2011 Abstract From Piaget‚ we gain an understanding of the symbolism in child’s play. Play is central to the development of a child and can also teach us a great deal about their thoughts‚ feelings and experiences that they are not developmentally able to verbalize. With its foundations in psychoanalysis‚ play therapy stems from the work of Herminie von Hug-Hellmuth of Vienna. Along with her contemporaries‚ Hug-Hellmuth began developing
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improving the relationship of couples. Among several behavioral‚ cognitive‚ and humanistic approaches‚ emotionally-focused couple therapy leads in empirical research that supports its use as most effective. In order to test the effectiveness‚ couples undergoing emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) are given several different measures designed to report outcomes of the therapy. Using these measures at the beginning of a set amount of sessions allows therapists to work with the clients on appropriate strategies
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Assessment is a process of estimating or measuring the level of ability‚ characteristics‚ or the personal values of the client. There are two step process of assessment: the first step is gather estimates or measurement from the client. After the estimates or measurement have be gather‚ then second step is translation the outcome of the client action. Some of the client action that a recreation therapist look for is what they values‚ how good he or she performance in healthy and satisfied lifestyle
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Family Therapy Approaches That I Prefer John Mack MFCC/556 May 3‚ 2011 Professor Linda Hand‚ MFT Family Therapy Approaches That I Prefer Family is the most important facet of human life. So when a family needs help it is important that the family’s therapist employs a style of therapy that the therapist believes in and has absolute confidence when using. I believe that the theoretical approaches utilized by a therapist must match the way the therapist handles his/her own issues in life
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