Psychotherapy

Sociocultural Context of Counselling Assignment Culture and Psychopathology Radhika Bhat M2014APCLP012 1. Once culture is eliminated from the diagnostic equation, one loses the capacity to recognize important social and cultural variables involved in the etiology and manifestation of mental disorders. Discuss. How does one approach the concept of mental illness, and the distinction of abnormal behaviour from normal behavior? Many of the current theories on Abnormal Behavior…

group work. A few will be mentioned from the 1900s and a couple will be mentioned that have recently had a considerable effect of the evolution of group work. In the early 1900s, in the year of 1905, Joseph Hersey Pratt had the first official psychotherapy group experience with patients who embodied tuberculosis. He was one of the first people to…

It was highly influential and dominated psychological theory for some thirty years between the early 1920’s and 1950’s. The early formulation of behaviourist theory was in the work of an American psychologist John B Watson. In some respects, his research was a response to the prevailing psychoanalytic approaches to therapy at the time. In his work ‘Psychology from the Standpoint of a Behaviourist’ published in 1929, Watson believed that behaviourism, ‘Attempted to make a fresh, clean start in…

biological influences and sensations, but rather that the individuals are actively involved in constructing their reality” (Neenan& Dryden, 2004, p3). CT had developed from two specific directions which originated from the dissatisfaction from both psychotherapy and a behavioural approach (Gelder, 1983). This seminar will be broken into 2 sections. Section one will describe the theory of CT, what is CT and whom it has derived from. The next section of the seminar is the core principles that…

Phases of Adlerian Play Therapy In Adlerian Play Therapy (AdPT), there are a total of four phases or procedures in the play therapy session. The four phases of AdPT are establishing relationship, investigate the lifestyle of the child, gain insight and administer reorientation and reeducation (Kottman, 2001). In the Adlerian Play Therapy, the therapists will include parent consultation because they believed that parent contributes greatly to the development of the child. They served as place…

My Preferred Therapeutic Goals Most family therapy approaches that I’ve studied agree that the major goals of therapy are anxiety relief and change; however, theories differ on how to achieve these goals; for example, Bowen’s transgenerational model emphasizes insight into family patterns transmitted across generations (G&G, 2013, p. 208), whereas strategic therapy (p. 303) and brief solution-focused therapy (p. 376), though very different in origin, emphasize action and change over…

This paper will discuss the case scenario involving a single mother named Sylvia who seems to be suffering from major depression. Major depression can be an awful and debilitating disorder for some individuals to deal with. She is feeling isolated and undesirable and these feelings can lead to a dark road that can, eventually, if not treated, turn into suicidal thoughts or actions. Fortunately, because of modern psychology, there are specific methods and techniques that are mentioned below that…

Growing up in Ecuador certainly influenced what I wanted to study. I was not sure I would ever be able to live in the United States. Hence, I needed to study for a highly regarded and well-paying job there. Although there are clinical psychologists in my home country, the career is undervalued because people refrain from going to therapy. Unfortunately, seeing a psychologist is equated with weakness or severe mental illness. The stigma surrounding the field did not allow me to consider…

Psychotherapeutic professionals have been acknowledged in practice as early as 1896, acknowledged primarily with Sigmund Freud, “the true pioneer in the recognition of the importance of unconscious mental activity” (Beystehner, 2006, para. 1). Since then, numerous therapists, philosophers, studies and educational programs have been pursued in the betterment for the professional therapy practice today. Becoming a Therapist: On the Path to Mastery enclosed important subjects that are essential in…

Mark Twain once said, “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Higher education was a goal that was instilled in me at a young age. My siblings and I all have great aspirations. I admire each of them, because each one is great individually. My two sisters both work in social services, one a social service supervisor, the other a supervisor over several social work departments. One…