Category: Therapy

Table of Contents Activating Event Consequent Emotions Emotions Desired In Future Rational Alternative and Emotions Desired In Future Rational Alternatives People have a way of expressing their inner feelings. Rational Emotive Therapy helps to identify a persons emotions, thoughts and provides a means for solving the issue. The paper would discuss the RET method. Activating…

Table of Contents Case Treatment Options Preschoolers, School-Age Children, and Adolescents References Case You see a 7-year-old child for a WCCU. The mother is present for the visit and reports that during the past 12 months he has become more clingy. He will separate from his parent as long as he can see them nearby.…

Creating an agenda is a collective approach in which the psychotherapist and the customer select how the meeting time will be allocated. The patient and therapist make a list of topics they would like to address and then decide on the order in which they will discuss them and how much time they will spend…

Traditionally, play therapy consists of four stages: initiation, resistance, work, and termination. These phases have their own peculiarities that should be considered while working with a client. Thus, play therapy is a potent tool that can be used to work with various issues and assist a client. For instance, anxiety can be addressed by using…

The patient, Maggie, was a 27-year old female who was tall and attractive in an angular way, with dark, intelligent eyes. She was a graduate student in paleontology and she loved her field of study so much that she always talked about it. In the beginning, when she met the psychotherapist, she would communicate politely…

Table of Contents Facilitating Psychoeducational Group Work Identification of Target Population and Theme Appropriate Referring of Patients to Psychoeducational Group Conclusion References Group psychotherapy as one of the most useful tools in psychological counseling obtains a variety of theoretical bases, approaches, and groups types. The choice of a kind of group patients are referred to…

In the practice of psychotherapy, there are a large number of significant figures who have made personal contributions to a deeper understanding of the cognitive functions and capacities of human consciousness. This is also true of the American psychotherapist Bill OHanlon. As of this writing, OHanlon is a living contemporary and the founder of a…

Personal history and experiences gained throughout childhood and adolescence can significantly influence ones personality, behaviors, and tendencies in developing relationships with other people. This paper analyzes the clients results of the FIRO-B assessment instrument and links the findings to the events that occurred throughout her life until today. Death of a close family member and…

When it comes to solution-focused brief therapy, the core concept relies on exploration and search for solutions. The role of a therapist is to shift the focus from the problem of a client towards solutions through a positive mindset and hopeful attitude. A therapist helps a client to identify the necessary resources and strategies in…

Group therapy refers to a situation where one or more therapist or counselor is working with a group of people at once (Finn, 2003). Group therapy operates in the form of several people meeting for two or three days a week to discuss their issues, with the help of a therapist. This can take an…