PERSONAL MODEL OF HELPING
BHSH311
Aug 3, 2010
Elisa M Magill PH.D
Personal Model of Helping
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HOW AND WHY YOU FORMED THIS VIEWPOINT
It is hard for me with the given information to choose just one form of therapy. I see potential in many of the different forms of therapy, but my favorite three would be Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Journal Writing, and Collaborative Therapy. I think that these particular forms of therapy could work together well to assist the patient.
With cognitive behavioral therapy the therapist works with the client in the here and now. The therapists assists the patient with their day to day living issues and provide the client with a form of emotional support and encouragement. …show more content…
In this form of therapy the patient and the client work together to accomplish the same goal. The patient issues are immediately brought to light and focused on as a team (Parrott,2003). As a therapist I would also like to incorporate a part of journal therapy. I would give the patient homework to write what they thought about the progress of the day’s session and use this information for a topic of therapy in the following session. I would hope that this would assist the patient opening a positive dialogue with the patient and also give additional insight on the patient to the therapist. In my opinion this would tie in with the Collaborative therapy where the patient and client work together as a team in order to assist the client in accomplishing the goals of their …show more content…
With cognitive behavioral therapy the patient are assisted with their current issues. You are able to address what happened in the past and it gives the therapist more insight as to the client’s current behavior and ways to assist with change. Of all three forms of therapy I think that Collaborative a therapy would pose the most risk for a multicultural conflict. As a therapist you have to be sure not to impose your personal religious views, stereotypes, or your belief and value system on the client. As a therapist you must remain open and objective.
LIMITATIONS AND STREGNTHS OF THE MODEL
Cognitive Behavioral therapy does have it limitations. This form of “talking therapy” focuses on current thoughts and behaviors that are affecting the patient (goodtherapy, 2010). Because this process does not dwell on the past your therapist will assist you on changing the way you process the information today.
POPULATIONS THIS MODEL CAN