Play therapy is what it sounds like‚ a tool that provides therapy through play. What counseling and psychotherapy aim to do for adults‚ play therapy aims to do for children. Play therapy encourages the expression of a child’s feelings‚ experiences‚ and cognitive functioning. It is seen as being able to be easier for young children ages 2-11 to unleash their feelings. In adults it is harder to use this therapy though. Play therapy is often used as a tool of diagnosis. Children will engage in "play
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Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions and they pass no criticism.” So it is no surprise that scholars have long been intrigued by the possibility that animals possess largely untapped therapeutic powers. Most Americans are animal lovers; about 63 percent of U.S. households contain one or more pets‚ according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association. Several‚ but not all‚ studies suggest that those of us who own pets tend to be somewhat happier than those of us
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After researching electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)‚ I have decided that if a close family member or even myself were severely depressed I would not support the use of ECT. Electroconvulsive therapy consists of an electrical shock‚ which is used to produce a seizure. Many people experience seizures due to some other type of illness or illnesses‚ and in these cases there is medicine taken in order to prevent these occurrences. In deciding my opinion on the topic of ECT I asked myself would I want
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approaches to therapy seem to offer contrasting modes of treatment for psychological difficulties‚ largely due to the fact that they originate from very different theoretical and philosophical frameworks. It seems likely‚ therefore‚ that treatment for a woman experiencing depression‚ anxiety and feelings of inadequacy will proceed along very different lines according to each approach. There do appear to be some features‚ however‚ which are common to all effective ‘talking’ therapies‚ notably rooted
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the results offered by traditional psychoanalytic therapy. He noted that while his patients were able to become aware of their underlying problems‚ their behavior did not actually change. By the 1950s‚ Ellis had started experimenting with other types of psychotherapy and was heavily influenced by philosophers and psychologists including Karen Horney and Alfred Adler as well as the work of behavioral therapists. Ellis’s goal was to develop an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy designed to
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Pet Therapy 1 Does Pet Therapy Improve the Health of Those Who Use it? English Composition Pet Therapy 2 This paper reviews the possible beneficial effects pet therapy can have on individuals in both a hospital setting‚ as well as the every growing technique of home health care. Pet Therapy is a fairly new and changing technique in the health care field. The hope of pet therapy is that during visits to the hospital it will help divert parent and children’s attention during
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Music therapy is used to treat people for various reasons and there are multiple styles of treatment presently being used. Music therapy is an effective form of therapy that is used on people of all ages to improve quality of life. Music therapy has been used in the medical industry for more than 60 years and there are many people who have no idea what it is. During W.W.I.‚ music therapy in the United States began to develop when music was used in the Veterans Administration Hospitals as an intervention
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Behavioral Therapy‚ (or CBT as it will be referred to from here on out)‚ refers to the approach of changing dysfunctional behaviors and thoughts to realistic and healthy ones. CBT encompasses several types of therapy focusing on the impact of an individual’s thinking as it relates to expressed behaviors. Such models include rational emotive therapy (RET)‚ rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT)‚ behavior therapy (BT)‚ Rational Behavior Therapy (RBT)‚ Schema Focused Therapy‚ Cognitive therapy (CT).
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Technology REVIEW ARTICLE Maggot Therapy Takes Us Back to the Future of Wound Care: New and Improved Maggot Therapy for the 21st Century Ronald A. Sherman‚ M.D.‚ M.Sc.‚ D.T.M.H. Abstract In the 21st century‚ eighty years after William Baer presented his groundbreaking work treating bone and soft tissue infections with live maggots‚ thousands of therapists around the globe have rediscovered the benefits of maggot therapy. The renaissance in maggot therapy is due in large part to recent technological
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Pet therapy can be dated as far back as prehistory time when humans noticed that animals were not only used for food‚ but they were also friends and companions. Animal-facilitated therapy is one of the newer forms of medicine used throughout the nation. The origin of animal-facilitated therapy can be traced as far back as 18th century. The York Retreat‚ founded in 1792 by the Quaker merchant William Tuke‚ was cited to be the first use of animal-facilitated therapy. Instead of harsh forms of treatment
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