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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Family Health Assessment Jacqueline Lawrence April 14‚ 2013 Grand Canyon University NRS-429V-Family-Centered Promotion Professional nurses pushing families to take control over their health has always been a challenging issue. Encouraging individuals‚ families and communities to collaborate with health providers and join a shared approach at tackling health promotion together can be rewarding for all parties. Nursing theorist and professor‚ Marjory Gordon developed a functional health
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Programs May‚ 2013 “The aversion therapy is considered a type of psychological treatment‚ where patients will be exposed to different types of stimulus and at the same time it will experience some type of discomfort (Lieberman‚ 2012).”This treatment is based on the principles of classical conditioning; using classical conditioning to get rid of addictions or unwanted behaviours. Patient’s unwanted addiction is paired with a drug that makes them sick. “Aversion therapy can be used with alcoholics.
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Running head: NURSING ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTIONS 1 Nursing Assessment and Interventions to Older Adults With Dementia Karen Montanez Trinitas School of Nursing Abstract This paper explores three published articles that report the different nursing assessments‚ strategies and interventions for patients with dementia. The paper explains the meaning of dementia‚ how to communicate properly with patients who suffer from the disease and techniques
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problem story. 2. The therapist will begin to deconstruct the problem by externalizing the family story so that clients experience an identify separate from the problem and the problem is disempowered. This process is summed up in the statement‚ “The person is not the problem‚ the problem is the problem.” 3. A narrative takes form and the deconstructive process continues with “why” and “how” questions. 4. The therapist encourages family to remember unique outcomes when they showed competence and
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Family Systems Interventions Intervention skills: Facilitating family change Change skills 1. Break maladaptive interaction patterns 2. Clarity problematic consequences 3. Alter affective blocks 4. Initiate cognitive restructuring 5. Implement new adaptive patterns 6. Mobilize external resources as required Break Maladaptive Patterns • Intervene to control maladaptive patterns by restructuring family interaction verbally or physically • When appropriate‚ facilitate the adaptive expression
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy in the Outpatient Treatment of Major Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial Ellen Driessen‚ Ph.D.; Henricus L. Van‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D.; Frank J. Don‚ M.Sc.; Jaap Peen‚ Ph.D.; Simone Kool‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D.; Dieuwertje Westra‚ M.Sc.; Mariëlle Hendriksen‚ M.Sc.; Robert A. Schoevers‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D.; Pim Cuijpers‚ Ph.D.; Jos W.R. Twisk‚ Ph.D.; Jack J.M. Dekker‚ Ph.D. Am J Psychiatry 2013;170:1041-1050. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12070899 Psychodynamic Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral
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For men in their later years who are going through andropause‚ a potentially effective way to combat the symptoms of aging is through testosterone therapy. Its effects can help to significantly improve a patient’s lifestyle and personal wellbeing. As early as the age of 25‚ the body’s production of hormones begins to decline at a steady pace. Testosterone is an anabolic hormone and is essential for the preservation and growth of muscle and bone mass and strength. Andropause or hypogonadism occurs
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Behavior Therapy * Behavior therapy is a behavior modification approach to psychotherapy based on learning theory which aims to treat psychopathological problems through techniques designed to reinforce desired and eliminate undesired behaviors * Possibly the first occurrence of the term "behavior therapy" was in a 1953 research project by B.F. Skinner‚ Ogden Lindsley‚ Nathan H. Azrin and Harry C. Solomon * Other early pioneers in behaviour therapy include Joseph Wolpe and Hans Eysenck
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Changes of Physical Therapy Physical therapy‚ according to the Oxford Dictionary (2013) is‚ “The treatment of disease‚ injury‚ or deformity by physical methods such as massage‚ heat treatment‚ and exercise rather than by drugs or surgery.” The idea of treating a patient with physical exercise‚ massage‚ and hydrotherapy dates back to 460 BC (Maughan‚ 2013)‚ but physical therapy‚ as an actual profession‚ is quite young. It was not until around 120 years ago that physical therapy was considered a job
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