Before I can explain the role an Occupational Therapist and the Occupational Therapist Assistant will have in the recovery of a Traumatic Brain Injury patient‚ we first need to understand exactly what it is. The brain is made up of numerous unique parts and functions that depend on each other. Damaging the brain can have long-term side effects on an individual‚ depending on what part of the brain was injured. Depending on the type of brain injury this will affect the type of treatments that are
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Scenario J.B.‚ a 45-year-old woman‚ is an office manager for a busy law firm and single mother of two children. While cleaning a shower stall‚ she experienced a sharp pain in her lower back. Over the next few hours‚ her lower back became increasing more painful. By the time she picked up the children from their sporting event and drove to the nearest walk-in medical clinic‚ she had a sharp shooting pain into her right buttocks. Her spinal x-rays were not significant‚ and she was diagnosed with acute
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1. Introduction Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT) was established by Albert Ellis and he has found that what individuals accepted unequivocally influenced how they responded rationally. Accordingly‚ when their beliefs became irrational‚ it would make individuals feel skeptical‚ edgy or bad tempered and would even prompt pounding toward oneself state of mind (Psych Central.com‚ 2014). REBT is a pragmatic methodology to help people in taking care of and vanquishing troubles and in addition
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the basic concepts of Narrative therapy. Narrative therapy Michael white and David Epston are best known for their use of narrative in therapy. According to white individuals construct the meaning of life in interpretive stories which are then treated as truth. Adopting a postmodern‚ narrative‚ social constructionist view sheds light on how power knowledge and truth are negotiated in families and other social and cultural contexts. Key concepts Focus narrative therapy involves adopting a shift
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Interpersonal Therapy Case Study of Susan � Interpersonal therapy is short-term therapy for depression and other problems that looks for solutions and strategies to deal with interpersonal problems rather than spending time on interpretation and analysis. In the initial stages of interpersonal therapy‚ therapeutic goals typically include diagnosis‚ completing the requisite inventories‚ identifying the client ’s major problem areas‚ and creating a treatment contract. PRESENTING PROBLEM This case study
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Defining Ethics in Counseling A professional counseling organization supports the rigorous standards for education‚ training and clinical practice. The counselors are committed to increasing knowledge of human behavior and understanding of themselves and the clients that they are trying to help. They are skilled professionals who provide a full range of counseling services in a variety of settings. Most professional counseling organizations have a code‚ a document intended as a guide
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awareness of well-being and satisfaction of “ affect hunger.” Support offers a healing process- an integration of all parts of the person. (1) The relationship itself‚ where the helpee experiences the helper’s acceptance and warmth. (2) Direct counseling help in the form of reassurance or
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alternative form of treatment‚ or in combination with medication‚ are several types of psychotherapy that have been found helpful for people with depression. The two effective types are cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and interpersonal therapy (IPT). IPT is structured time limited therapy aimed at addressing issues related to interpersonal role changes and loss. It focuses on four primary domains: dealing with interpersonal role disputes adjusting to the loss of a relationship‚ acquiring a new
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practice‚ I will use include psychotherapy; also‚ known as “talk therapy”. Psychotherapy involves; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used by a therapist to restructure the mind of a traumatized person to think positively about the incident; instead of feeling guilty about what is not his fault. It is a coping skill that deals with the immediate trauma. In the case of Robert‚ cognitive behavioral therapy will help to redirect his thoughts that have made him to have
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The Effects of Physical Activity and Nutritional Counseling on Smoking Cessation Among Low Income African American Smokers – Randomized Control Trial Group 3 Table of Contents Project Abstract……………………………………………………………………………..… 3 Project Narrative…………………………………………………………………………….… 4 Facilities/Equipment………………………………………………………………………..… 5 Biosketches……………………………………………………………………………………. 6 Specific Aims…………………………………………………………………………….…... 11 Research Plan………………………………………………………………………………… 12 Background
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