PSYC 201-01 Exam II Form A Name: ____________________________ Student ID #: ______________________ Case Study: carefully read the case study and answer the questions about Sally’s symptoms‚ diagnosis‚ and treatment. (25 points total) Sally‚ is a 19-year-old‚ Japanese American‚ woman presenting for counseling with several symptoms‚ feelings of being "stressed out" about school‚ and conflicts over her desired major and the one her parent’s prefer. Sally is among the first generation of her
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self-esteem)‚ intense fear of being overweight or putting on weight and amenorrhoea (the loss of 3 consecutive periods). There is the biological and psychological explanation to AN. The psychological explanation consists of the cognitive and psychodynamic approach. The cognitive explanation suggest AN is the result of faulty or maladaptive thought processes about self‚ the body and food. For example‚ there’s irrational obsession about how thin they look and their sense of self is based on how they
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important question that may arise for a clinician may revolve around “which assessment and treatment approaches for which types of geriatric mental disorders will produce which types of outcomes?” (Segal‚ Qualls and Smyer‚ 2011) Choosing between Psychodynamic‚ Cognitive Behavioral‚ Stress and Coping and Family Systems to treat an array of mental disorders within the aging population appears to be very simplistic. Throughout the course of treatment‚ a clinician may find themselves using strategies from
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The seven modern perspectives of psychology are the biological approach‚ the behavioral approach‚ the psychodynamic approach‚ the humanistic approach‚ the cognitive approach‚ the evolutionary approach‚ and the sociocultural approach. 1. The biological approach focuses on the body‚ brain and the nervous system. One example would be like the way your heart races when you’re afraid. The biological factors influences your specific brain structures and neurotransmitters that can contribute to depression
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Level 2 Certificate in Counseling Concepts Where did I come from? My role at work is office based and as a senior manager I have to deal with people with all types of back grounds. My skills over the years have built up but as time goes on these skills need to develop around the way the business progresses and also what happens during employee’s life. My reason for this Course are mainly around self development‚ to get a better understanding of people and their feelings this can be challenging
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; The Treatment Of Richard Faulty or maladaptive cognitions are negative thoughts and beliefs about ourselves‚ others or situations that can reinvent themselves as a number of ways including depression‚ anxiety‚ self pity and manifest outwardly as negative or faulty behavior such as violence‚ extreme mood swings‚ eating disorders or substance misuse. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an action therapy that focuses on current behavior‚ Corey (2001). CBT recognizes the
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Foundations of Psychology Paper Kristin McLauchlin PSY-300 January 14‚ 2013 Betsy Ferronato Foundations of Psychology Paper The foundations of psychology rely mainly on their major schools of thought: the psychodynamic perspective‚ first introduced by Sigmund Freud‚ the behaviorist perspective‚ the cognitive perspective‚ and the evolutionary perspective. These four main theories were developed to explain how we as humans behave‚ think and react. Although the human mind still remains a mystery
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Psychotherapy Approaches to Disorders PSY/201 October 31‚ 2010 Psychotherapy Matrix Psychodynamic Therapy Approach | Behavioral Therapy Approach | Cognitive Therapy Approach | Summary of Approach | Psychodynamic Therapy seeks to bring unresolved past conflicts and unacceptable impulses from the unconscious into the conscious‚ where patients may deal with the problems more effectively (Feldman‚ 2010‚ p. 430). | Behavioral Therapy builds on the basic processes of learning‚ such as reinforcement
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term. In fact it covers several approaches that embrace the idea of individuals being inherently good and a positive attitude towards humanity in essence. The most famous would be the person centered approach by Carl Rogers. Rogers studied Psychodynamic theory but his personality drove to focus more on feelings and less on the unconscious. He developed a form of therapy that was non-directive by the therapist‚ allowing the client to lead the session. Rogers considered the client to be the expert
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Psychology Homework Compare and contrast 2 or more explanations of any 1 anxiety disorder (30 marks) The anxiety disorder I shall explain is known as Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). As the name suggests‚ obsessive compulsive disorder is characterised by obsessions and compulsions. There are two explanations for this disorder; psychological and biological. The biological explanation of OCD focuses on genetics .i.e. role of certain chemical imbalances and family increasing likelihood of developing
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