viewpoint that I thought I agreed most with I found it to be a difficult task. I would have to say that psychodynamic and sociocultural viewpoints are the ones that I just could not choose one over the other. The reason I had such a difficult time choosing‚ I believe is because substance abuse there are so many different factors that make the subject at hand so extensive. I agree with the psychodynamic viewpoint because in my opinion and from my personal experience those individuals that have been
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Psychodynamic Perspective The psychodynamic perspective was originally developed by Sigmund Freud but includes ideas from many other people who have developed Freud?s arguments. The main assumption of the psychodynamic perspective is that all behaviour can be explained in terms of the inner conflicts of the mind. For example‚ in the case study of Little Hans‚ Freud argued that Little Hans? phobia of horses was caused by a displaced fear of his father. The psychodynamic perspective emphasises
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Cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic 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
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process of ’cognitive housekeeping’ whereby a practitioner would explore their own values‚ beliefs and practice to a professional situation. It is also frequently perceived that a structure is helpful to support and encourage more than just simple reflections ‚Jones (2009). Popular theorists have emerged in reflective practice‚ Schon cited in Smith (2011) expands on the concepts of Dewey (1933) and Kolb (1984) by not simply learning from errors but to explore one’s own theory. Introducing the concept
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Moon‚ University of Exeter Introduction - reflection and reflective writing Reflection lies somewhere around the notion of learning and thinking. We reflect in order to learn something‚ or we learn as a result of reflecting. Reflective writing is the expression on paper/screen of some of the mental processes of reflection. Other forms of expressing reflection are in speech‚ in film‚ in graphic portrayal‚ music etc. The expression of reflection is not‚ however‚ a direct mirror of what happens
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Psychodynamic essay The main assumption of the psychodynamic approach is that all behaviour can be explained in terms of the inner conflicts of the mind. For example‚ in the case study of Little Hans‚ Freud argued that Little Hans’ phobia of horses was caused by a displaced fear of his father. The psychodynamic approach emphasizes the role of the unconscious mind‚ the structure of personality and the influence that childhood experiences have on later life. Freud believed that the unconscious mind
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In day to day life‚ people often reflect on events no matter how big or small the issues are. Reflection is a reviewing process of people’s experience‚ in order to describe‚ analyse‚ and evaluate to reshape people’s action of doing (Reid 1993). Reflective practice is essential for practitioners especially for health professionals‚ who interact with people that may be going through a changing in their life‚ so reflective practice enable practitioners to learn the experience and improve their service
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understanding of the fundamental requirements. Following a process of study and extensive analysis of appendixes 6‚7‚8‚9‚ my own development needs are most clearly in the areas of stress management‚ updating of Literacy and numeracy skills. Review of my reflections ( see appendix 10) demonstrates the need for more effective stress management strategies to be put into place as the notes show clearly defined moments of stress due to the previous lack of organisation and staff rotation‚ as well as the fact that
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the next page show different levels of reflection. They are based on a critical event that happened to a 22 year old in the workplace‚ after graduating. There are three accounts of the same event: giving a presentation at a team meeting. Each account is written with three different levels of reflection: • Descriptive writing: a description of events. There is no discussion beyond description and there is no evidence of reflection. • Descriptive reflection: there is a basic description of events
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Psychodynamic approach‚ which considers current behaviors have its origins traced back to childhood‚ is one of the explanations for the repeated patterns of interactions and relationships in adult life. This essay aims to discuss the propositions that relationships in adult life are molded by relationships established in early childhood‚ by using the classical Freudian and object relations theories The starting point will be going over the general view of psychodynamics on these propositions‚ and
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