CBT has many advantages in treating depression, such as helping patients recognize and address negative thoughts. However, there are limitations and CBT is not always accepted as a viable treatment option for some. This paper addresses the goals of CBT in treating depression, the advantages and limitations of CBT for depression and explains how the therapy works to treat depression. Depression and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 1 Depression and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy “Since its introduction in the 1970s, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression has become one of the most widely investigated and practiced forms of therapy for depression” (Tang 2005). CBT is a psychological treatment that has been evaluated at length and shown to be effective in most cases of depression.
Ethical dilemmas in the human service profession are complex and it sometimes involves conflicting views and various ways of finding the best solutions. What Ethical Issues you may Encounter In the case of Bob: Bob has been diagnosed with a substance abuse disorder; he has developed symptoms such as: insomnia, hopelessness, sadness, lethargy and depression. Bob’s case worker Felicita is now proposing to double the number of sessions Bob attends per week to make sure that her client progresses during his treatments. Felicita has made this decision based on the symptoms that Bob has been displaying. Felicita’s assessments of Bob’s substance abuse disorder with occurring depression, Felicita’s feels that doubling up on Bob’s treatment sessions will help Bob’s progress.
Research Question: How effective is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in treating adolescents/young adults who engage in self-harm? (put in importance of evidence based practice) “Risk of suicide attempt, suicidal ideation and deliberate self-harm is high among young people” (Robinson et al, 2011:3). Thus the objective of this assignment is to determine the validity of the chosen quantitative study that considers the effectiveness of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (here in after referred to as CBT) in the treatment of self-harm among adolescents/young people. During my previous PLO I worked within mental health. Numerous professionals within the team are trained in CBT, and use CBT to treat a wide range of issues including self-harm; this is where my interest derives.
The counselor then identifies any ethical or substance abuse concerns and uses educational comments, empowerment/support statements, and reframes as therapeutic interactions with the client. Finally, the counselor identifies the client’s current coping strategies and presents possible coping alternatives such as support groups, long-term therapy, legal referrals or referrals to other medical professionals or agencies. It is important that the counselor take steps to get a client’s commitment to follow-through with recommendations. Some may consider the six-step model a more straightforward and efficient intervention model designed to work as an integrated problem-solving process (James, 2008). All six steps involve an ongoing assessment, which is also a critical component of crisis intervention.
Their goal for any client is to provide optimal mental health. A clinical mental health counselor provides services for those who are addicted to substances such as drugs and alcohol, those who have depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc., those who need or ask for family parenting skills, couples therapy for marital problems, those who no longer want to be in this world, those who have self-esteem issues, and for those who are aging and the issues that come along with the aging process (MyPlan.com, 2009; Gladding & Newsome, 2010). Clinical mental health counselors have many different job titles, such as counselor, consultant, case manager, clinical
Through this identification, the reader will attain a greater understanding of the requirements needed for competent mental health counseling. Role of Researcher Mental health counselors aside from specializations must be informed about the people whom they work for. Understanding the characteristics of their clientele, counselors seek to understand interests, attitudes, personalities and intelligent quotients (Sherpis, et.al., 2010). One method used to attain reliable and accurate data can be demonstrated through research within these areas. Variables within data both quantitative and qualitative must be approached from an unbiased perspective aimed at seeking relevancy to these clients.
In the event a therapist is faced with an ethical dilemma he or she may follow the steps of the ethical decision making process. The ethical decision making process provides guidance to therapists assisting each therapist to respond to ethical dilemmas. As Pope and Vasquez state, the steps may help therapists to identify important aspects of a situation, consider positive and negative consequences of the ways in which therapists may respond, and discover better approaches. Therapists’ decisions and actions have an effect on the welfare, dignity, and independence of the client. One of the most common dual relationships in therapist psychology refers to an intimate relationship between therapist and client.
These strengths include: family functioning assessment from both patient and clinician perspectives, differential assessment of depressed and manic episodes, the ability to control for symptom status at the time that family functioning was assessed, and a longitudinal, repeated measures design. Continued research on the ways that family functioning and bipolar symptoms mutually influence each other can help identify individuals at highest risk for relapse and increase the ability to use family treatments to create better outcomes for those suffering from bipolar disorder. Article: Miller, I. W. (2006). Family Functioning in Bipolar I Disorder. Journal of Family Psychology, 20(No.
Contemporary Issue in Psychology: Final Project Sharee S. Terry PS115-24 Contemporary Issue in Psychology: Final Project Contemporary issues in psychology began with the study of human behaviors. We observed and discussed waiting behaviors in common areas thru out our society. We gained knowledge by conducting research on waiting behaviors in common areas we frequent as individuals. We explored the influence of stress on our daily lives and its healthy and unhealthy effects on our career, personal life and studies. Our own different and individual strategies for managing stress were discussed as well as how we learned these stress managing strategies.
Identifying my preferred counseling specialization and how the specialization emerged My preferred counseling specialization is Mental Health Counseling, accessing clients with life changing events, such as: tragedy, death, and a broad area of mental issues in general; in order to give a diagnosis, and render a treatment plan (North Carolina Counselor-License). Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the