There is Coping Skills, which has an element of 'self-verbalisation' to ourselves and the result of the way we behave. This aims to reduce and prevent stress by teaching service users such as clients suffering from schizophrenia what to say and what to do during difficult situations such as feeling angry or paranoid. Problem-Solving Skills encourage clients to identify and define their problems, generate solutions to their problems and choose the best way to act on their problems and review their progress. Cognitive Restructuring aims to focus on challenging and modifying clients’ unrealistic or negative thoughts. Finally, Structural Cognitive Therapy aims at client's beliefs, which cause problems.
Common requests for hypnotherapy treatment are those related to stress, anxiety, habits and phobias. An understanding of the relationship between these disorders, examining the similarities and the differences between each, provides the therapist with information useful in deciding how and if to treat these disorders. It could also be argued that each client is different and each may have differing symptoms to another client, thus the therapist should review each client on a one to one basis. Stress, anxiety, habits and phobias are very similar neurotic conditions, however there are boundaries between each of them making them unique conditions. Therefore, it is important for the client to be reviewed in hypnotherapy on a one to one basis and not as a group, which could in turn result in a less effective form of treatment being provided.
There are many different types of personality disorder which all separate into three different categories, these categories are; suspicious, emotional and impulsive and anxious. An example of a suspicious personality disorder is paranoid disorder, some one who suffers paranoid disorder will find it difficult to trust others, find it difficult to confide in anybody even close family and friends, they may watch people closely looking for signs of betrayal. An example of an emotional and impulsive disorder is histrionic disorder, if you suffer from this you are likely to be easily influenced by others, be dependant on the approval others and feel uncomfortable if your not centre of attention. An
If the teacher is the one delivering this element, the group instruction for behaviors might fall under the social skills area because behaviors affect the social realm. The therapeutic process and techniques take place within the theoretical perspective of the leader trained in a specific style or philosophy of human behavior, resulting in verbal or physical approaches to therapy. The basic assumption in group therapy is that, with the guidance of the leader, participants learn about their feelings and attitudes from interacting with other group members and, with support of the group, learn appropriate behaviors. Common components found in all the approaches include: "(a) insight or self-understanding, (b) learning from interpersonal interaction, (c) acceptance, (d) self-disclosure, (e) catharsis (a release from tension), (f) guidance, (g) vicarious learning, and (h) altruism" (Newcomer, 1993, p.
This can lead to a variety of other stressful mental and behavioural problems. With borderline personality disorder, we may have a severely distorted self-image and feel worthless and fundamentally flawed. anger, impulsiveness and frequent mood swings may push others away, even though we may desire to have loving and lasting relationships. Most psychiatrists and other mental health professionals use the DSM to diagnose mental illnesses. Because some
As a result treatment is often confined to medication (Pilling et al, 2002). Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is used to help the individual understand and change the patterns that are interfering with their ability to function with others or in general (Penn, et al, 2004). It is found to improve their self-esteem, social performance, and insight to the illness. It can be done in a group setting or individually. Another helpful tool in therapy is meta-cognitive training (MCT).
A Case Study focusing on a patient with Social Anxiety In order to meet the learning outcomes this essay will address the theory and principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and their application to mild to moderate common mental health problems, within the design of a case study. Following a discussion of the current status of CBT and review of the evidence, the essay presents a patients case from practice in regard to the application of CBT and the cognitive model to social anxiety also known as social phobia, while evaluating the processes of assessment, formulation, change mechanisms and evaluation. For the purposes of confidentiality, maintaining professional practice and in accordance with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) (2008) guidelines for good practice of CBT, the patient has been given the pseudonym ‘Jane’ and some of her personal details have also been changed, however all details regarding her presentation and interventions used remain unchanged. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) refers to the combination of cognitive therapy and behaviour modification strategies which have their foundations in the discipline of psychology. CBT it is an educational form of psychotherapy with a clear structure that focuses on current problems, using a collaborative approach encouraging patients to establish problem areas from their own point of view, in order to work towards treatment options and goal setting (Williams 2001).
It is then repeatedly used but often has a damaging effect on the person. This can be identified as being deliberate or intentional behaviour that has a clear, definite or probably negative effect. People are more likely to have a self-defeating or destructive manner when either there are threats made to their egos or when they have low self-esteem. When people have low self-esteem they are more likely to be susceptible to having depression, anxiety and emotional distress, which are problems that are usually directly related to low self-appraisal. There are many examples of self-defeating behaviours like, being needy, guilty, envious, angry, obsessive, rebellious, addictions, eating disorders, procrastination, controlling, gossiping, self-doubt and depression.
1.1 The causes of distress are varied and differ from person to person. The causes can be a range of external factors; however, the reasons have a much deeper, psychological influence which affects the way different people respond to different circumstances. Most people most of the time behave within the accepted norms of society. However, occasionally the emotions may become too powerful or the control which people have over their emotional feelings relaxes, resulting in a display of emotion which is recognised as distress. People commonly become distressed when: * They are informed of the death or serious illness of someone close to them * They receive other bad or worrying news * There is an overload of work or family pressures
The patients must first identify emotions so they can monitor the intensity of each feeling (Waseem, 2012). It is good for the patient to be able to identify their emotions so they can work through whatever triggered the personality states to develop to protect the patient from their previous traumas. If the patient can identify their emotions and can predict what they will feel when dissociation happens, they will be able to better control their life. Lastly, the best way to help a patient with dissociative identity disorder is to help them create a crisis plan for when their everyday functioning is affected. The patient will have more control and anxiety will be lessened because they are prepared to handle their mental disorder (Waseem, 2012).