HSC2003 Understanding approaches to managing pain and discomfort. 1. Explain the importance of a holistic approach to managing pain and discomfort. Using a holistic approach is important because it gets to the root of the problem, the reason your having pain to begin with. Pain may be coming from another part of of the body.
Jackson. According to Maslach and Jackson, “human service professionals are often required to spend a considerable time in intense involvement with other people, centering around the client’s current problems (psychological, social, and/or physical and is therefore charged with feelings of anger, embarrassment, fear or despair” ( p. 99). Due to the nature of the profession the individual often experiences chronic stress which can be emotionally draining and poses the risk for burnout. Maslach and Jackson define burnout “as a syndrome of emotional exhaustion and cynicism that occurs frequently among individuals who do ‘people-work’ of some kind” (p. 99). Three aspects of burnout are emotional exhaustion, negative, cynical attitudes and feelings about one’s clients and the tendency to evaluate oneself negatively with regards to one’s work with clients.
Also if the person is hospitalised or needs surgery, poisoned from wrong medication, shock and disbelief. If someone is being physically abused then the effects are going to be mainly physical, such as bruising and cuts. There are also Long term effects. Abuse is a major source of stress and can have long-term effects on the health and well-being of older adults. The stress of abuse could trigger chest pain or angina, and may be a factor in other serious heart problems.
These feelings may come from an experience in his or hers childhood, adolescent, or in adulthood. Psychodynamic therapy uses the assumption that everyone has a subconscious, and feelings held in the subconscious are often too painful to face. Humanistic-existential is the approach, which tries to do justice to the whole person including mind, body and spirit; to enable the patient to find constructive ways of coming to terms with every day challenges. Behavior therapy focuses on the present. This type of therapy helps patients overcome phobias and self-destructive behavior.
“Given the importance of anger and related emotions such as anxiety and depression in the recovery of substance-dependent patients, we expect that patients in residential treatment for substance dependence could benefit from FT.” (Lin, Mack, Enright, Krahn, and Baskin, 2004) Forgiveness is the main feature to emotional recovery when dealing with chemical dependency. Many participants were reluctant to forgive or respond to treatment in the beginning of this therapy. However, participants showed substantial changes from FT, than from traditional therapy at posttest and follow-up. “Despite steady improvements in depression in the alternative treatment condition, these participants continued to exhibit clinically depressed patterns at both posttest and follow-up.” (Lin, Mack, Enright, Krahn, and Baskin, 2004) In conclusion, Forgiveness Therapy is centered on the client’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Compare and contrast the existential and cognitive behavioural approaches to understanding and working with fear and sadness. Which one of these two approaches do you feel more drawn to and why. Whilst many people helped shape the early existential psychology movement, Victor Frankel 1905-1997 and Rollo May 1909-1994 are amongst the most renowned. Existential psychotherapy is a philosophical method of therapy that operates on the belief that inner conflict within a person is due to that individual's confrontation with the givens of existence. (Yalom 1980) Existential therapy operates on the belief that inner conflict within a person is due to that individual's perception and fear of the very process of existing and of the inevitability of death .
“Other common condition treated at the center are, OCD, Social Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder/SAD Specific Phobia, Trichotillomania, Separation-Anxiety, Hypochondriasis, Hoarding/Saving, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Disorder. These disorders are very disabling for people who suffer from them daily.” (Anxiety Treatment Center, 2012). 2) Who presents the program or interventions? The interventions are presented by the treatment center staff. Below is a list of the doctors and therapists at the center.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder I would like to talk to you about a disease or defect in the human body that affects many people in the world today. I actually know someone that I am very close to who has been diagnosed with this disorder. My fiancé was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder years ago. He has many trials to endure everyday just to get through the day. Someone with this disorder has a lot of trouble even with the things that may not be an issue for an average person.
Discuss the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias and describe how you would treat these Issues with hypnotherapy. Word count 1935 Some of the most common requests within hypnotherapy treatment are those that are related to stress, anxiety and phobias. Stress can be said to be one of the most common afflictions of modern society, with our fast paced busy lifestyles our minds and bodies can often struggle to keep up with each other, this can cause stress and in turn cause a variety of illnesses or unwanted habits or phobias if left un dealt with. For the therapist to have an understanding of the link between stress and these disorders is extremely important so that the therapist can provide the right form of treatment
Why is it that I had trouble solving my own problems? Almost every time I asked for advice was when I was emotionally unstable. I realized that I had trouble coming to my senses whenever I was upset, sad, or angry. Throughout my life I have seen many other people face the same problem when they are emotionally disturbed. We can see a good example of how emotions can hinder rational thought in the first chapter of Charlotte’s Web.