Addiction Counseling Sharon Allen Liberty University Abstract In the latest research on, alcoholism, the American Psychological Association regard it as culturally neutral. So it’s important that when the client is being treated for this disease that the counselor does it without regard for their race or ethnicity. As the population diversity grow, the way the counselor treat this disorder had to change. Different racial background would encountered issues of the treatment. There are so many negative emotions that contribute to this disease such as parental alcoholism, self-esteem, peer pressure, stress, trauma and mental health issues.
Precisely, the researchers are exploring the effects of the forgiveness therapy on these particular types of behavior such as anger and depression. There is a desire to determine if forgiveness therapy can help prevent use of substances such as alcohol and drugs over just alcohol and drug rehab counseling programs. The research hypothesis is clearly stated; “We hypothesized that individuals in residential treatment for alcohol and drug dependence, after receiving treatment augmented by FT, would demonstrate less anger, depression, anxiety, and vulnerability to substance use and more self-esteem than those receiving
Empathy and drug addiction Thomas Dawson Interpersonal Communication Empathy is the ability of one person to understand another’s point of view, and is important in some approaches to drug addiction treatment, in which the empathizer understands the addict’s point of view as valid. Empathy is powerful in building trust, and in developing a good relationship with the user, especially if the user’s behavior has lead to judgment and criticism from others in the past. It takes some people a very hard time to have empathy for drug addicts especially if they never had to go through life knowing and loving someone addicted to something as evil as drugs. Then after all the time, sweat and tears of understanding what empathy really means and to finally stop all the negativity and hate towards someone you love and to finally want to help this person you lose them to the power of the addiction. This happens every day to people all over the world, even me, and is a topic that people need to hear and understand.
Self-Forgiveness: the Stepchild of Forgiveness Research Luisa S. D. Liberty University This is a journal article review critically reviewing the article “Self-Forgiveness: the Stepchild of Forgiveness Research” published in Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology in 2005, written by Julie H. Hall and Frank D. Fincham. The first session of this review will summarize the article, the second session will cover this author’s interaction with this article, and finally the third session will reveal this author’s attempt to put into application the material learned in this article. Summary This journal article serves as an introduction to Self-Forgiveness. Self-forgiveness is defined as an emotional expression of love and respect toward one-self and putting aside the negative thoughts stemmed from wrong actions. Self-forgiveness is similar to interpersonal forgiveness, for which there is much more literature available, but self-forgiveness is classified as intrapersonal forgiveness.
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF AN EPISODE OF NURSING CAREMODULE TITLE: NURS 6032STUDENT NO: 25048015COMPUTER ISS: ran1m12WORD COUNT (excluding text box): 3598 | A Critical Analysis of an Episode of Nursing Care Introduction The subjective interpretation of the criteria for service in Mental Health Organisations by clinicians can sometimes prevent people with possible mental health issues from accessing the service. The text box below gives an insight into an assessment of a service user in the presence of the student nurse. This essay sets out to critically analyse the episode of care given to this service user with regards to the way she was assessed for possible mental health issues, and relates when the subjective interpretation of a criteria for service was a barrier for engaging her into the service she came to seek help from. It starts with a comprehensive description of the assessment carried out by a Senior Nurse Practitioner, examines the role of nursing in people’s mental health, the meaning of a comprehensive and holistic assessment and includes the critical reflections of the student nurse on this assessment session based on her observations using Driscoll (2007) framework of refection. Description of the Assessment *Miss Frances is a pseudonym for the purposes of service user’s confidentiality and in line with the NMC Code of Conduct (2008).
Relapsing addicts need a more effective therapy to help overcome addiction problem once and for all. Dealing with past anger and forgiving the people who have driven the addicts to addiction is an excellent method to pursue. The authors indicated their research is the first of its kind specifying the uniqueness of the problem. Even though the study has several mistakes, the identifying problem should inspire additional research. Most rehabilitation centers use therapy to overcome drug and alcohol addictions, not the underlying cause of the addictions.
I would do the Beck’s Depression Inventory with her to determine the severity of the problem. I would do a mental exam on her to determine the severity of the Alzheimer’s. - Clinician Characteristics To be best able to work with Mrs. Sanders I would have to show her that I cared, show empathy, as well as a desire to help her. I would have to be able to motivate her and promote her continued independence. I would need to be structured, creative, and positive to help her find ways to deal with the Alzheimer’s.
Treatments involving this disorder, PTSD, are, “A social support system can reduce PTSD… a treatment practice called desensitization may be used, this treatment practice helps reduce symptoms by encouraging one to remember the traumatic event and to express it out loud and also to include your feelings about it as well,” (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001923/). Treatments like this can snap someone out of the drought they are in. Becoming more social and open about what you keep within yourself, such as talking about the secrets about the abuse you went through one person keeps away from another usually can result to a better, stress free, and PTSD free
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a way to monitor any behaviors that may eventually lead the adolescent to commit suicide. In cognitive behavioral therapy, the person is made aware of how his or her actions towards certain thoughts and feelings can lead to unhealthy moods. It focuses on fixing the person’s thoughts and feelings in order to help treat depression. According to editors and writers for the periodical Drug Week, “[c]ognitive behavioral therapy, a form of psychotherapy, was found to be effective if combined with fluoxetine use” (2005). A study was conducted by Dr. Graham Emslie, a professor at UT Southwestern, within the last decade that included 334 teenagers, all of whom suffered from major depression.
So in turn society is thought to be socially built based upon human interpretations. These interpretations are often called definition of the situation. An example of definitions of the situation would be underaged drinking. Teens are often educated of the risk and dangers of underaged drinking, but yet they think it’s cool to have just one drink and no harm will come from it. Teens may also think that drinking that one drink will display a positive image on theirs peers.