Cognitive therapies aim to identify, challenge and modify dysfunctional beliefs. Firstly, the therapy tackles obsessions, the therapist questions how patients interpret their beliefs, including why they think they are true and why they think their obsessions developed. These beliefs are then challenged and reinterpreted so the patient never has any activity that causes them anxiety. Then the therapist questions the patient’s value of their compulsion and will help them prove that their belief is false and this in turn helps control the
Sigmund Freud was the first to challenge the view that mental disorders were caused by physical illness and proposed that psychological factors were responsible for the illness. The psychodynamic approach highlights the importance of the unconscious mind and early childhood experiences. Psychodynamic psychologist’s attempt to deal with the mental health issues of their patients by incorporating these ideas and creating therapies using these ideas. The basic concept behind psychoanalysis is that a patient that suffers from mental health problems such as depression can address any regressed feelings thus, the patient gains insight of and can learn to work through their emotional baggage. It is a generalised concept that if the cause of the symptoms were tackled it would only be logical that the symptoms would then cease.
Very detailed as the clients walks though different levels of feelings that start at the most intense feeling about a phobia or disorder and once a specific belief is resolved, beleifs are resolved until the phobia or the anxiety disorder is resolved. The goal of systematic desensitization is to expose gradually clients to phobias until it is relieved. This process cannot be applied to all phobias as some phobias may have deep psychological attachment that may require another form of therapy. Aversive conditioning or avoidance avoid objects or situations that's not favorable. With conditioning an individual learn to respond based on a negative or positive response from a stimuli.
I will also argue that however theoretically effective in achieving a trance state the personalised screed may be, other aspects of the therapist’s communication and interaction with the subject are equally, if not more important. These may compound or offset any benefits to be obtained by an effective personalised induction screed. The term induction applies to specific and standardised procedures that aim to relax a subject and facilitate his/her inward focus and detachment from the external environment, following which a further sequence of manoeuvres, encompassing the total hypnotherapy experience will ensue. A number of different types of induction, including rapid, fixation and relaxation methods may be suited to different situations, ranging from stage shows to the therapy environment. The therapist will select the method that best suits the context, purpose and client characteristics to optimise results.
Creative therapies (art therapy, music therapy)-These therapies allow the patient to explore and express his or her thoughts and feelings in a safe and creative way. Clinical hypnosis-This is a treatment method that uses intense relaxation, concentration and focused attention to achieve an altered state of consciousness (awareness), allowing people to explore thoughts, feelings and memories they might have hidden from their conscious minds. The use of hypnosis for treating dissociative disorders is controversial due to the risk of creating false memories. Prognosis/Prevention Most fugues are brief, lasting from less than a day to several months. Often, the disorder goes away on its own.
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that assumes negative behaviors and emotions that are caused by faulty thoughts and thinking patterns (Ford-Martin, 1999). CBT helps clients develop new ways of thinking and behaving. (Galanter ,Keller, & Weinberg, 1997). CBT is used quite often to treat substance abuse issues. The approach focuses on maladaptive behaviors (addictive behaviors) by changing what it perceives to be the root cause of them (faulty thinking).
The psychological elements of hypnosis begin before the subject meets the therapist with a desire for someone to intervene and assist in altering a particular behaviour, or helping to disassociate from a learned behaviour which is causing the subject discomfort and creating a desire for change for now and for the future. At the point that the subject has demonstrated the willingness to surrender to the therapist they are anticipating a positive outcome and already anticipating a specific rapport with the therapist. Beyond that point it is important for therapist and subject to share a compatibility such that the subject can allow themselves to sufficiently surrender to the hypnotic treatment. That having been established the therapist may begin to induce an hypnotic trance by way of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR). Historically PMR was a means of achieving deep relaxation in the subject by means of tensing and relaxing of muscle groups throughout the body.
Attending a hypnosis session for the first time can be a scary thing because of all the mythology that a person probably has about hypnosis. Therefor this style is nurturing and is about giving a person choice by using words that are caring. For example, you might say to a person “You may or may not begin to notice that you’re breathing is beginning to relax”, or “you could make yourself as comfortable as possible”. These simple sentences are offering the client choice and making them feel in control and they will not feel a threat and there might not be implications to the conscious mind of the
Some treatments have been proven more harmful than good. Medications such as antidepressants and mood stabilizers have just as many side effects as what they can help. Psychotherapy is also an effective way of treating the disorder. This involves four elements of therapy: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)- assists people with bipolar disorder to help them change bad thoughts to good thoughts Family-focused therapy involves the person who has the disorder accompanied by family members. The patient can use this therapy to help open doors of communication with their loved one Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy involves structuring a routine for the person so that everything seems normal Psychoeducation helps the patient by educating them about the illness or disorder and how to cope with everyday life living with the
“Medicating Ourselves” In “Medicating Ourselves,” Robyn Sarah is concerned about the medications doctors are prescribing us. She believes it is doing us more harm than doing us good. She questions two specific disorders, ADD/ADHD and Depression, and explains the key reasons why. To medicate or not to medicate that is the question. Robyn believes that medication can be helpful, but she does give valid points about how it is over used.