Course Syllabus COUN 506 Integration of Psychology and Theology Course Description Students critically examine the implications of a Christian worldview for counseling and marriage and family practice. Ethical issues relevant to the use of spiritual and religious interventions with individuals, couples, & families are considered, along with current research related to spirituality and counseling. Rationale Integration of psychology, theology, and spirituality provides students an
Goldfried, M. R., & Davila, J. (2005). The role of relationship and technique in therapeutic change. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 42(4), 421-430. doi:10.1037/0033-3204.42.4.421 The article introduces readers to the discourse surrounding the variety of views on the role of methodology and the relationship in the therapeutic alliance. The undertones that guide the discussion and is largely the conflict are the assumptions made about theories and how they include not just one
General Psychology Dr. Williams In Tori DeAngelis article “PTSD Treatments Grow in Evidence, Effectiveness” she argues that several psychological interventions help to significantly reduce post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. But after reading the article an impression that its content is somehow contradictory to the title, as its main statement may be evaluated as “More PTSD treatments are developed and practiced, though all of them still lack reliable evidence and their consequences
Cognitive Psychology Article Review Introduction The article, "Improve Your Child's Memory: Why Remembering is Key to School Success" by John Hoffman, introduces the struggle many teachers, particularly elementary school teachers have with students retaining academic related information including facts for testable material. The author cites the ability of children to remember information that is important to them but to continued to struggle with memory when it comes to instructions from the
surrounding world, just like the villagers of Wall who despite living right next to a fairy land, remain entirely clueless of its existence. Heshmat, Shahram. “What Is Confirmation Bias?” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 23 Apr. 2015, www.psychologytoday.com. Accessed 11 May 2017. This article from Psychology Today defines confirmation biases, and gives great examples of instances where a confirmation bias leads to misconception. The author explains that confirmation biases lead to humans disregarding
Research Statistics and Psychology Paper Roberta Parker PSY/315 June 10, 2011 Dr. Julie Wilson Research Statistics and Psychology Paper Research plays a major role in psychology, which research is understood through statistics. Psychologists depend on research to understand theories and to understand how people behave, think, and feel. Research needs to be organized to be understood by psychologists; therefore statistics help organize the information and make the connection between the research
satisfying and resourceful ways. My article for this week was The Client–Counselor Match and the Corrective Emotional Experience: Evidence from Interpersonal and Attachment Research written by Annie Bernier and Mary Dozier from the University of Delaware. The article suggest the client-counselor match as a helping condition for a healing emotional experience and revisits the appropriate facts from attachment and interpersonal studies. In reading the article this week I believe it does lend validity
References Barron, E ; Riby, L. M ; Greer, J ; & Smallwood, J. (2011). Absorbed in thought: the effect of mind wandering on the processing of relevant and irrelevant events. Psychological Science, 22 (5), 596-601. doi: 10.1177/0956797611404083 As outline on this study mind wandering emerges in the human mind through direct effects from the external environment (Barron, Riby, Greer, & Smallwood, 2011). This report conducts an analytical study on the possibilities of mind wandering and how these activities
Beth was the oldest of three children. In 1944, Elizabeth Fishman was born and then her two brothers followed. After the war, Dr. Fishman opened a general practice in Santa Monica, Calif. (Boss, 1994). Elizabeth described two personal and traumatic events during her youth that impacted her greatly, in an interview with Neimark (1996).
Critical Review of Meta-Analysis Abstract Meta-analysis has been much debated and criticized since its creation, and it has been argued that systematic reviews are superior. The present study examined the reverse idea – that meta-analysis is the superior method. A literature search was conducted of meta-analysis studies for psychotherapy within the PsycINFO database. The resulting studies were further examined and classified as either primary articles or secondary articles. Primary articles were