Individual Treatment in Group Process Practice Psychoeducational Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Divorced Women Experiencing Anxiety and Depression

Divorce can be a challenging time and often has an adverse effect on children as well as friends and external family members. However, with the help of human service workers, the dissolution of marriage does not have to create a barrier that continues to keep families apart. Open communication and compromise are important elements needed to create a smooth transition into a new

Psychoeducation. Psychoeducation is an approach to educate individuals about their exposure treatment (Ruzek et al., 2014). In addition, psychoeducation allows individuals to learn more about their disorder and the symptoms that go along with it. This educational approach provides the foundation for the treatment.

Anxiety is the most common mental health problem in the United States today. According to the article about (Bourne, 2005). Fifteen percent of the American population is widely affected by anxiety. This is the number one health problem amongst American women. Only half of the individuals affected will seek and receive treatment (Danton, Altrocchi, Antonuccio, Basta, 1994). My topic I am studying is group therapy and the effects it has on anxiety as compared to individual therapy.

Depression or Major Depressive Disorder as well as several other spectrum level diagnoses related to depression is one of the most common mental disorders seen today. Depression seems to be a pervasive social and community problem that effects millions of people on a daily basis, sometimes associated with environmental events and other times presenting out of what would seem to be nowhere. One of the most significant problems with depression is the variety of effective treatments that can be tried often present as effective in some and non-affective in others, depending on a great number of factors all of which are individualized. Recent research is seeking a greater understanding of the efficacy of various types of group therapy as it is associated with individual treatment plans for those suffering with depression. The importance of appropriate diagnosis as well as individualized understanding of possible environmental and or source issues associated with depression is paramount to a better understanding of what types of multi-treatment plans an individual would be most helped by. In general those who experience depression as a result of or in conjunction with a post traumatic event or those who experience social isolation as a result of or leading up to a depressive cycle can often be helped by appropriate group therapy in conjunction with individual therapy, cognitive behavioral

A simple search on the Internet for ‘quotes about divorce’ will bring up thousands of images of little sayings about how to move on after divorce or little jeers at the subject at hand. What is most striking about the thousands of images is the fact that there are thousands of them. Divorce has become a massive part of American culture.

Divorce is a very harsh and challenging thing, especially on children. In today’s society, it is very common. It takes hard work and determination to keep a marriage going strong. It is also something that both spouses have to work at every day. Children grow up seeing their mom and dad together, and they become immune to it. When suddenly one day their parents are no longer together, there can be long term and short term effects on the child. Effects of a divorce on children include depression and anxiety, separation from one or both parents, and lastly, stepfamilies.

Through research, group therapy has been proven to be as cost affective and therapeutically beneficial as individual therapy for treatment of psychological issues (Corey, Corey & Corey, 2010). For counselors to appropriately facilitate many types of group therapy they need to develop certain skills. These skills can be learned through cross training. Some counselors may find they only like to facilitate certain types of groups, but they can overcome their personal discomfort by learning the strategies that are available to assist them. This paper is about my group therapy conceptualization, world view, and the group process.

The samples were assessed in 2 phases; first and manipulation of independent variable (cognitive group therapy intervention). The samples were categorized into two groups randomly. After performing Young internet addiction test for members of both groups, cognitive group therapy was administered in 10 sessions for experimental group. In this study we used Young Internet Addiction Test, Quality of Life Scale and General Health Questionnaire. Data were analysid via

I chose to this project because of the major impact divorce can have on a person in a variety of aspects. Divorce is truly a heavy concept to fully understand. To examine and explore someone’s personal divorce story one must be mindful and considerate of the different views of divorce considering the many

     Divorce is a family crisis, which could require a long period for recovery. Along with the turmoil associated with the adolescent stage of life, divorce adds other

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the client’s distorted thoughts and helps the client change those distorted thought processes in order to change their overall behaviors. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a widely used theory in the field of psychology and can be extremely helpful in a group setting.

He was more concerned with the classification of mental illness than methods of treatment, which led to his 1907 publication ‘The Psychological Clinic’, in which the term ‘clinical psychology’ was first officially mentioned (Reisman, 1976; Watson, 1953).

This includes service coordination, attention to family conflict, communication, loss, problem solving, attention to both social and clinical needs for the individual with the illness, and social support for the family (Lukens & McFarlane, 2004). Common interventions for effective family psychoeducation include empathic engagement, ongoing support, clinical resources during periods of crisis, education, problem solving skills, social network enhancement, medication compliance, coping skills, and communication skills (Dyck, Hendryx, Short, Voss, & McFarlane, 2002; McFarlane, Dixon, Lukens, & Lucksted, 2003). An important determinant of outcomes for both the clients and their families is the delivery method used for appropriate components of family psychoeducation (Dixon et al., 2001). Dixon and colleagues (2001) discovered that programs do not reduce relapse rates if the information presented is not accompanied by ongoing mental illness management, skills training, and emotional support for family members. The strength of psychoeducation relies on the focus of educating clients and their families about the mental illness. When this basic understanding of the illness is established, clinicians can employ more continual and specific therapeutic elements such as problem solving skills, social interaction skills, and community reintegration training (Bäuml, Froböse, Kraemer, Rentrop, & Pitschel-Walz, 2006). Overall, pyschoeducation reflects a holistic, evidence based practice that stresses competence about the illness, health, collaboration, coping, and empowerment (Lukens & McFarlane,

Psychoeducation is one of evidence-based family interventions for mental illness and has been utilised in working with clients with mental illness such as schizophrenia and ADHD and their families. For instance, psychoeducation is appropriate approach to ADHD. A chid with ADHD brings enormous challenges to his family including parenting stress, conflict with siblings, and more. Psychoeducation has been a cognitive-behavioural approach to mental illness. This educational opportunity assists the clients’ families to gain more information and knowledge about mental illness and possible treatments. This intervention is based on the assumption that providing appropriate and adequate information can mediate distress within the family (Corcoran, 2003).

Divorce is a plague that is destroying numerous families across the United States of America. Sadly, when husbands and wives divorce, the children are often caught directly in the middle. Throughout the years divorce has been becoming more and more common. In the 1920's it was a rare find to know a person whom had been divorced, today it is a rarity not to know of one who has been, or will be divorced. Divorce has numerous effects on the structures of families, and many devastating effects on the children that must experience it, although sometimes necessary, divorce radically changes the lives of adolescents and adults alike.