The Generation Of Young Professionals

Over the past couple weeks of this course, I was able to learn about psychodynamic psychoanalytical, humanistic, and cognitive-behavioral theoretical orientations. Taking the questionnaire provided in the text, I could identify which treatment style I aligned with most. At this point in my development, I lean towards thought-focused and action-focused treatment styles. Specifically, the theoretical orientation I am drawn to is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). I am drawn to cognitive-behavioral therapy because I believe it is effective within the development of goals, therapeutic alliance, and I can easily apply it with my own life and even potential work setting.

Most contemporary psychological treatment approaches are predecessors of the ancient and medieval philosophies and theories. Cognitive behavioural therapy as one of the modern treatment method in not an independently formed treatment, different theories have contributed to its present shape and application.

In the 1950’s the beginning stages of a revolution began in the field of psychology. Developments in Behavior therapy (BT) by J. Wolpe and others began challenging the non-scientific approach of psychoanalysis (Craske, 2012; Westbrook, Kennerley & Kirk, 2011). Freudian psychoanalysis had dominated psychological treatment since the nineteenth century until the 1950’s when scientific psychology began to question the practice of psychoanalysis because its effectiveness could not be validated by empirical evidence (Craske, 2012; Rachman, 2014; Westbrook et al., 2011)

From the time of the advent of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory and therapy until now, psychologists have searched for new and better ways to both understand and treat the human psyche. Many psychologists have spent their lives analyzing the complexities of human thought, behavior, and interactions with societal influences in order to find new ways to guide humans towards a more fulfilling human experience. Throughout time, various theories and models of therapy have emerged, each with their strengths and weaknesses in their efforts to help humanity live more fulfilling lives. Psychoanalytic, Adlerian, existential, person-centered, gestalt, behavior, cognitive, cognitive behavior (CBT), reality, feminist, postmodern, and family systems approaches have all made important contributions towards the evolution of psychological theory and therapy. One of the most widely accepted and practiced forms of theory and therapy in today’s world of psychology is CBT. Cognitive-Behavior Therapy has a rich and storied history, contains more inherent strengths than weaknesses, and provides effective treatment for a variety of psychological conditions.

Cognitive therapy, now called cognitive behavioral therapy was developed by Aaron Beck. Beck believed that dysfunctional thought processes and beliefs are responsible for an individual’s behaviors and feelings. He also believed that individuals’ have the ability identify these distorted thoughts and change them to more realistic thinking in order to relieve their psychological discomfort. This type of therapy is designed to be a short-term, straight-forward and structured approach to counseling in which counselors and clients work together. I strongly identify with cognitive behavioral therapy because I believe all behaviors are a result of incorrect thoughts and beliefs. Irrational and negative thinking can influence an individual’s ability to cope and deal with any difficulties they may be experiencing. I also like cognitive behavioral therapy because it briefly includes a client’s historical background in its approach to counseling. I feel that counselors should include a client’s past experiences when trying to understand at what point the client’s incorrect assumptions developed. I believe that everybody in this world always has a choice on how they handle and behave in their given situation and circumstances. In cognitive behavioral therapy, once the counselor and client have identified the irrational thoughts and evaluated whether there is any evidence to its validity, the client has the ability to choose whether or not they desire to change their distorted ways of

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Different situations in life can present different needs for individuals. How those needs are met and maneuvered in a person’s mind, depends on the approach an individual would like to use in order to meet those needs. In this essay, you will read about Cognitive therapy and techniques utilized by therapists that have proven to be effectual and constructive in assisting clients to reach their desired goal for improving and meeting numerous types of needs. “Focusing minimally on the past, cognitive therapy initially shows clients how their current thinking affects their attitudes, feelings, and behaviors, and then has them learn how to change their cognitions so that they can

Most client have only heard of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), they would never consider the possibility that Behavior and Cognitive therapy are two separate entities. As the name suggests behavior therapy focuses on the client’s behavior and how to change it. Cognitive therapy on the other hand focuses on changing the clients cognitive processes, the way that they thing about themselves and the world around them. It was not until Donald Meichenbaum, with his Cognitive Behavioral Modification in the 1970s that both cognitive therapy and behavioral therapy was used simultaneously to treat clients (Corey, 2013). The theories mentioned can be used with client form various population, in this paper the population that is going to be discussed are survivors of sexual abuse. The discussion will be on comparing and contrasting how these therapies can be used in the treatment of this population.

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During the millennials video Simon Sinek pointed out four major divisions that fail the millennial generation these days. The four areas discussed were parenting, impatience, technology, and environment. Valid points about parenting were discussed such as how parents sugar coat things for their kids. The example simon said was how children are being rewarded undeservingly also simon said that “kids are being passed on the the next grade because teachers do not want to deal with parents”. The aftermath of that actually created more problems with self confidence. The next issue is impatience, everything has to be instantaneous. When we are hungry we often go to fast food restaurants because we do

The evolution of cognitive behavior therapy has resulted in brain-based treatment modalities that have shifted from the theoretical to the measurable. A modality that began as behavior therapy in its first revolution, expanded to cognitive behavior therapy focusing on how cognitions affect emotions and behavior in its second revolution, and a third generation of cognitive behavior therapy focusing on the actual thought process. Cognitive behavior therapy is not a single method of psychotherapy. Instead cognitive behavior therapy is an umbrella term describing a marriage between social learning theory, cognitive therapy, and behavior therapy, all of which initially came about form experimental psychology (Hansen, 2008). Cognitive behavior therapy lies on the belief that behavior can have a strong influence on thought and emotion, and specifically that changing what an individual does is often an effective manner of changing thoughts and emotions (Westbrook, Kennerely, & Kirk, 2011). Throughout its history, it is the commitment of cognitive behavior therapy to a scientific approach to the study of psychopathology and treatment that resulted in today’s evidence-based practice (Herbert & Forman, 2011).

Therapy is the one of the means to help people treated from their mental and emotional problem through a series of interaction with the therapist and client. The therapist must have a professional skill about to use different method of therapy to help the client face and solve their own problem more effectively. Every therapy has different characteristics, also has their advantages and shortcomings. In this essay, I would like to compare and contrast psychoanalysis and cognitive behavioural therapy to find out the difference about their concept and process of therapy.

Until and through the 1960’s, psychotherapy was dominated by Freud’s psychoanalysis, with client-centered therapy following at a distant second. Cognitive Theory was first introduced by Alfred Adler, who originally worked with Freud, but departed from Freud’s theory that human behavior was motivated by id/ego/super ego and sexual drivers, in favor of believing it was driven by their “lifestyle” - ideas and beliefs about themselves and their world. Although Adler has been referred to as the first cognitive theorist and therapist, cognitive theory has developed and evolved over time, through the theories and practices of many other

Psychoanalysis was the name given by Sigmund Freud to a system of interpretation and therapeutic treatment of psychological disorders. (McLeod, 2007) In particular, we present five key concepts on psychoanalytic therapy: structure of personality, psychosexual stages, defense mechanism, anxiety, and the unconscious mind.

The education that millennials receive is not assisting them in the path of getting ready for the workforce. In today's society, the modern education system is not doing what is needed in order to prepare students mentally and physically to succeed. Many students lack the basic fundamental skills. Abby Ellin goes in depth with this topic and discusses how millennials lack the basic verbal and writing skills. She also reiterates the fact that millennials have only "adequate" professionalism, innovation, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills which leaves human resource managers wondering how to deal with them (Ellin 58). This causes companies to struggle when hiring millennials because they