Theoretical Orientation Model

The theoretical frameworks I most relate to are Holistic therapy, Cognitive Behavioral therapy, and Gestalt therapy. I intend to blend elements from multiple therapeutic approaches so that I may benefit my clients in the best way possible. Dated back to the era of Hippocrates, the holistic method has focused on improving the wellbeing and mental wellness of individuals. Holistic therapy emphasizes the significance of being balanced and whole. The role of the Holistic counselor is to assist the client in understanding “their emotions, thoughts, physical experiences, and spiritual understandings” (Holistic Psychotherapy, 2016). I intend to use the Holistic approach with my population because it is an alternative perspective for understanding

When I was in high school, I was fortunate enough to encounter the best student-counselor relationship and was helped in more ways than I could imagine. Looking back, the treatment style that worked best on me during therapy was cognitive-behavioral therapy. I think it is extremely important that I am able to apply this theoretical orientation to my own life before I can apply it in treatment with my clients. Increasing my own thought and awareness will enable me to think not only outside of the box, but prepare me with potential situations that I might experience with client. To ensure effectiveness, I will utilize the basic principles of CBT and its treatment strategies. Another important factor that I will refer to so that I ensure effectiveness IS understanding the limitations that comes with CBT. I believe that understanding the limitations will help me understand whether if CBT will be effective for different types of clients. For example, clients who are

One of the most significant and revealing aspects of your graduate education will be discerning your theoretical orientation. As your progress through your graduate training, you will take a course – or many courses – that will explain various theories, or schools of thought, in psychology. These schools of thought outline how different psychologists over the years have viewed the development of mental illnesses and how these illnesses should be treated. Your theoretical orientation is almost like your unique sense of style as a clinician. It influences the way you assess, diagnose, and treat clients. It also helps a therapist connect with like-minded clients who view the world and, therefore, change from the same perspective.

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

The population I am equipped to work with are couples and families. This is a population that I can empathize with very easily, a driving force in my counseling career and one very dear to my heart. My life experiences has led to a great desire to help save marriages when they can be saved, work with families and especially children from divorced families. Relationships is another area I would love to specialize in to grow in my career. Very little effort is placed on "how to" do relationships, how to grow into a great husband, a great wife or mold great children who will become great partners in the future. These areas will be my main focus points and maybe one day I can write a book on the subject.

The professional I selected to interview was Victoria Sanders. I chose to interview this professional because I admire the work she does. I am still not sure what I want to do with my MFC when I obtain it, but for now I would like to work with children victims of abuse and families. I want to help children with their trauma and help them grow in a positive manner. Children are the future generation therefore they need all the support and understanding they can get. I gain a sense of happiness and fulfillment when I work with children. I have previous experience working with children and I enjoyed every opportunity. Children are fun, happy and love to play. I wouldn’t mind having a career where all I do is play. In the beginning I want to focus on that population and then explore out. One of my overall goals is to own my own practice and give back to the community.

One of the benefits of using cognitive behavioral therapy is based on the idea that is thought by the causes of feelings and behavior. I will also use Cognitive behavioral therapy because it is for a short term. Cognitive behavior therapy can be used for students and children that might be suffering from depression, anxiety, behavior, etc. Cognitive behavioral therapy focus helps the client with a specific problem they are currently experiencing. Working with Cognitive behavior will be proper for students. Some students that I will be

I have always been interested in animals, when I was younger I would save baby animals or sick animals from the sides of the road and care for them until they were able to do so themselves. Ever since I can remember my future career was seen as achieving in being a veterinarian and have my own clinic. In this clinic I do not plan on working on ordinary animals, my goal is to become a big animal and exotics vet.

I eventually want to graduate from UNCG with my degree in recreational therapy. I know that once I do that, then I will be one step closer to accomplishing one of the many goals I have set out to conquer. Then of course I want to attend graduate school for my program and graduate with my doctorate in that field but ultimately I would like to be my own boss and have my own physical therapy practice and facilities etc. I can honestly say I see myself established in my career 5 years from now and doing what I love of course which is helping others through rehab. The population I most interested working with in the future is children. Even though they are high in energy and may be hard for them to consecrate on the activity they are doing, I feel as though they would be the most fun and easiest group to deal with. I love to see joy I bring in a child life. The satisfaction of being that individual to make a change in their life or they look up to me as a role model makes me feel like their superhero. This gives me the chance to connect with a child who has been struggling, and when they finally understand what you 're trying to teach them is most fulfilling. The book "Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the Grateful Dead: The Ten Most Innovative Lessons from a Long, Strange Trip" by Barry Barnes and John Perry Barlow is an interesting book that contain business fundamentals useful for your business. Reading this book, you are able to use information that works for

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to treat anxiety due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (from emotional abuse by parents), (beginning in Phase 1 and intensifying in Phase 2)

Working in a setting with scientific applications whilst providing quality care to patients is something I feel very passionate about. As a podiatrist I will be providing preventative care and advice to patients by explaining the importance of healthy feet. I would do this through health education which would include motivating individuals and community groups by showing them the outcomes if they neglect to maintain good feet and nail care.

I see myself practicing medicine in an area with underserved populations, due to my experiences working with these groups at AIMMC and Friedman Place. Also, each specialty I observed during my shadowing internship further ignited my passion for medicine, and I see myself learning and growing in my chosen specialty. Lastly, traveling with my parents to Russia to adopt my sister showed me the health disparities around the world; therefore, I hope to be improving global health as a Geffen

For as long as I could remember my ultimate goal in life has always had to deal with health care; I want to help as many people as I can in a variety of different aspects. Regardless if it is nursing or a physician assistant this is a career choice I’ve always saw myself pursuing. I could easily see myself waking up everyday and surrounding myself in a hospital setting; I’m not sure what it is but I enjoy that fast pace environment the hospital has and the variety of different environments I could put myself in while I take care of my patients. I hope to have personal, one on one relationships with patients because I find establishing close relationships with any patient you have helps in regards to their own comfort. I’m mildly content with being managed, I do not necessary want to manage others; I find I enjoy having a structure and someone to tell me what I am doing right or wrong appose to it being myself correcting my own actions without any guidance.

My biggest interest in this career is being able to work with animals. I will get to care for sick and injured animals and help them get better. I love being around animals and that is why I think this career is perfect for me.

I certainly see myself in the future working with the elderly population and child welfare. They are the very fragile population in the society and they need all the love and care they can get from people at this stage of their life.