Behavioural therapy

The pros and cons were that Missy experienced minimal side effects and recovered quickly, due to her level of understanding around her medication therapy. Missy was able to tolerate and follow through with continued compliance of her oral medications, as her body adjusted to the dose prescribed. For the most part her auditory hallucinations and paranoid thoughts had departed leaving Missy less vulnerable

Follow-up research into the perceived benefits from the mindfulness-based training course found that counsellors participation in mindfulness-based therapy had an overall positive impact on both their personal and professional life. Results suggest the training course had associated benefits in the subjects’ personal life, particularly personal growth/self-care and interpersonal relationships. Firstly, within personal development/self-care, results found participants noticed physical benefits including

be understood elucidating characteristic ways of relating in the present as well as providing clues about the origins of these patterns of relating. Transference is so powerful that it expresses itself regardless of therapist gender and all within therapy significant relationships will eventually be transferred onto the therapist (Kahn, M., 1997). However due to its subjective nature it is difficult to empirically validate the existence and effects of transference. However Yi (1998) (cited in Moodley

most significant part of the therapeutic procedure. Many studies (Buborsky et al. 1983, O’ Maley et al. 1983, Hill 1989) illustrate that it is the therapeutic relationship more that any other factor, which determines the effectiveness of counselling therapy. Moreover, literature which reviews the way, in which clients experience the therapeutic process, indicates that the many of the client’s thoughts and feelings remain unspoken during the counselling sessions. (Dinnage, 1988, Mearns and Dryden,

Play is a way for children to learn about their environment and how interaction occurs within. It is through trial and error that children are able to create options; follow their own interests and show “independence in thought and actions” using their knowledge and understanding (Moyles, 2005, p.3). Children develop resilience though play. However for a number of children can experience stressful occurrences during their lives and play can often be restricted. Therefore the play worker’s role in

Background Lily lived in a long-term care home for almost two years. She and her husband Arthur have been married for 52 years and have had a very close relationship. They didn’t have any children. Lily’s husband would visit her in the care home twice a day. Over the course of a few months Lily’s condition began to deteriorate. She wouldn’t accept food and fluids and she died peacefully with her husband present. Arthur had a memorial service for Lily, but few friends came. Arthur had stopped visiting

gardening, and its fulfilment of a human need, date back to 1500bc where archaeologists discovered ancient paintings of opulent gardens by the Egyptians (Cellauro 2015). Recognition of the benefits of gardening as a therapeutic tool in occupational therapy date back to Hartwell (1933). It provides opportunities for social inclusion which is a central component in well-being (Grabbe et al 2013). As healthcare has developed over the last few hundred years so has the understanding that gardening is therapeutic

appealing and beneficial to the public is Music Therapy. Music Therapy is a therapy that makes use of music techniques and instruments (such as guitar, marimba, rhythm, beats and clapping) in order for a client to improve their overall emotional, social and cognitive well-being and to help

CAREER OPPOTUNITES IN MUISC MUSIC THERAPY Amahle Dumisa Introduction To work as a music therapist, you’ll need a high level of musicianship as well as professional training at postgraduate level. They work with children and adults of all ages with social backgrounds with a range of issues, including:  Eating disorder  Anxiety  Behavioural and emotional difficulties  Addiction  Communication disorder They also work with people who want to gain insight into themselves and how they

the cognitive, psychomotor, emotional and behavioural domains” (Cruz, Marques, Barbosa, Figueiredo, & Sousa, 2011, p.282) of the brain. There has been research done more recently that suggests that a new technology called multi-sensory therapy or Snoezelen therapy may be able to maintain or improve some of the remaining abilities in a patient suffering from dementia such as self-care or communication. Multi-sensory, or interchangeably Snoezelen therapy was developed in the 1970’s by therapists