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    The book Healing the Soul in the Age of the Brain by Elio Frattaroli, M.D. Explains why medication isn’t enough when treating mental illness. The Talking Cure by Susan C.Vaughan explains why traditional therapy offers a chance for long-term relief more than any other drug. In this essay, I will write about what I have learned from both books, and I will provide examples of how effective therapy is and the impact that can do on clients. I will explain why medication is not always enough for clients

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    Author: Christina Fearon KEY WORDS : • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) • Interpersonal therapy(IPT) • Psychotherapy • Fluoxetine(Prozac) • ADL’s OBJECTIVE: Assessing the effectiveness of the introduction of interpersonal group therapy, in addition to the continuation of the other pharmacological treatment (Prozac), to treat individuals

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    achievement (as defined by the client) in psychotherapy. In order to show that psychotherapeutic alliances can be fortified by applying intersubjectivity to psychotherapeutic relationships, this paper is divided into four parts. First the literature review opens with the origin and definition of intersubjectivity, including sections on communication, affect, prolepsis and zone of proximal development (ZPD). The second section will look at applications to psychotherapy. The third section will offer implications

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    Annotated Bibliography Chapman, PhD, A. L., & Fraser, S. (2006, September). Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Current Indications and Unique Elements PDF file., (), 62-68. This article is about Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and its evidence based treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder (Chapman, PhD & Fraser, 2006). The article also discusses how DBT can be used to help parasuicidal women with borderline personality disorder (BPD) as well as those with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs), binge-eating

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    Gestalt Therapy Social work is a profession that varies by location, historically and institutional contexts. All social workers aim to be the agents of change with those they come in contact with and those they seek change for. Theories are usually associated with thinking critically. Critical thinking is needed in the field of social work. Theories also assist social workers in understanding, explaining or making sense to situations that they encounter on a daily basis. This paper will discuss

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    Treatment For PTSD

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    MDMA Assisted treatment for PTSD PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, is an ailment of the mind that occurs when the brain experiences or witnesses a life-threatening event. This includes military combat, natural disasters, terrorist incidents, serious accidents, physical or sexual abuse in adulthood and childhood, or the threat of murder (source and shit). Those who have this disorder suffer from re-experiencing the trauma (including intrusive thoughts of the event, nightmares and flashbacks)

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    taking her medication her body experienced episodes of withdrawal. Despite her continued attempts to combat her illness, she experienced nervous breakdowns and alienation from her friends and family. Elizabeth Wurtzel reluctantly went back to taking medication despite the potentially serious side effects of taking so many drugs (Kim 46). “

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    Existential counselling is a philosophical form of counselling which addresses the situation of a person's life and situates the person firmly within the predictable challenges of the human condition. Existential counselling considers human living to take place within four dimensions: physical, social, psychological and spiritual. It shows each of these dimensions to be constituted like a force field, within which predictable paradoxes, tensions and dilemmas play out. Human beings can learn to deal

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    Ethic in Counseling

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    Counseling. To effectively practice ethically group therapy a counselor needs to internalize the morals, values, and behavioral makeup of each individual within the group. This paper will also look at the comparison between group and individual psychotherapy and why a counselor will choose between the two. The

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    Bulimia Nervosa Argument

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    specific form of short term psychotherapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is productive in both reducing the amount of times one may purge in a day and diminishing the entire disorder altogether; it is a diverse set of problem specific interventions. According to Brian Sheldon, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a psychological approach for the treatment of family, personal, and mental problems. This technique is intended to help clients

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