Personal Construct Theory

Some of the components are generalizable to other therapies, however, when we look at as a whole; they establish a specific describable model of therapy (Guthrie, 1999). PIT is a relational therapy, which focuses on the relationship between the therapist and the patient. Hobson (1985) determined six qualities of this relationship, which he thought were at the core of psychotherapy. The exploratory rationale, shared understanding, focus on here and now, focus on difficult feelings, gaining insight and change.

Therapist asks about clients past etiology and history to see if there are underlie events that cause the clients to create these patterns (Greenberg & Johnson, 1988, p.77-78). This part of the assessment could help the therapist learn about the client’s spirituality, culture, and gender issues. Questions about a client’s history can reveal different aspects of the client’s life to better help the therapeutic process. Emotional family therapy has an in-depth focus on assessment in order to reach the reason for the problem. The most important part of the assessment is discovering patterns between the clients and how they evolve through

Furthermore, understand the subjective world of the client to come to new understanding of the client’s stands. While, therapists aim to understand their client’s subjective world, the existential approach doesn’t have specific techniques. Instead, therapists are welcomed to incorporate techniques from other approaches. Despite its unconventional style of therapy, there are 3 phases a therapist follows in order to understand the client’s subjective world. First, the therapist attempts to understand the client’s idea of life; for example, what does he/ she believes or what do they stand for, such as its values.

Michael White and David Epston observed and believed that the way people tell their stories reflects their emotions and motivations. A therapist must lead with a learner’s stance meaning from a place where the therapist learns from the client. With older clients encouraging the narrative and learning from their experience helps to identify values and histories of successful coping. Narrative therapy uses anti-hierarchal dialogues. The therapist facilitates the client as “expert in the room”.

Abstract This paper is composed in the hopes of fanning out and delving into various regions of the psychoanalytic approach to therapy, developed by the godfather of psychiatry himself, Sigmund Freud. The origins of psychoanalysis are explored, with its key concepts looked at in detail. A breakdown is given of the main revolutionary theories developed by Freud. The role of the therapist in relation to the client is also explored, and explains just how important this relationship and type of therapy is to the field.

There are strengths of psychoanalysis. Firstly, reconstruction of personality. Therapists act as a guideline to assist or help clients to enable them to rebuild their organized pattern of behavioral characteristics. Therapists enable clients to explore wide range of perspectives and understandings when they encounter life problems which they find it difficult to

We are prone to judging others, whether we like it or not. This does not make the way people in society act toward

There are three types of treatment for borderline personality disorder that are actively used. Dialectical behavior therapy (CBT) is a type of therapy that was created specifically for BPD. CBT is a type of cognitive behavior therapy that focuses on the psychosocial factor of BPD; It was created based on the idea that some people react in intense ways to certain situations usually dealing with family, friends, or romantic relationships. The cognitive characteristic identifies behavior and thoughts that could make life difficult then eliminates them with new ways of thinking, this leads into the support orientated characteristic where the therapist and client identify an individual's strengths and builds them to improve their life. In addition to those characteristic, there is a collaborative one.

Physcotherapy can be described as the techniques used for treating mental health, emotional and some psychiatric disorders (Nordqvist,2009). Counselling and physcotherapy are known as the talking therapies where a therapist aims to provide a safe environment for a distressed client to talk about their problems in confidence with no judgement. In this essay I hope to discuss the humanistic approach to physoctherapy, I hope to explore this approach in dept and discover how in fact this type of therapy focuses on self development growth and responsibilities (McLeod, 2008).This therapy I feel is closest to my beliefs because it focuses on the individual reaching a level of actualisation as the therapist will focus on the client’s strengths. In

In existential therapy, therapists are mainly concerned with " understanding the subjective world of clients to help them come to new understandings and options." (Corey, 2009, p. 148). Helping clients accept the responsibility of their own lives allows them to move from emotional angst and self-deception, toward the joy of achieving personal potential (Corey, 2009). The therapist acts as a mirror, of sorts, to reflect some of the self-imposed constrictions and limitations preventing the client from further growth. Most existential therapists use a variety of loosely stated techniques with

Explained to Jason how behavioral therapy will help with his anxiety and it is focus on helping eradicate unwanted behavior. Jason will attend therapy in order to learn what thoughts and feeling has leaded him to feel anxious and be able to fully understand it. Explain to Jason the reason behind choosing this type of approach since a behavior is learned and it can be un-learned. The main goal is to help Jason learn a new positive behavior, which will lead to eliminate the issue of anxiety. Also explain to Jason I will incorporate a cognitive approach since it dealing with thoughts, beliefs and attitudes.

Counselors often first teach their DID clients affect and impulse control skills as well as skills for communication and cooperation among dissociated self-states that take place in the second stage. In this stage trauma may be processed in more detail, working through trauma-based feelings, thoughts, and impulses. Once again, it is important that sessions are carefully paced and some stability is maintained. (Brand p. 171) It is best for the trauma that caused the DID to be processed by the host identity, or the original person, otherwise traumatization may occur.

They need to anticipate psychosocial results due to disability, identify a client’s roles and habits that may be impacted and consider a client- centered approach with their rehabilitation goals. Life

Role playing will not reveal client’s true behavior, but provide insight for treatment.

It is imperative for a therapist to be simply present during a client session instead of focusing on what theoretical approach to take or what interventions may work. Smiling and using verbal and nonverbal cues to let the client know that you are listening and are able to empathize with their struggles. Sometimes using humor with the appropriate client may assist with developing the therapeutic relationship. Skillfully using self disclosure in order to let the client know that you empathize with them can be