...Thanks for the post! I think family therapy play a big role in recovery for patient's who is diagnosed with schizophrenia. Regardless with any diseases that a patient has, having your family there to help and support you is the most important aspect. It shows that the love ones do care and want just the best for the patient recovery. However, it is sometime a stuggles to care for a sick patient, espcially if he or she has a personality disorder because you do need a full knowledge of understanding the mental illness. I found a research article that talks about family therapy regarding the interventions and the challeneges the family has to go through in helping their love one that is diagnosed with schizophrenia. Some of these interventions included psychoeducation, stress reduction, emotional procressing, congitive reapprasial, and structred problem solving. All of these interventions is aim to develop a collaborative relationship between the family and the treatment team in order to help the patients making progress toward recovery. When caring for any patient that is going through any illness, finanical can be a problem and the burnded of taking care the patient, which are the challeneges for family memebers. Througout this research, it shows the effective of family therapy but the difficulty the family have to go through while taking care their love one with schizphrenia....
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...Family therapy is capable of bringing family members together and helps them figure out how to improve communication matters and reduce conflicts. Often, family members that care for individuals with schizophrenia, especially in children, feel extremely overwhelmed and are more than likely at a loss between the do’s and don’ts of treating the severe illness (NCBI). Family members are burdened by care responsibilities, reducing their quality of life, and at that point, they may seek therapy for themselves. This may cause aggravation and agitation within relationships resulting in irritability and arguments during a time when togetherness is essential. By attending family therapy sessions, relationships can be mended and a better understanding...
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...crucial to determine information about the client. In addition, assessment will provide information that will help know the best design of plan that is best for the client (Murphy, & Dillon, 2003). The information needed from the assessment include the identification of the client, the clients demographic information, information regarding the clients concern, health, and biological factors information just to mention a few. 2.1. Identifying and demographic information The information below is for the client Rosemary Hans who needs help to see her son diagnosed by schizophrenia go back to college. Name: Rosemary Hans Age: 41 Gender: Female Relationship status: married Religion: committed Christian Racial Identities: Africa-American Employment: High school teacher Education: university first degree in education 2.2. Presenting problem Rosemary’s son Thomas has been diagnosed by Schizophrenia after she took him for diagnosis immediately he dropped out of the college. He hallucinates, and can not go out of the house to play with friends or attend parties across the street. Rosemary explains further that Thomas spends most of the time in the house, and...
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...Case study 2 Presenting problem: Sam is a 19 year old boy, who has suffered with auditory hallucinations since 8 years old, Sam’s father is not coping with Sam’s issues well. Sam’s mother cries a lot because of Sam’s behaviors. Sam and his family are in hopes of Sam being admitted to a residential treatment program for young aduts. Treatment Plan: After filling out several forms and answering all the required questions from the facility, Sam has been admitted to the residential treatment program for young adults. Sam’s treatment plan will consist of therapy. Sam will be reevaluated with the residential facility psychologist to diagnose if Sam is benefiting from the current medications he is on and if further medications are needed. Sam’s mother and father will also be involved with individual therapy sessions, and monthly sessions with the entire family unit. Group family therapy sessions will be an important way to allow the family unit to discover ways to communicate between each other, as the therapy will will allow the family to discover ways of copping with every day stress. Therapy will give the family an awareness for any sort of triggers that might be the start of an episode that Sam is having. Sam’s father is clearly uncomfortable. He is constantly turning his hat between his large calloused hands as if this whole thing could just disappear. The father thinks Sam can just “snap out of it”...
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...A pod of family psychiatrists is sitting around and chatting about the state of family psychiatry. They are preparing for a plenary at the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry with the goal of showing how far family psychiatry has come since the first psychiatrists embraced the paradigm of systemic thinking. They also are debating why family psychiatry is ignored in current practice, especially since the evidence shows that family treatment dramatically improves recovery rates for many illnesses. When family therapy had its first wave of popularity, the charismatic leaders were out front wowing the crowds. Dr. Sal Minuchin's sessions were heavily focused on structure and boundary making, and involved much chair rearranging and pulling family members, especially children, out from between the couple dyad and into their own space and chairs One of his most famous tapes involved putting an ashtray between the chairs of two family members to literally increase the distance between them! Jay Haley, Ph.D., delivered strategic barbed arrows that pierced the hearts of the family members. Virginia Satir demonstrated the theater of families, sculpting organic shapes that pulsed with the gestalt of the family. There was much smoking of cigarettes during the sessions, by both the family psychiatrists and the family members. Psychiatry was exciting. The possibilities for change were endless. It was the 1960s. Unfortunately, in those early days, family therapy was oversold as...
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...While individual therapy provides the client with privacy and, to a degree, anonymity, it may not provide the therapist with accurate information. As the fictional doctor in the television series “House” would say, “everybody lies.” There is an old axiom that states that the truth generally lies somewhere in the middle and if you are seeing the client individually, you are only receiving part of the information and that part may not be enough to make an accurate treatment plan. By seeing the family, the therapist may be able to not only get to the underlying issues in the primary client, but help the client’s main social group. One point Nichols makes in the text is that changing a family doesn’t just affect the family as a group. Family therapy...
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...PYC4802/101/0/2015 Tutorial letter 101/0/2015 Psychopathology PYC4802 Year module Department of Psychology IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. CONTENTS Page 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Turorial material ....................................................................................................... 4 2. PURPOSE OF AND OUTCOMES FOR THE MODULE ......................................... 4 2.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Outcomes ................................................................................................................ 4 3. LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS ............................................................ 6 3.1 Lecturer(s) ............................................................................................................... 6 3.2 Department .............................................................................................................. 7 3.3 University ................................................................................................................. 7 4. MODULE-RELATED RESOURCES ....................................................................... 7 4.1 Prescribed book.....
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...the Person-Centeredmodel Paper must show adequate understanding of the material presented in the workshop, and reflect your ability to integrate and synthesize the course material. • Created: • Jun 01, 2009 11:15 am • Solution By Expert: • Departed Expert Solutiongo to problem One approach to help you with an assignment like this one is to address each question, which you can then draw on for your final copy. This is the approach that this response takes. I also attached a helpful APA resource. Let's take a closer look. RESPONSE: 1. Presentation of the Person-Centered model This approach was first developed by the late Dr Carl Rogers (1902 - 1987). Person-centered therapy, which is also known as client-centered, non-directive, or Rogerian therapy, is an approach to counseling and psychotherapy that places much of the responsibility for the treatment process on the client, with...
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...Family Counseling Approach: Narrative Lisa R. Murray Liberty University Online Abstract Narrative therapy is a therapeutic approach that is used alone or in conjunction with other methods of therapy. This particular method of therapy is used in family therapy to help clients focus on gaining access to preferred story lines in reference to their lives and identities the family dynamics that may affect them. The preferred story line will replace the place of the previous negative and self-defeating narratives about themselves. Helping clients within a family counseling to begin to become the author of their own story is important in many cases to overcoming multigenerational affects. Narrative therapy aids in this process. This comprehensive evaluation of narrative therapy within the structure of family therapy and the integration of faith will be constructed in the following pages. Keywords: self-defeating, Narrative therapy, multigenerational, therapeutic Introduction Narrative therapy is considered apart of the Social Construction Model. This particular type of therapy, the counselor or therapist is not a dominant entity or focal point of the process. Instead the therapist is seen as an influential individual to the client. The counselor will aid the client with the process of internalization and the creation of new stories or narratives within themselves that help them to draw new assumptions about themselves. This is done through the process of the client...
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...“Evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist is all that he / she will need to treat clients” In order to evaluate the claim that Person-Centred Therapy is all that is needed for a therapist to treat their clients, it is first necessary to look at the Therapy as a concept and the basic premise on which its theories rest, before looking at how this model effects change in the client, and then considering whether this approach is enough to achieve results in all types of client problems or whether indeed it is found to be somewhat lacking in its effectiveness for some or all cases along with some criticisms voiced by other writers and therapists who follow alternative models as a preference. . The Person-Centred or “Rogerian” model as it is sometimes referred to, was developed by an American, Carl Rogers (Jan 8 1902 – Feb 4 1987) who was one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century. He was a humanist thinker and believed that all people are fundamentally good. He also believed that people have a self actualising tendency, or a desire to fulfil their own potential and become the best people they can be. He worked as a psychotherapist for most of his adult life and in developing his model he made some key assumptions. He believed that all individuals are capable of exercising free will and that human beings are basically good and if given the opportunity they will always strive towards goodness...
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...Bowen Systems Theory Introduction It is essential to understand the behavior of a person before engaging in assisting them to overcome their challenges in counseling. However, in the course of understanding this individual, there would be barriers, as the person may not have the free will to disclose their actions. Therefore, this necessitates the help of the family to the nurse conducting the assessments to gather useful information that on application will help the patient in need. Therefore, to establish such information, through the association of the patient to the family or close friends helps in understanding the person and factors that led to the situation they face. Thus, in this aspect, this constitutes the Bowen Systems Theory, which has the sole purpose of assisting the psychiatric examination and assessment of patients (Bowen, Rawlins, & Martin, 2010). To understand the theory, the discussion further leads to the diagnostics and treatments available through this theory. Additionally, there are various journals written on the subject that provide a critical analysis of the Bowen theory. Thus, there is an illustration of the journal presented. Understanding the Topic Murray Bowen was an American Psychiatrist who studied and taught psychiatry as a professor in the Georgetown University. He was a bright fellow who designed and developed the initial prototype of the current Bowen system theory. However, he worked in conjunction with other professors and...
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...Abstract Through narrative therapy a counselor can help clients gain access to preferred story lines about their lives and identities taking the place of previous negative and self-defeating narratives that destroy the self. Presented in this paper, is an overview of the Narrative therapy and the Social Construction Model and several facets of this approach including poststrucuralism, deconstructionism, self-narratives, cultural narratives, therapeutic conversations, ceremonies, letters and leagues. A personal integration of faith in this family counseling approach is presented and discussed also in this paper. NARUMI AMADOR’S FAMILY CONSELING APPROACH Introduction Narrative therapy is found under the Social Construction Model. Using the Narrative approach, the therapist will not be the central figure in the therapeutic process, instead he will be influential to the client, helping him/her internalize and create new stories within themselves to draw new and healthier assumptions about who they are. This process enables clients to distract from focusing on the negative narratives which defined their past, redefining their lives into future positive stories. Narrative therapists define the problem as the problem instead of defining the client as the problem. The therapy process begins redefining the problem, externalizing it and getting it out in the open. The narrative therapist uses the questioning technique and creates alternative narratives...
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...Chronically Mentally Ill BSHS/302 May 7, 2012 Paula Krasselt Chronically Mentally Ill When discussing the Vulnerable Population, there are numerous sectors of people that would fall into this category. People who are homeless, victims of violence, struggling with substance abuse as well as children and youth, are all sectors identified with a vulnerable population. In this paper, I will be focusing on the individuals who are chronically (persistent) mentally ill. When dealing with any sort of vulnerable population it is important to consider that many of them will have co-occurring disorders. For example, many people who are substance abusers will often have an undiagnosed mental health issue that they may be self medicating for, or even a diagnosed disorder but have no insurance or way of getting the help him or her may need. The history of Mental illness is hard to believe. Many people went through enormous misery coping with the illness, especially with the public beliefs towards the mentally ill population. People with mental illness were seen as possessed by demons or animal- like. Because of this, the mentally ill were treated horrifically. The mentally ill were often treated similar to what was seen in the movies. Humans were tied down or put into strait jackets, beaten and tortured in an attempt to try and release the demons that possessed him or her. “In 1900, Clifford Beers, a Yale graduate and young businessman, suffered an acute breakdown brought on...
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...PYC4808 ASSIGNMENT 03 STUDENT NUMBER: 3409-367-2 UNIQUE NUMBER: 842914 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Construct a three-generational genogram of this family system 2. Draw an ecomap of this family in context Briefly describe 3. (a) the story as probably seen from the perspective of each one of the family members. (b) The story from the vantage point of the family’s position in the family life cycle. 4. Provide a first-order cybernetic description of this case. 5. How would a second-order thinker describe this case? References. PAGE NUMBER 1 1 2-4 5 6-8 9 - 12 12 1. 2. The story as probably seen from the perspective of each of the family members Mavis: I am not sure what to do about April anymore. All she does is lie to my husband and I. I have tried my best in giving her the best life possible but nothing seems to work. Nobody understands what I have been through and I want to give April the life I never had. My parents divorced when I was only 5 years old and it tore me apart. I was forced to live with my step-mother and she threw me out when I was 18. April has it is so soft compared to the childhood I have had, she does not appreciate it. I am glad that John loves April as his own daughter and that he takes care of us but he does not understand how I feel and cannot console or comfort me when I need him to. All I want is what is best for our family but April’s lies and behavior is even causing strain on the relationship I have with John. I want to give April the support and love that...
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...Head Office 30 Grosvenor Street, Neutral Bay, NSW 2089 Ph: 02 9904 5600 Fax: 02 9904 5611 Coming to grips with family systems theory in a collaborative, learning environment. info@thefsi.com.au http://www.thefsi.com.au Bowen Family Systems Theory and Practice: Illustration and Critique By Jenny Brown This paper will give an overview of Murray Bowen’s theory of family systems. It will describe the model’s development and outline its core clinical components. The practice of therapy will be described as well as recent developments within the model. Some key criticisms will be raised, followed by a case example which highlights the therapeutic focus of Bowen’s approach. This is the author’s version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Australian Academic Press for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) Vol.20 No.2 1999 pp 94-103). Introduction Murray Bowen's family systems theory (shortened to 'Bowen theory' from 1974) was one of the first comprehensive theories of family systems functioning (Bowen, 1966, 1978, Kerr and Bowen, 1988). While it has received sporadic attention in Australia and New Zealand, it continues to be a central influence in the practice of family therapy in North America. It is possible that some local family therapists have been influenced by many of Bowen's ideas without the connection being articulated. For example, the writing of Guerin...
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