I currently have no previous experience with offenders and prisons, but I do have experience working with people with mental health issues. When I shadowed an occupational therapist (OT) in order to get into the OT program, I shadowed and helped a client that had dementia. At first, it was difficult for me to understand why the client was not communicating properly and had to be told what to do multiple times until the OT told me that the client had dementia. I then understood why the client was
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This week I shadowed the health coach to have a better view of clinical treatment. The health coach is a licensed social worker who does clinical work. I am interested in more one on one therapy. She was open to having me shadow her when met with a client. The clients that she usually conducts assessments with typically have anxiety or depression. I was interested in meeting with the health coach to help with my case presentation considering she creates BPSAs and treatment plans. I was able to
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Unlike many applicants for this course may state I did not come across physiotherapy from a very young age but in fact found it at the age of 15 when I suffered a knee injury. I was guided to a physiotherapist by my coach who specifically worked with athletes. This had since inspired me to pursue a career in the field of physiotherapy. Since then I have followed different routes a physiotherapist can follow once graduated whether it be with the NHS working on 6 month rotors or in the private sector
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Association use animals to assist in their psychotherapy treatments (Lilienfeld). Animals can assist in therapy for many purposes in a variety of settings to help those “who are ill, suffering, or in need” (“Therapy Animal”). The benefits of animal-assisted therapy are unquestionable. Animals are such lovable and compassionate companions that they make excellent therapists whether they’re trained as therapy animals or not. As “George Eliot wrote, ‘Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions
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slight psychological problems, play therapy for investigating moderate to severe problems, and psychotherapy or psychiatry or a combination
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My freshman year of high school I was accidentally put into Sports Medicine II. I stayed in the class for a couple of months to see what the class was about. As I observed and began helping out more I became more and more intrigued by it, I later became a student athletic trainer. I learned a plethora of new skills and different ways to tape variant injuries. With certain injuries athletes must be taped a certain way. All tapings are different; some are intricate and take a long time and others are
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has also been discovered that they can bring language and speech back into the service users’ life who struggles to speak. (Wergerer 2013) The Elderly: Therapies like dance movement, drama and art when used recreationally can help improve the positivity, physical and mental health of the elderly social care service users. Engagement with art therapies can further the emotional progression and psychological well-being of these individuals. (Zeltzer et al 2003) The elderly can enjoy the arts and being
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Psychodynamic therapy and client-centered therapy requires the therapist to have certain skills and characteristics to help enhance the client’s treatment process and the therapeutic alliance. Psychodynamic and client-centered therapists generally spend time listening to clients talk about their lives. I am a good listener and demonstrate complete acceptance and support for them. In addition, I know that in order to provide ethical therapy, I must be able to establish and maintain healthy boundaries
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explore the available research into how canine therapy can be widely utilised in different contexts such as counselling situations, working with individuals with autism and how dogs are utilised as co- therapist. The literature is inundated with accounts reporting successes with Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) and the number of professionals, programs and organisations that have embraced AAT continues to rise. Chapter One offers an explanation of Canine therapy and who it is used for and the theoretical
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comfortably engaging in the flow of questioning patterns, through the process of solution language interaction with the client. The first few questions are basically probing question which help to generate solution and to identify goals early in therapy (Gehart, 2014). Throughout the session, I identify a combination of questioning patterns which lead up to the miracle questioning. At the beginning of the session, Dr. Berg started out asking basic question open-ended question,
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