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Counseling Theories & Abused Adolescents
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Counseling Theories & Abused Adolescents
This paper describes and analyzes counseling theories applicable to abused adolescents: Behavioral, Adlerian, Gestalt and Transactional approaches to prevention and treatment of abuse.
2,250 words (approx. 9 pages) |
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1994
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"The purpose of this essay is to discuss the clinical application of four theories of counseling to the population of mentally, emotionally and physically abused adolescents. The four theories selected for discussion are: (1) Behavior Therapy; (2) Adlerian Therapy; (3) Gestalt Therapy; and (4) Transactional Therapy.Behavior Therapy
... the behavioral approach to therapy holds that all of human behavior is learned behavior. Therefore, child/adolescent abuse is a behavior the abusers have learned through the same principles and processes producing learning of any other behavior. According to behavior theory, what is needed to end the abuse is learning that operates to... "
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Counseling Theories & Abused Adolescents (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Counseling-Theories-Abused-Adolescents/21635
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"Counseling Theories & Abused Adolescents" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Counseling-Theories-Abused-Adolescents/21635>
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