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Solution-Focused Therapy, 2006.
Examines the use of solution-focused therapy in managed care.
2,022 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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Solution-focused therapy is a radically constructivist approach to personal troubles which emphasizes how troubles and solutions are socially constructed realities. The paper explains that, central to this process is clients and therapists' use of language to create troubled and untroubled lives. That is, clients use language to portray their lives as dominated by troubles and act in ways that affirm their portrayals. The paper shows that solution-focused therapists' major responsibility, then, is to help their clients literally talk themselves out of their troubles by encouraging them to describe their lives in new ways.
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"Ecosystemic therapists assume that the troubles that bring clients to therapy are the result of clients and others in their social systems having become "stuck." They are temporarily unable to adapt to ongoing changes in their environments. One indicator that clients are stuck is their primary focus on the troubled aspects of their lives. This focus makes it impossible for them to interpret their lives in positive ways. Thus, a major responsibility of ecosystemic therapists is to help their clients use their already developed skills at managing their lives to get "unstuck." Small changes that disrupt clients' existing trouble-focused patterns of action, thought, and/or relationships are often sufficient to achieve this goal (Miller, 1997)."
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Solution Focused Brief Therapy, 2007.
This paper discuses solution focused brief therapy (SFBT), a projective approach based on psychotherapy.
1,510 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper examines the number of systematic steps in solution focused brief therapy (SFBT), which is based on a sustained client relationship rather than the problem itself. The author points out that Steve de Shazer designed the therapy to focus on patient's previous experiences, methods and means of problem solving. The paper explains that, in SFBT, the patient and therapist establish a relationship based on knowledge learned through questions and interviewing during sessions held to establish goals for treatment. The author relates that a miracle question is used in the therapy to assist the patient in evaluating thinking habits and to offer a solution based on alternative circumstances.
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"Scaling questions are very effective when working with children. Children are very visually motivated so the use of visual aids helps the child in placing images with their thoughts and words. The third type of question is known as the "exception finding questions'. The thoughts of SFBT teach that when a problem occurs in an individual life that there is always an exception. The therapist attempts to have the patient find the exception, or circumstances and specific happenings that surround the problem. The importance of understanding the "exceptions" of the problem is that the patient can compare and change the events for the future."
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Solution-Focused Group Therapy, 2004.
An assessment of the efficacy of Solution-Focused Group Therapy for victims of childhood sexual abuse.
6,670 words (approx. 26.7 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 135.95
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This paper studies the application of Solution-Focused Group Therapy (SFGT) to a group of men and women abused sexually as children. The paper begins by discussing the components of SFGT, including its techniques. The paper then focuses on the need to establish a solution-oriented, environment and action-oriented approach for members of the group.
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"SFGT is an integration of solution-focused therapy and group therapy. In a radical deviation from the traditional psychotherapeutic approaches, that are problem-oriented solutions..."
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Solution Focused Brief Therapy, 2006.
This paper analyzes the nature of solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) and its effectiveness in both couples and family therapy.
1,752 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper details the benefits of solution focused brief therapy (SFBT), which was introduced as an alternative method of treatment, which could be accomplished in a shorter period of time, as opposed to the more traditional forms of long-term therapy and psychoanalysis. The writer contends and explains why SFBT is significantly more efficient in terms of time, scope and cost when compared to long-term therapy. This paper delves into the literature and research published on this particular form of therapy. This paper cites the various techniques involved in successfully implementing SFBT. This paper discusses the advantages of SFBT and success rates attained in both family and couples therapy, while also citing various experts in the field who oppose this particular form of treatment.
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"Miracle questions are created to provide the therapist a 'preview' of how the patient views his/her future life. These questions engage patients by allowing them to contemplate about specific possibilities that may happen in their lives. Questions may be hypothetical situations that focus on the individual's action when confronted with mundane events followed after by thought-provoking inquiries by the therapist. This technique probes into the patient's capability to think about alternative solutions to specific life situations or problems, enabling the therapist to come up with a suggested resolution that is within the understanding of the patient. This also makes the patient feel that s/he had an active role in the solution-making process that took place during the therapy. Scaling is a more quantitative means by which problems are assessed by the therapist."
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A Solutions-Focused Therapy Plan for a Hypothetical Family, 2002.
Explains solution-focused therapy and evaluaes the benefits of this type of therapy progam based on a case study.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 115.95
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The central philosophy of solution-focused therapy is that clients bring with them strengths and capacities they can access and develop to make their lives more satisfactory. Assuming the client is the expert, the therapist is responsible for developing a collaborative context and helping the client articulate desired changes. The therapist magnifies client strengths, resources, and past successes, which leads to the construction of solutions. It is the purpose of this paper to use the Ward family as the case study to demonstrate the design and benefit of a solution-focused therapy program.
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Solution-Based Therapy, 2007.
A discussion on the treatment plan for a family in counseling
1,244 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 42.95
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This paper begins with background detail on the Smith family. It then reviews the problems that the family is facing. In conclusion, the author expands on an appropriate treatment plan, solution-based therapy, for the family.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Treatment Plan
Conclusion
References
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"The Smith family consists of a mother a father, one teen age girl, one teenage boy and an elementary school aged boy.
Sara is the mother. At 46 years old she reports that she grew up in a loving home with both parents present. She reports that she graduated from a four year university with a degree in business and worked for three years before meeting and marrying her husband, Matt.
Since their marriage she has stayed home and raised the children. She belongs to several civic groups and a book club.
Matt is the father of the family He is 51 and works outside the home as an engineer. He graduated with a masters degree and went to work for the firm he currently works for and has not left in the 25 years he has been there. He belongs to two civic groups and is also an avid golfer."
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Gestalt Therapy and Behavior Therapy, 2006.
An analysis of Gestalt therapy and behavior therapy.
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper reviews and analyzes Gestalt and behavior therapy. According to the paper, Gestalt therapy is a psychological system that stresses integration of body and mind factors by developing self-awareness and personal responsibility. The paper goes on to discuss behavior therapy, stating that there are several approaches to cognitive-behavioral therapy, including rational emotive behavior therapy, rational behavior therapy, rational living therapy, cognitive therapy and dialectic behavior therapy.
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"Therefore, the therapeutic process encourages the client to interact with the environment, as a group, as an individual, and on many different levels, with different techniques, from using battacca bats to whack furniture, to imaging and interacting with the image in their mind by conversing with it out loud. The techniques used in therapy vary as widely as the therapists and clients, from principles based on Holism, Field theory, figure formation, organismic, the concept of the Now and "unfinished business." The therapist dialogues with warmth and caring, yet remains "invisible," as the client is encouraged to interact with the field (environment). The client must think of him- or herself as an abstract area in a limitless "field," thus, therapy is "unpredictable," or follows moment to moment dictum. (Doermann, 2002)"
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Family Therapy & Art Therapy, 1987.
Describes & compares approaches & suggests possible integration. Discusses founders, concepts, techniques and results.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 111.95
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" Family therapist, Walter Kempler, worked for a brief time with pioneering Gestalt therapist Fritz Perls who greatly influenced the development of Kempler's concepts of dealing with whole families in therapeutic situations. Although the two agreed on many principles, Kempler finally parted professional company with Perls on the issue of the therapist's involvement in the sessions. Perls thought that the therapist should be outside the immediate encounter, and Kempler believed that the therapist should not hide behind any device whatsoever (Kempler, 1973, p. 13).
Kempler, Perls, and others important in the field of family work--Virginia Satir and Murray Bowen--held that the family constellation is the most valuable and appropriate unit for(...)"
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Brief Therapy, 2002.
This paper is an extensive review of Brief therapy (?Solution-Focused Brief Therapy?), which uses practical strategies to help clients make significant positive changes in their lives in a relatively short period of time.
2,280 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 20 sources, APA, $ 70.95
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This paper states that Brief Therapy contrasts markedly with the psychoanalytic approaches because Brief Therapy focuses on what is going on in the client?s life at the time of the therapy and does not delve into the subconscious or early childhood experiences. The paper also reviews Gestalt Therapy and cognitive therapy and their relationship to Brief therapy. The paper is well researched.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Implementation
When is Brief Therapy Appropriate?
When Brief Therapy Is Not Appropriate?
Related Research
Questions Raised by Brief Therapy
What Do We Need to Know about Brief Therapy?
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"Therapists who use brief therapy have specific tasks to accomplish with their clients. They have to learn skills and techniques used with solution-focused therapies. It helps for them to be open to new ideas regarding how to guide people to actively make changes in their lives. They need to be able to use several approaches with skill and flexibility, as a client may become stuck and need an innovative way to move forward."
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Therapies Compared, 2003.
A comparative analysis between Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Brief Solution Focused Therapy.
1,206 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper provides a critical comparison of two common brief therapies--cognitive behaviour therapy and brief solution focused therapy. A thorough analysis of the current themes and practices used in these two treatments is made in order to provide the foundation for a comprehensive comparison of the two. Their similarities and differences are presented and it is concluded that both techniques are effective in managing a variety of problems.
Outline
Brief Solution
Focused Therapy
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
BSFT & CBT Compared
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"Brief solution focused therapy (BSFT) was developed in the early 1980?s by Steve de Shazer and colleagues, whose philosophy to focus on solutions rather than problems became the foundation of this therapy (de Shazer & Berg, 1997). The main goal of BSFT is to help clients access their own strengths and capacities and to help them develop and recognise these as a means to change (Durrant, 2000). A core assumption of BSFT is that there are always exceptions to problems, instances in which the problem will not occur. These exceptions are brought to the client's attention almost immediately in the first session by the counsellor (Stalker, Levene & Coady, 1999). Another important assumption of BSFT is that solutions don't have to have much in common with problems, with the same basic therapy producing changes in a wide variety of cases (Stalker et. al.)."
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Reality Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy, 2004.
Compares and contrasts two different schools of thought on counseling.
5,400 words (approx. 21.6 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 191.95
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This paper takes a look at Reality therapy and client-centered therapy, comparing and contrasting the approach that each therapy takes to counseling. The paper discusses humanistic theories and self-actualization, as well as the theories of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers. The paper also talks about the fundamental task of all therapists.
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"Humanistic theories and related therapies including client-centered or person-centered therapy regard people as unique, self-determined and worthy of respect and see human development as guided by a variety of human needs. Key humanistic theorists include Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers, both of whom take a holistic view of human growth that attempts to account for all of the diverse aspects of human experience. Humanistic theories propose that individuals pursue self-actualization and the acquisition of unconditional positive regard..."
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Counseling in a Target Population, 2006.
This paper discusses identifying theories of counseling in a target population and looks at reality therapy and solution-focused therapy in youth.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 5 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper explores two different forms of therapy and their likely impact as counseling aids among a target population. This is done through utilizing a case study approach in which a subject that is representative from the target population receives counseling through these two forms of therapy. Through using the case study approach, it is demonstrated how the use of reality therapy and solution-focuses therapy can potentially impact members of the target population when used in a counseling setting.
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"The problem of interest in this case study approach is that of neglect and abandonment. Adolescents tend to be driven to find a community in which they belong and they seek to identify themselves with that community."
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Depression and Therapy, 2005.
A focus on three types of therapy when treating a patient for depression.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper focuses on three types of therapy - cognitive, behavioral and psychodynamic psychotherapy. This paper discusses these therapies relation to depression. This paper reviews Freud's beliefs regarding depression, as well as the behaviorist theories relating to physical action, and physical behaviors. Additionally cognitive therapy is discussed as it relates to thought patterns which may be destructive for the patient.
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Models of Family Therapy, 2008.
This paper discusses and explains different models of family therapy.
1,622 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 52.95
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In this article, the writer looks at different models and forms of therapy for families that are experiencing problems. The writer notes that natural therapy is a form of psychotherapy that does not allow for medications, but that uses techniques that are aimed at assisting the individual to overcome issues through a natural approach. The writer looks at cognitive behavioral therapy in which the problem is seen to exist through the individual's thoughts and actions. The writer then discusses structural therapy and strategic family therapy. The writer maintains that the solution focused model of family therapy identifies the outcomes that the family desires and uses those outcomes as the focus of the therapy. In the narrative model the writer notes that clients are asked to take part in a narrative history of life and in collaborative therapy the patient and the therapist work as partners in the discovery of issues and the implementation of solutions to the issues.
Outline:
Natural System Model
Cognitive-Behavioral Model
Structural Model
Problem Focus Model
Strategic Model
Solution-Focused Model
Narrative Model
Collaborative Language System Model
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"Change for the patient requires that the thoughts and actions impacting the person's life must be identified initially. This may occur through the patient speaking with the therapist and answering questions that serve to allow the therapist to determine where the issues exist. However, the patient should be the one that identifies the problem areas through discussion so that he or she is capable of understanding that change is significant.
"Techniques used in cognitive behavioral therapy are implemented once the identification of the problem has occurred. The therapist may give the patient "homework" and a new mental or physical response to a situation. That new response is used by the patient in place of the negative response and it is through practice that a new method of thought or behavior can be experienced on an ongoing basis, replacing the former thoughts and action."
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, 2006.
An overview of cognitive behavior therapy, focusing on the roles of the therapist and patient and how it compares to other therapies used in psychology.
3,720 words (approx. 14.9 pages), 6 sources, $ 133.95
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This paper discusses cognitive behavioral therapy and the elements of its practice. It also explores the therapist and patient roles of cognitive behavioral therapy, and how it relates to other therapies currently used in psychology. Adlerian therapy, person centered therapy, existential therapy, Gestalt therapy, reality therapy, solution oriented brief therapy, multi-modal therapy, feminist therapy, and rational emotion behavior therapy are discussed and contrasted to traditional cognitive behavioral therapy. Through these comparisons a focus on the central characteristics of these therapies is evident, providing a framework for patients and professionals to determine which therapy would be most effective for the needs of particular patients.
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