Lucy Onsarigo
YesterdayFeb 28 at 7:51 pm
Post an explanation of whether psychotherapy has a biological basis.
Psychotherapy stops the brain from accepting detrimental behavior patterns and adopts new and constructive ways. According to a study, psychotherapy is an individualized yet comprehensive biological treatment; it does not target one receptor, one or two neurotransmitters, or single modulators; it taps into all the biological regulations underlying complex brain responses (Javanbakht & Alberini, 2019). This is why patients are advised to attend therapies to allow the brain to start accepting new constructive ways to enable them to embrace a meaningful life. Thus, successful therapies produce ample, long-term, measurable physical changes in the brain.
Explain how culture, religion, and socioeconomics might influence ones perspective on the value of psychotherapy treatments.
Questioning someone about their beliefs, values, and practices somehow gets uncomfortable, and a majority dont want to discuss it. I will only speak of my culture (from Africa), where most people dont believe in counseling. They would rather keep it to themselves than share their problems with someone else. The men see this as a sign of weakness, so speaking about issues that are bothering them is not going to happen, and if they happen to know that their wives have sought help, they will be furious. Mental health problems are unspoken evil in my culture, so those seeking help do it discreetly. It is sad to mention that some believe that when someone has a mental illness, they have been doing bad stuff, and now God is punishing them. Providers have trouble asking their clients to explore problematic topics, which may or will increase clients understanding of the topics and allow them to consider whether they might change their thinking or behavior (Schwartz, 2022). They dont ask for fear that it can imply a judgment that a clients beliefs or actions are questionable.
Sometimes religion helps a lot, especially when an individual understands psychotherapy, making it easy to integrate religion and psychotherapy. Some individuals who seek psychotherapy identify their desire to introduce religion/spirituality (R/S) into their work with their psychotherapist, which indicates the need for R/S assessment and methods to address the topic during sessions (Thomas et al., 2022).
Describe how legal and ethical considerations for group and family therapy differ from those for individual therapy. Explain how these differences impact your therapeutic approaches for clients in group, individual, and family therapy.
Identifying who the patient is (or patients) and making sure that all involved parties are aware of this information at the outset of any treatment intervention is crucial (American Psychological Association [APA], 2014). When providing therapy to a patient, sometimes the circumstances lead to having collateral contact; an example is a child with a parent. Here, the patient is the child and not the parent. Another example is a couple where one is the patient, and the other accompanies him to the sessions. When a wife accompanies the husband with a mental illness for therapy, the providers primary duty is to the husband. This is not a couples session but an individual session of therapy. A complex situation is if the wife has the power of attorney rights; a good example is when a parent accompanies their child. They are the child’s legal representative, giving them the right and responsibility to listen and view medical records and contribute to the kind of treatment the child receives.
There is conflict when dealing with confidentiality and how to keep the privilege of the patients records from being accessed by the spouse or parent. Laws and ethical standards require a provider to protect the privacy of patients information and records. How does a psychotherapist handle confidentiality in group or family therapy? It is prudent for a psychotherapist to be aware of the applicable rules in their jurisdiction and to implement informed consent that ensures all parties understand the relevant limits to confidentiality and privilege (APA, 2014).
References
American Psychological Association Practice Organization. (2014). https://www.apaservices.org/practice/good-practice/2014-winter.pdf
Javanbakht, A., & Alberini, C. M. (2019). Editorial: Neurobiological Models of Psychotherapy. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 13, 144. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00144Links to an external site.
Schwartz W. (2022). Politics and Religion: Revisiting Psychotherapy’s Third Rail. American journal of psychotherapy, 75(4), 177180. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20210052Links to an external site
Thomas, M., Crabtree, M., Janvier, D., Craner, W., Zechner, M., & Bussian, L. B. (2022). Bridging religion and spirituality with gestalt psychotherapy to improve clinical symptoms: Preliminary findings using gestalt pastoral care. Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.), 59(3), 400404. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000425Links to an external site.
Respond to your colleagues on two different days by providing an additional scholarly resource that supports or challenges their position, along with a brief explanation of the resource.
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