Treatment Approach
The best therapy combines knowledge and care.
As a clinician, understanding the client is vital and crucial in the therapeutic process. The client personality, culture and presentation play a significant role in the direction a therapist should consider taking in treatment. The first approach is rapport building. Without rapport building there is no connection or therapeutic relationship to establish trust. After the therapeutic relationship is established, the client may feel more comfortable in the treatment process. In this process, clinicians understanding the client as their own individual unique person is vital
This is where Eclectic Therapy plays such a significant role because it aims to discover and implement the most effective treatment for each individual. Instead of following a predefined methodical structure, eclectic therapy pulls from various therapy techniques to treat each person as a unique individual. Everyone is different and unique in their own way. What may work for one does not mean that it will work for the other. It’s about the unique individual. It’s important to understand the personality, culture as well as the presentation in order to gauge treatment in the therapeutic process.
Types of Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
Is a type of mindful psychotherapy that helps you stay focused on the present moment and accept thoughts and feelings without judgment. It aims to help you move forward through difficult emotions so you can put your energy into healing instead of dwelling on the negative.
Christian Counseling
Often called Biblical or pastoral counseling, focuses on using an understanding of Scriptural knowledge and a Christ-centered perspective to help people live more fully as Christians in God’s image. The goal of Christian counseling is to help people regain a sense of hope for their life that is found in Jesus Christ. A client may think that the use of scripture is the only component to a session. Christian counselors use both the disciplines of theology as well as psychology.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Is a therapeutic approach that places an emphasis on helping individuals learn to be their own therapists. Through exercises in the session as well as “homework” exercises outside of sessions, patients/clients are helped to develop coping skills, whereby they can learn to change their own thinking, problematic emotions, and behavior.
Compassion Focused
Therefore highlights the importance of developing people’s capacity to (mindfully) access, tolerate, and direct affiliative motives and emotions, for themselves and others, and cultivate inner compassion as a way for organizing our human ‘tricky brain’ in prosocial and mentally healthy ways.
Culturally Sensitive
Iincludes remaining considerate towards other cultures. Knowing and understanding diverse cultures and affirming the variations and similarities helps individuals interact more efficiently and create significant relationships.
1. Think beyond race and ethnicity. A person’s culture is shaped by more than the color of their skin or the way that they dress. …
2. Learn by asking. …
3. Make local connections. …
4. Pay attention to non-verbal behaviors. …
5. Exchange stories.
Eclectic
Is a therapy approach that draws the most relevant techniques from other evidence-based therapy modalities together for an effective, individualized treatment plan. Eclectic Therapists value the fact that each client is unique and has unique needs in therapy. Eclecticism is a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple theories, styles, or ideas to gain complementary insights into a subject, or applies different theories in particular cases.
Motivational Interviewing
Is a counseling method that helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior. It is a practical, empathetic, and short-term process that takes into consideration how difficult it is to make life changes. Motivational interviewing is often used to address addiction and the management of physical health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and asthma. This intervention helps people become motivated to change the behaviors that are preventing them from making healthier choices.
Narrative
This therapy involves the client talking about their life stories- or narratives- with the therapist, focusing on ones that are saturated in problems. With the therapist, they discuss and challenge these narratives, which may be causing a lot of emotional distress, to overcome them. It’s a form of therapy that aims to separate the individual from the problem, allowing the individual to externalize their issues rather than internalize them. It relies on the individual’s own skills and sense of purpose to guide them through difficult times.
Person-Centered
Is talk therapy in which the client does most of the talking. The therapist will not actively direct conversation in sessions, or judge or interpret what you say, but they may restate your words in an effort to fully understand your thoughts and feelings (and to help you do the same).
Basic Goals of Person-Centered Therapy
• Increase self-acceptance and self-esteem.
• Personal growth and self-expression.
• Minimize negative feelings (such as defensiveness, regret, guilt, insecurity)
• Better understanding and trust in oneself.
Reality Therapy
Is a form of counseling that views behaviors as choices. It states that psychological symptoms occur not because of a mental health condition, but due to people choosing behaviors to fulfill their needs. It maintains a “here and now” focus on choice, responsibility, commitment, and willingness to change. The counseling process starts with assessing the clients’ relationships and unmet needs, exploring what behaviors they are displaying that either assist or interfere with them meeting their needs.
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