Week 11: Psychotherapy With Personality Disorders Week 11: Psychotherapy With Personality Disorders Since personality represents who someone is at the deepest level, it is understandable that many people with personality disorders resist the idea that they have a fundamental dysfunction with their personality. Even when clients acknowledge that their personality problems are at the heart…
Discussion: Therapy with Older Adults Discussion: Therapy with Older Adults Clients who are older have often times been dealing with their mental health disorder their entire lives, whiles other disorders may be brought on through the aging process or the trauma of losing a lifelong partner. Treatment can be challenging for both the client and…
Week 10: Psychotherapy With Older Adults Week 10: Psychotherapy With Older Adults According to the Institute of Medicine, more than 20% of the growing older adult population has a mental health disorder (IOM, 2012). In the past, many older adults avoided psychotherapy because of the associated social stigma, but with the growing acceptance of therapy…
Discussion: Counseling Adolescents Discussion: Counseling Adolescents The adolescent population is often referred to as “young adults,” but in some ways, this is a misrepresentation. Adolescents are not children, but they are not yet adults either. This transition from childhood to adulthood often poses many unique challenges to working with adolescent clients, particularly in terms of…