Essays on Clinical Psychology Page 9

In this essay, I will give an account of my understanding of Transactional Analysis, more commonly known as “TA,” and the Gestalt theory, as discussed in Faculty One, Year Three of the Chrysalis Counselling class. I will then use these approaches and demonstrate the methodology in a previous client case study, discussing what I could…

Trichotillomania is defined as a self-induced and recurrent loss of hair. [3] It includes the criterion of an increasing sense of tension before pulling the hair and gratification or relief when pulling the hair. [1] However, some people with trichotillomania do not endorse the inclusion of “rising tension and subsequent pleasure, gratification, or relief” as…

Watson and Rosalie Rayner conducted important studies on psychology in 1920, which turned out to be one of the influential studies. “Conditioned Emotional Reactions” was a paper, which was based on experiments conducted by J.B. Watson with his assistant, Rosalie Rayner. This paper was also known as the “Little Albert” study.  The reason this study was…

On the night of February 4th, police responded to a call at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. They had been shot and killed; the only other person in the home was the Wilson’s 25 year old son Edward. Subsequently Edward was arrested and charged with two counts of first degree murder. Edward was…

You can’t have everything, where would you put it? Hoarders Imagine you wake to find that your house is on fire. Most people can name the few possessions that are near and dear to their hearts that they would grab immediately before exiting their burning home. Imagine feeling that strongly about each and every single…

Presenting Problem Joey Pigza, is an eleven year old boy who has troubles concentrating in every aspect of his life. Joey has ADHD, and even with medication his temperament and wild behavior are out of control. He is a good kid with a caring heart, but his failure to control his impulses has now become…

Attachment or bonding is the establishment of a relationship between a primary caregiver, usually the mother, and her child. These nurturing connections begin during infancy, also known as the critical period, and serve as the foundation for a child’s overall development. If a child develops a secure attachment, they will view the world as safe…

First, for Axis I, the facts in Mr. A’s case support a diagnosis of Tansvestic Fetshism. According to the DSM-IV-TR an individual meets the standards for this diagnosis if, first, for at least 6 month, a heterosexual male experiences recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviors involving cross- dressing, and secondly, the fantasies, urges,…

Sigmund Freud defined the goal of psychoanalysis to be to replace unconscious with conscious awareness, where the ‘id was ego shall be,’ and through this an individual would achieve self-control and reasonable satisfaction of instincts. His fundamental ideas include psychic determinism, the power and influence of the unconscious, as opposed to the pre-conscious mind, the…

How Hypochondriasis is Depict in My Girl Abstract Hypochondriasis is characterized by a fear or belief, based on misinterpretations of bodily sensations, that one has a serious disease. A person with hypochondriasis may be focused on a single illness, but most of the time they have more than one health condition. Individuals with hypochondriasis visit…