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Brain Disease Model: Of the Disease Models
Brain Disease Model: Of the Disease ModelsAs Capuzzi and Stauffer (2013) denote, the general premise of the Disease Model of addiction has been around for several centuries. However, E.M. Jellinek is primarily given credit for creating the underpinnings of first clinically accepted version of the Disease Model (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2013). One unique aspect to […]
Washington State: Family Theory for Addictions Counseling
Family Disease Model: Of the Family ModelsThe Family Disease Model is a subset from the Family Models explanation of addiction (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2013). In the Family Disease Model, the focus is taken off of the specific individual with addiction, and instead focused on the entire family unit (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2013). In this model, […]
WA State CBT for Addictions Counseling: Substance Abuse
Theoretical Models and Approaches for Substance Abuse Diagnosis and TreatmentSubstance abuse counseling requires a multimodal and multicausal lens through which clinicians and counselors design and implement treatment plans specific to their unique clients. To that point, there is no one size fits all theoretical model that can explain the etiology behind why individuals develop substance […]
Humanistic psychotherapy and Humanistic Therapy
Overview of Satir’s Human Validation Process ModelVirginia Satir is a renowned American psychotherapist and author. Satir was born on June 26th, 1916 in a small Wisconsin town called Neillsville. Satir was the first of five children, was academically gifted cognitively, and had an incredible desire to gain knowledge (Virginia Satir Biography, 2015). Satir excelled through […]
Telehealth Counseling or Virtual Counselling During Covid-19
Technology and Counseling: Now to 2030! The world has rapidly moved towards the digital delivery of mental health services as our ‘new normal.’ While this shift has been ongoing for several years, the COVID-19 pandemic has been the largest impetus for this shift. This pandemic has presented health care professionals with copious levels of challenges. While […]
5 Simple Steps to Handling Your Emotions: Virtual Counselling Tip
5 Simple Steps to Handling Your Emotions when Faced with a Difficult SituationSummary:How many times have you lost control of yourself when you’re angry? Did you do or say something which you regretted afterwards? Read Below on Steps to make a change in this regard.How many times have you lost control of yourself when you’re […]
3 Powerful Tips To Help Manage Stress: Virtual Counseling Tips
3 Powerful Tips To Help Manage Everyday StressSummary:Often times stress will manifest when we carry over yesterday’s concerns into our present-day. An accumulation will almost always end up causing us to have a high stress level. I believe that we need to release or transmute this stress in a healthy way. Which is to say, […]
10 Methods You Can Use Today to Fight Insomnia and Improve Sleep
10 Methods You Can Use Today to Fight Insomnia and Improve SleepSummary:Insomnia can be a pain to your daily life and having a good night’s sleep on a consistent basis can be very difficult. Here are 10 methods you can use today to fight insomnia and sleep great every night, including a reflexology technique.As always this […]