Ke’Asia Hicks Professor Robin English 1102 11 March 2013 How Therapy help Children Cope with Rape It is every child’s right to be safe and feel protected. Children who are victimized through sexual abuse often begin to develop deeply held beliefs that shape their sense of self. They can sometimes feel confused and may often contemplate things such as: “My worth is my sexuality.” “I’m dirty and shameful.” “I have no right to my own physical boundaries.” These are just a few examples of
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Music Therapy 1 Music therapy is the use of music by health care professionals to promote healing and enhance quality of life for their patients. Music therapy may be used to encourage emotional expression‚ promote social interaction‚ relieve symptoms‚ and for other purposes. Music therapists may use active or passive methods with patients‚ depending on the individual patient’s needs and abilities. The idea of music as a healing influence
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Research Paper: Music Therapy Abstract There are many different ways that we benefit from music. Music can inspire better self-esteem‚ and confidence. It’s a great way to set the mood‚ and a wonderful tool. Music therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program (Gram‚ 2005). Music therapy can reach out to anyone‚ age
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Traditional therapies may fail to help adolescents with depression. Adolescent and their resistance to therapy is so strong. However‚ if the therapist enters the adolescent’s depressive world view by offering art as a means of communication‚ there is a great possibility of creating some alternatives. Art therapy provides practical treatment for adolescents‚ giving them another lens for viewing their perceptions through their own illustrations and narratives. Because adolescents tend to act out their
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I agree that art and music programs are indispensable for young children besides math‚ history‚ science and language. Art and music are widely recognized in many cultures as a part of our life. In addition to their value to culture and society‚ art and music can contribute significantly to children’s intellectual development‚ memory improvement‚ aesthetical development‚ self-discipline‚ self-confidence and communication skills. Music and art have been proved by plenty of scientific evidence as
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How is Music Therapy used with elderly people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of Dementia? Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia in the United Kingdom‚ affecting approximately 417‚000 people. First described by German neurologist Alois Alzheimer‚ Alzheimer’s ‘can be considered as being the most important of the degenerative diseases because of its frequent occurrence and devastating consequences.’ The disease is a progressive one which means that once patients have the
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As well as being for pleasure or entertainment‚ watching a film can also be good theraphy and can help personal growth. To recognize ourselves in a movie character is incredibly useful for helping us reflect and analyse our biggest problems No art passes our conscience in the way film does‚ and goes directly to our feelings‚ deep down into the dark rooms of our souls. These words from the film star Ingrid Bergman define the way in which we can become submerged in a film‚ to the point where we
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retrieved from an article called “Play Therapy Experiences with the Culturally Diverse.” The purpose of the study was to determine which form of therapy rendered a more positive result among children cross-culture. The participants of the research included 86 school counselors from Texas. The two variables applied in the research are play therapy versus talk therapy. The Pearson correlation coefficient was employed to compare the responses to play therapy and talk therapy‚ and the reaction of the participants
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Holding Therapy What is Holding Therapy? Holding therapy was developed by Dr. Martha Welch in the late 1970s. Dr. Welch was a psychiatrist in New York who began using it with children with autism. Later‚ she outlined her form of therapy in a book titled‚ Holding Time (Welch‚ 1988). Originally‚ Dr. Welch discovered holding therapy with autistic children. Later‚ however‚ she began using this therapy with typical children as well and‚ in her opinion‚ discovered equally satisfying results
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for these groups’ sessions will be at the old courthouse and snacks will be served after each meeting. I have chosen this particular population because I watched how my own divorce affected my children. Had I known then what I know now about the benefits of therapy for adolescents I would have sought therapy to help them cope with this devastatingly life altering event. Establishing the parameters of confidentiality between the adolescents‚ their parents‚ and other individuals within the group will
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