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Spinoza's Philosophical Psychotherapy missing works cited ABSTRACT: Spinoza's philosophy has a practical aim. The Ethics can be interpreted as a guide to a happy, intellectually flourishing life. Spinoza gives us principles about how to guard against the power of passions which prevent the mind from...

Concept of of a Fully-Functioning Person

Concept of of a Fully-Functioning Person Carl Rogers was a psychotherapist who, in the early part of the twentieth Century, developed the concept of client-centered psychotherapy. He was a great proponent of the scientific method and was one of the first to incorporate it into psychotherapy. His ...

Adler

Classical Adlerian psychology is a values-based, fully-integrated, theory of personality, model of psychopathology, philosophy of living, strategy for preventative education, and technique of psychotherapy. Its mission is to encourage the development of psychologically healthy and cooperative indi...

Different Methods Used to Treat Depression

Depression can be treated with many different ways but most commonly you will find a therapist that will prescribe an antidepressant, psychotherapy, or a combination of the two. In rare cases were patients can’t take antidepressants or have not responded well to other treatments, therapists may re...

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Logotherapy

Logotherapy Logotherapy, practiced and described by Dr. Viktor E. Frankl, is a form of psychotherapy that requires individuals to assume responsibility for their own existence to search for meaning. Dr. Frankl, himself a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, developed this ps...

DYSTHYMIC DISORDER

DYSTHYMIC DISORDER & BRIEF THERAPY DEPRESSION  Mild, chronic depression has probably existed as long as the human condition, although it has been referred to by various different names. The DSM-III replaced the term “neurotic depression” with dysthymic disorder--which literally m...

Arnold Lazarus

Arnold Lazarus Arnold Lazarus was born in 1932. He was born and educated in Johannesburg, South Africa. “Although Dr. Lazarus grew up in South Africa, he strongly identified with the United States.” (Corey, 2001, chap. 10) When Dr. Lazarus was a young man he viewed racism and discriminati...

food

Anemia is a condition characterized by abnormally low levels of healthy red blood cells or hemo Anorexia nervosa is primarily an illness that manifests itself in the mind. A person afflicted with this disease refuses food because of a debilitating fear that he or she wil...

Alcoholism

Alcoholism Alcoholism is a disease in which a person has an overwhelming desire to drink alcoholic beverages. A person who has this desire is called an alcoholic because he/she feels forced to drink. Alcoholism is considered one of the most serious problems in the world. Alcohol creates many pro...

bipolar disorder

Bipolar Disorder also known as Manic Depressive Illness involves outstanding mood swings. The individual has periods of depression, and periods when they feel either unusually good or pressured and irritable. It affects 1-2% of the population. Genetics plays a significant role. About 15% of children...