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Emotional Health For Individuals : Remedial Programme
Each one of us has our own structure and functioning method which lead us to have certain experiences of life. When these experiences are pleasant we continue functioning from the same pattern of behaviour without any problem.
However, when the experience of life is unpleasant then these behavioural patterns prove themselves to be dysfunctional and then there is need to change these behavioural patterns. These behavioural patterns could be …
- # Excessive worry and concern
- # Excessive negative thoughts
- # Unmanageable anger
- # Non assertion … inability to say 'NO'
- # Withdrawal and disinterest in life experiences
- # Eating disorders
- # Sleep disorders
- # Psychosomatic illnesses
- # Phobias
- # Alcoholism and addictions to other substances such as drugs, cigarette smoking, etc
These rigid behavioural patterns that we keep repeating enable us to stay away from your own pain for some time … however, they may also keep us away from being intimate with our own 'self' and ultimately with others.
By becoming awareness of the original impulses and altering the unhealthy behavioral patterns one can enjoy the day to day existence of our life and live a peaceful existence.
When an individual comes in for therapy, there is the excitement and the uncertainty associated with the unknown. From here, the therapist takes the individual into remedial or psychotherapeutic process, one step at a time.
HOW DOES THE REMEDIAL PROGRAMME WORK ?
Step 1 - Diagnostics
The goal of diagnosis is to understand what is happening to the client.
Standardized psychological tests are administered at a specific time and date.
The conclusions of the testing are used as a framework to further the therapeutic process.
Step 2 - Remedial
The therapist acts as a catalyst, helping the client discover himself at his own time and pace and invites him/ her to focus on a particular aspect of behaviour that the client wishes to change.
Step 3 - Group Psychotherapy
Over a period of time, when the therapist feels that the client is ready to take responsibility for his / her feelings, he / she would be invited to move into a therapeutic group consisting of not more than three / four individuals - all of whom would have emotions manifesting at similar intensities and who have gone through individual therapy for a period of time.
The main advantage of group therapy is that the individual not only gets support, empathy, reaffirmation by members but also gains insights into their behaviour.
Sincere feedback from other group members helps the client in gaining anchorage and authentication of the real world.
Step 4 - Family Support
If the therapist feels that the client might hurt himself or someone else or when the client is put on psychopharmacological medication, the family support is vital.
Parents / spouses / children / relatives are brought into the picture so that they can understand the situation and learn how to help the client.
Step 5 - Psychiatric assessment (if deemed necessary)
Should the therapist feel that the client needs a support structure beyond that available, the client is recommended to a psychiatrist, who would then - on the basis of his diagnosis - prescribe the required psychopharmacological medication.
The therapist would actively monitor this process, along with the psychiatrist, until the psychiatrist feels that the medication can be reduced / withdrawn.
Therapy would then continue on a short term (anything up to 25 sessions), mid - term (up to 75 sessions) or long term (anything over 75 sessions). Based on the diagnostic reports a client is invited to attend a therapy sessions on a weekly or biweekly basis, with a commitment to change being the focal point. |
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