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Thought field therapy: a former insider's experience
- Author:
- PIGNOTTI Monica
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 17(3), May 2007, pp.392-407.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is a novel therapy that employs finger tapping on purported acupressure points. Over the past decade, TFT, promoted on the Internet and through testimonials of fast cures, has gained popularity with therapists, including clinical social workers. Although TFT claims to cure a wide variety of psychological and physical problems, there is scant evidence to support such claims. This article provides an account of the authors 7-year experience as a leading practitioner, author, and teacher of TFT and includes the authors initial skepticism, what first interested her, experiences of training to the highest level of TFT (the proprietary Voice Technology) and becoming part of the inner circle of TFT and factors that led to her doubts and ultimate disillusionment with TFT. The pseudoscientific aspects of TFT and how they can impair critical thinking are also discussed.
Experiences with implosive therapy
- Author:
- TROESTER James D.
- Journal article citation:
- Clinical Social Work Journal, 34(3), September 2006, pp.349-360.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
Implosive Therapy (IT), which was originated by Thomas Stampfl in the 1950s, is an imagery technique built on psychoanalytic theory and learning theory. IT can be an effective means of helping people who have phobias and aversions. Examples illustrate the rationale, application, and outcome of the procedure.
The use of shame and dread in the countertransference
- Author:
- SARASOHN M. Kim
- Journal article citation:
- Clinical Social Work Journal, 33(4), Winter 2005, pp.445-453.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
Much has been written about paranoid anxieties as these occur in the patient. Less, however, has been written about primitive experiences as these occur in the therapist during the session. This paper recounts a patient's correct articulation of the therapist's self-perception, which, because of its accuracy, initially flooded the therapist with shame and dread. Nonetheless, the patient's perception was able to be used in a way that clarified, in the countertransference, a piece of the patient's early experience in relation to her mother and strengthened the therapeutic relationship.
Optimum number of sessions for depression and anxiety
- Authors:
- FORDE Frances, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 25.10.05, 2005, pp.36-40.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This study examines the relationship between the number of psychological treatment sessions completed by patients and the change in self-rated depressive and anxiety symptoms using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Recording demographic characteristics and various clinical outcome measures for all referrals to the service and examining the relationship between changes in self-reported anxiety and depression symptoms. For depression, the study shows that having 6-8 sessions offers more benefit than 1-5 sessions. Having more than eight sessions does not confer any additional benefit. Indeed, there is little difference between 1-5 sessions and more than eight sessions for depression. For anxiety, symptoms appear to continue to improve with increasing numbers of treatment
Taking care: an alternative to therapy
- Author:
- SMAIL David
- Publisher:
- J.M. Dent
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 165p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Insight into alleviating stress and anxiety of modern society by abandoning formal therapy and learning to care for each other.
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) in the United Kingdom: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of 10‐years of practice‐based evidence
- Author:
- WAKEFIELD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 60(1), 2021, pp.1-37.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Objectives: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) is a national‐level dissemination programme for provision of evidence‐based psychological treatments for anxiety and depression in the United Kingdom. This paper sought to review and meta‐analyse practice‐based evidence arising from the programme. Design: A pre‐registered (CRD42018114796) systematic review and meta‐analysis. Methods: suitable for meta‐analysis. The primary meta‐analysis showed large pre‐post treatment effect sizes for depression (d = 0.87, 95% CI [0.78–0.96], p < .0001) and anxiety (d = 0.88, 95% CI [0.79–0.97], p < .0001), and a moderate effect on functional impairment (d = 0.55, 95% CI [0.48–0.61], p < .0001). The methodological features of studies influenced ESs (e.g., such as whether intention‐to‐treat (Edited publisher abstract)
A systematic review of interventions for anxiety in people with HIV
- Authors:
- CLUCAS Claudine;, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Psychology, Health and Medicine, 16(5), October 2011, pp.528-547.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis Group
- Place of publication:
- United Kingdom
A total of 50 interventions reported in 39 studies and set mainly in North America and Western Europe, were included in the review. Prevalence rates varied considerably and were reported in only three studies. Beneficial effects were reported for 48% of interventions overall, and for 65% of interventions that directly targeted anxiety. Effectiveness varied between the different types of interventions and between studies using similar interventions and fourteen different measures of anxiety were used. Limitations of the review include a lack of evidence from developing countries and for women and young people.
Anxiety in adolescence: the integration and attachment of neurobiological research into clinical practice
- Authors:
- BETTMANN Joanna E., JASPERSON Rachael A.
- Journal article citation:
- Clinical Social Work Journal, 38(1), March 2010, pp.98-106.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
Uses a case example of an adolescent with panic disorder treated in an outpatient setting to illustrate the application and integration of attachment theory and neurobiology into clinical work.
EMDR and children: Europe leads the way
- Author:
- MORRIS-SMITH Joanne
- Journal article citation:
- Therapy Today, 18(3), April 2007, pp.9-12.
- Publisher:
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Europe is leading the way in the development of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) psychotherapy for children and adolescents, and in teaching therapists how to adapt the adult protocol for the developmental needs of children. The author looks at how this has been achieved.
The flick of a switch
- Authors:
- CAREY Timothy A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, October 2006, pp.30-33.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Change can be considered a generic goal of psychotherapy. The authors sought to find answers to the questions 'What is change?' and 'How does change occur?' A total of 27 people in the age categories of 18-30 , 31-44, and 45-65, who were suffering from depression, anxiety, and 'other' mental health problems were asked about change and the process of change. These accounts were then supported from