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Emotional mirrors: equine therapy
- Author:
- DAMPSEY Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Addiction Today, 24(139), November 2012, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Addiction Recovery Foundation
Sierra Tucson is a behavioural health treatment centre and psychiatric hospital which has pioneered equine-assisted therapy, or EAP. Many who admit for treatment are dealing with various kinds of addictions, mood disorders, traumas, eating disorders, and pain management issues. Every other week, patients participate in group EAP, which is part of a Therapeutic and Recreational Activities Programme. This article describes the role that horses can play in the recovery process for patients struggling with behavioural and mental health issues. It argues that horses can sense the feelings in us that are often out of our conscious awareness and mirror our feelings back to us through their body language. Case examples are provided to demonstrate how patients and therapists can work with horses.
Hale and arty
- Author:
- LEARMONTH Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.01.07, 2007, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article sets out some maps for understanding the arts and health spectrum, the relations of the arts as psychotherapies to other aspects of the arts and health practice, with reference to the Mental Health Foundation's findings from its Art Creativity and Mental Health Initiative.
Psychosocial equine program for Veterans
- Author:
- FERRUOLO David M.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 61(1), 2016, pp.53-60.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Equine-facilitated mental health therapy has shown promise in treating veterans with depressive and anxiety disorders and reintegration issues. This article reports on US pilot programme designed to address the mental health needs of veterans. It also discusses future directions for evolving development of equine treatment programming. (Edited publisher abstract)
What does the volcano have to say? Integrative arts psychotherapy in a therapeutic community setting
- Author:
- STEWART Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Therapeutic Communities: the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 30(4), Winter 2009, pp.424-437.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Within the Winterbourne Therapeutic Community, a non-residential community in Berkshire, Integrative Arts Psychotherapy (IAP) is offered as a weekly group session. In this paper the author examines the experience of adapting the IAP model, providing opportunities to communicate emotional experience using both verbal and non-verbal metaphor via a range of art forms, to a therapeutic community setting. The article looks at how the IAP model and therapeutic community philosophy complement and sometimes compromise each other, the challenges of developing an arts culture within the therapeutic community, and how members use the arts to support their progress in therapy, both as observers or consumers of art and as artists making images as part of their therapeutic process. The article includes both anecdotal evidence from colleagues and members of the community and images.
An open trial of psychodynamic psychotherapy for people with mild-moderate intellectual disabilities with waiting list and follow up control
- Authors:
- SKELLY Allan, McGEEHAN Caoimhe, USHER Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 12(5-6), 2018, pp.153-162.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the outcome of psychodynamic psychotherapy for people with intellectual disabilities (ID), which has a limited but supportive evidence base. Design/methodology/approach: The study is a systematic open trial of flexible-length psychodynamic therapy offered in an urban community to 30 people with mild and moderate ID, presenting with significant emotional distress on the Psychological Therapies Outcome Scale for people with intellectual disabilities (PTOS-ID). Allocation to therapy was made according to an established stepped care approach according to need, and the mean number of sessions was 22.03 (range 7–47). Treatment fidelity was checked via notes review and cases excluded from analysis where there were other significant psychological interventions. Findings: On both self-report (PTOS-ID) and independent ratings (Health of the Nation Outcome Scales-Learning Disability (HoNOS-LD)) recipients of therapy: did not improve while waiting for therapy; improved significantly during therapy, with large pre–post effect sizes; and retained improvements at six-month follow-up. Research limitations/implications: While it is important to conduct further controlled trials, the findings provide support for previous studies. High rates of abuse and neglect were found in the sample, suggesting that more trauma-informed and relational approaches should be explored for this client group. Originality/value: No other study of this size has been completed which used dedicated standardised outcome measures, with this therapy type, with both waiting list and follow-up control and with account of model fidelity. (Publisher abstract)
Case study: Y-Talk counselling and therapy service, Sheffield YMCA
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This case study describes the work of Y-Talk counselling and therapy service, a key part of Sheffield YMCA’s Interchange Emotional Well-Being Programme. Y-Talk provides an accessible service for 16-25 year olds. It aims to fill a gap between universal and more specialist mental health services and is designed specifically for young people making the transition into adulthood. Many of the young people who are referred for help would be either unable or unwilling to access specialist statutory mental health services provided through the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) or the Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS). The case study provides background to the project, information about designing the service, involving young people in the service, intended outcomes, measuring impact, and resources involved.
Culture and reflexivity: systemic journeys with a British Chinese family
- Authors:
- TEH Yang Yang, LEK Evonne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Therapy, 40(4), 2018, pp.520-536.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper describes a reflective space created between two Singaporean Chinese systemic psychotherapists and a British Chinese family – the Chans. The family attended the Marlborough Cultural Therapy Centre (MCTC) in London and was given two separate culture‐specific systemic treatments by different therapists, which were reflected upon collaboratively with the Chans. A brief literature review of British Chinese and mental health, culture and reflexivity is described. The authors discuss clinical implications including the impact of British Chinese cultures and the effect of mental health issues on the family. The process and outcomes of the treatment are explained using the frame of reflexivity. Clinical implications discussed include the impact of British Chinese cultures and the effects of schizophrenia and anxiety on the family. Practitioner points: (a) Reflexivity is an interactional process creating change through repeated awareness, reflection and action related to our similarities and differences; (b) This process may helpfully guide practitioners through therapeutic journeys; (c) Reflexivity is especially important when considering both similarities and differences – even when the therapist is working with clients from a similar (ethnic) culture; (d) Involving clients in the writing process enhances reflexivity for both therapists and clients and in itself can be thought of as a further intervention. (Edited publisher abstract)
Recovering process from child sexual abuse during adulthood from an integrative approach to solution-focused therapy: a case study
- Author:
- GONZALEZ Carolina
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 26(7), 2017, pp.785-805.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In recent times, strengths-based recovery approaches that focus on the present and build strategies that look toward the future have become popular. However, some cases require the consideration of experiences from previous stages of the clients’ development. This single-case study explores the psychotherapeutic process of a middle-aged woman who presented with a history of child sexual abuse (incest) and a long-term adult diagnosis of depression that was treated in public health services. This psychotherapy involved an integrative approach to solution-focused therapy; specifically, the approach proposed by Yvonne Dolan to work with adult survivors of sexual abuse, in conjunction with techniques and strategies from the transtheoretical model. Measures incorporating therapeutic working alliance and outcomes were administered over sessions. Results showed positive outcomes from this therapeutic intervention, which remained at 3-month and 12-month follow-ups. Implications for practitioners’ specialist practice in health services are discussed, given the complexity of comorbid mental health conditions with a history of child sexual abuse. (Publisher abstract)
DSM-IV-TR casebook and treatment guide for child mental health
- Editors:
- GALANTER Cathryn A., JENSEN Peter S., (eds.)
- Publisher:
- American Psychiatric Publishing
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 702p.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
This book is based on detailed case studies and is organised into four parts: Classic cases, where the diagnosis is fairly clear; Comorbid complexity, where the diagnosis may be complicated by co-existing conditions; Toughest cases, where the diagnosis is unclear or the patient has been unresponsive to treatment; and, finally, Kids in crisis, where the patient's psychopathology exists in the context of extreme social stressors. For each clinical condition there is a detailed case presentation, followed by psychotherapeutic perspective, a psychopharmalogic a perspective and an integrative perspective.
Improving access to psychological therapies - the story so far
- Author:
- GRAY Penny
- Journal article citation:
- Therapy Today, 18(2), March 2007, pp.18-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
The author reports on the first six months of the Doncaster Improving Access to Psychological Therapies pilot. The aim of the service is to provide rapid access and assessment and to deliver a wide range and choice of evidence-based interventions in non-traditional ways.