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11 Physical Symptoms Of Adolescent Anxiety and How To Treat Them Adolescent-anxietyengage treatmentmental health

11 Physical Symptoms Of Adolescent Anxiety and How To Treat Them

Anxiety, as defined by the American Psychological Association (APA), is “an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts and physical changes like increased blood pressure.” Although anxiety is the body’s natural response to stress, the symptoms of anxiety can be unpleasant and difficult to…
Norman
October 16, 2023
Understanding Stability And Change In Parental Reflective Functioning And Its Relationships For Child Relationships-For-Childengage treatmentmental health

Understanding Stability And Change In Parental Reflective Functioning And Its Relationships For Child

Reflective functioning refers “to the essential human capacity to understand behavior in light of underlying mental states,” whereby mental states encompass emotions, needs, intentions, and desires that can motivate behavior. The construct of reflective functioning emerged in the late 1980s,…
Norman
September 25, 2023
What Role Does Effective Communication Play In Building Successful Therapeutic Relationship? Therapeutic-relationshipengage treatmentmental health

What Role Does Effective Communication Play In Building Successful Therapeutic Relationship?

The therapeutic relationship, or therapeutic alliance, refers to the purposeful collaborative relationship between the therapist and the client. It is a critical component of effective psychotherapy, and the quality of this relationship is an indicator of treatment outcome. While there…
Norman
August 22, 2023
What Are Some Therapeutic Communication Techniques For Adolescents? techniques-for-adolescentsengage treatmentmental health

What Are Some Therapeutic Communication Techniques For Adolescents?

Communication encompasses both verbal and non-verbal cues, and is fundamental to effective adolescent psychotherapy. Adolescents often have a difficult time accurately articulating their emotions, which can make communicating with young people rather complicated. When working with adolescents, mental health professionals…
Norman
August 14, 2023
What Are The Three Most Important Factors For Adolescents Therapy To Be Effective? adolescents-therapyengage treatmentmental health

What Are The Three Most Important Factors For Adolescents Therapy To Be Effective?

A long history in the field of psychotherapy theory, research, and practice has been dedicated to distinguishing which common factors, or characteristics that are present across psychotherapies, are paramount to fostering positive psychotherapy results with adolescents. Empirical evidence identifies the…
Norman
August 14, 2023
What Is The Therapeutic Relationship In Psychotherapy For Children and Adolescents? psychotherapy-for-childrenengage treatmentmental health

What Is The Therapeutic Relationship In Psychotherapy For Children and Adolescents?

Sigmund Freud hypothesized that the relationship between therapist and patient was a key component of effective treatment. Research has since proven that the quality of this relationship is the strongest predictor of whether therapy, including child psychotherapy, is successful. Child…
Norman
August 14, 2023

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