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This 10 page paper begins by providing a brief description of these therapeutic approaches. The writer then discuses each in terms of its approach to depression. A student-supplied case study is used. The writer comments on how they would feel using each approach with this client and which approach is better. The writer also comments on which approach might be more effective in a multicultural situation. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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of energy or vague gastrointestinal symptoms. There was evidence of depression for the past four months. She reports feeling agitated and on edge much of the time and has been
short-tempered with her children. Brief Descriptions of Therapies Both cognitive behavior therapy and person-centered therapy have been successful when treating patients with depression. Cognitive behavior therapy has been
especially effective. The person-centered therapist places the client at the center of therapy, not the therapist and not the process (Friedrich, 2006; Heffner, 2004). The client-centered therapist has no
preconceptions and makes no judgments (Friedrich, 2006; Heffner, 2004). The approach is one of reflection, a type of paraphrasing (Heffner, 2004). Self-actualization is also an important part of the process;
self-actualization refers to the tendency of humans to grow, to continually move forward and to reach their full potential (Friedrich, 2006). One of the goals of person-centered therapy is to
increase the clients self-esteem (Friedrich, 2006). This is accomplished by providing a totally supportive environment that emerges from a close relationship between the therapist and the client (Friedrich, 2006). There
are three driving principles for creating the environment: congruency, empathic understanding and unconditional positive regard (Friedrich, 2006). The role of the therapist is to help the clients in their self-actualizing
processes (Friedrich, 2006). Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) combines the cognitive and behavioral models of therapy (Grazebrook and Garland, 2005). However, it should be noted that the term is often used
to describe cognitive theories, behavioral theories, and to other therapies that are "based on the pragmatic combination of principles of behavioural [sic] and cognitive theories" (Grazebrook and Garland, 2005). It
is a here-and-now approach rather than looking a distant past experiences (Grazebrook and Garland, 2005). There are also a great number of different CBT approaches (Grazebrook and Garland, 2005). Cognitive
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