BEGINNING THERAPISTS

Issues Faced by Beginning Therapists



Issues faced by beginning therapists

Introduction

Psychotherapy is a type of therapy used for the purpose of treating psychological problems such as; depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties and mental health problems. It is a dialectical process that is carried out between a professional psychologist or doctor (the therapist) and client (patient) (COREY, 2009a). To be the area of mental health, psychotherapy is the main line of treatment for any matter relating to the mind. For this, it makes use of methods, techniques and psychological interventions whose main objectives are restoring the quality of life of the patient; equate the reasons for consultation (ranging from minor difficulties in day-to-day even major psychopathology); develop patterns of mental functioning of the individual and his psychic systems (organic health, mental health, family, social, sexual, intellectual, financial, professional, leisure and spiritual) (NORCROSS, & BEUTLER, 2008, pp. 481-511).

First Appointment

Conceptualization and Characterization

It is important to know the ideas that guide the conception of mental deficiency, in every historical period, so that we can better understand the child's place in contemporary society. For this, we turn to two authors, whose ideas summarized below. During antiquity, disabled children or adults were abandoned in the open 12. This attitude was congruent with the moral ideals of classical society and class of the time, in which eugenics and the perfection of the individual were highly valued. According to authors, children or adults with physical or mental disabilities were considered sub-human, which legitimized their removal or abandonment. In the Middle Ages, the deficiency was conceived as a metaphysical and spiritual phenomenon due to the influence of the Church; disability was assigned a character or divine or demonic and this concept, in a way, led the way for treatment of disabled people (MILLER, DUNCAN,& HUBBLE, 2004, pp. 2-19).

At the end of the fifteenth century, there was a bourgeois revolution, and with it, there was a change in the conception of man and society, which also provided a change in the conception of disability (MOURSUND, & ERSKINE, 2004). This started to have a more direct connotation with the economic system that is proposed, is considered an attribute of individuals not economically productive (MILLER, DUNCAN,& HUBBLE, 2004, pp. 2-19). In addition, with the advancement of medicine, there was a prevalence of organicist view on the DM, which is seen as a medical problem and no longer only as a spiritual issue. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, broadened the conceptions regarding disability in all areas of knowledge, favoring different attitudes towards the problem, that is, the institutionalization of special education. But it was only in the nineteenth century it was observed an attitude of public responsibility concerning the needs of the poor.

The Start of Therapy

This author emphasizes the importance of ideals and assumptions that the socio-economic system (capitalism) has in the construction of disability, since this is treated as being synonymous with unproductive and diversion (GOLDFRIED, & CASTONGUAY, 1992, pp. 4-10). In the capitalist system, the production is also required for all ...