Pretend that you are a practicing therapist or physician. Choose the approach you prefer behavioral and pick a specific disorder that interests you.
Pretend that you are a practicing therapist or physician. Choose the approach you prefer behavioral and pick a specific disorder that interests you. Suppose that a patient with this disorder walks into your office asking for treatment. What would you do? Try a brief essay in which you discuss the following:
- How would you know what disorder the patient has?
- How would you go about treating this patient? Discuss the specific methods you would use and their advantages and potential drawbacks.
- How would you decide whether the treatment was working?
- How might practical issues interfere with the patient’s treatment?