Counseling and Psychotherapy in the Philippines: Jojo's Story

Melgar, Maria Isabel E.; Javier, Roberto

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“…Anxiety and depression are, in turn, common symptoms of traumatic grief (Dodd et al, 2008; Horowitz et al, 2003). The mechanisms of the SEEDS approach have been cited in professional publications as having empirical support for positive therapeutic outcomes (Chambers, Gullone, & Allen, 2009; Melgar & Javier, 2015; Wright, 2015). By identifying achievable goals in each functional factor, SEEDS-based work promotes behavioral activation and builds skills that encourage positive mental health, indirectly assisting with grief (Arden & Linford, 2009; Pynoos, 1992).…”

Section: Course Of Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Treating Complicated Grief in a Teenager With Autism: When the Client’s Limitations Prevent Engagement in Therapy

Zakreski

2017

Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology

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Treating grief in adolescents is only further complicated by a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). When the loss is traumatic, treatment becomes even more difficult, because mourning can be interrupted by the stigmatizing events of the loss, which leads to feelings of helplessness in the survivor. The case of 15-year-old Manda demonstrates a client with ASD whose traumatic grief symptoms do not respond to traditional approaches to treatment. Despite using therapeutic interventions targeted to clients with ASD and grief, 5 months of work based on complicated grief treatment (CGT) with Manda and her father has not led to any improvements in her suicidality and grief. In this treatment, her slow processing speed and cognitive rigidity seemed to prevent CGT interventions' effectiveness. Additional months using the neuropsychological therapeutic intervention of social medicine, education, exercise, diet, and sleep (SEEDS) by Arden (2015) has resulted in limited progress by helping Manda to develop some global skills in the areas that neuropsychology indicates support general mental health. After months of intensive work, Manda still seems unable to articulate or connect her feelings of loss to her sadness. Based on a literature review of developmental grief processes, Manda would be expected to be showing more understanding of what her loss means to her life moving forward and an ability to articulate the feelings attached to that loss. Until she is able to verbalize her feelings of traumatic loss, therapy will continue to be unable to significantly address her grief and integrate those feelings.

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Treating Complicated Grief in a Teenager With Autism: When the Client’s Limitations Prevent Engagement in Therapy

Zakreski

2017

Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology

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“…In terms of psychotherapy practice in the Philippines in the last decade, studies indicate that practicing Filipino psychotherapists utilize diverse approaches and techniques (Melgar, 2013;Teh, 2003) in their clinical work such as psychodynamic, humanisticexistential, cognitive-behavioral, narrative (Deleña, 2021), spiritual (Degillo & Gayoles, 2020;Repique & Gayoles, 2019), pastoral (Lucerna & Gayoles, 2018), transpersonal, and indigenous counseling frameworks (Bulatao, 2002). With the predominance of integrative approaches in psychotherapy, this paper emphasizes the common factor across different therapy orientations, that is, the therapeutic alliance between clients and their therapists, which plays a huge role in the healing process of Filipino clients.…”

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Towards a Culturally Sensitive Model of Therapeutic Alliance: Exploring the Role of Filipino Values and Shared Realities

Rilveria

2024

PSSJ

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This article aims to develop a model of the therapeutic alliance for psychotherapy guided by the concepts of Loob, Pakikibahagi ng Loob, and the framework offered by the Shared Reality Model. The conceptualization is anchored on data from a qualitative survey with 15 Filipino client-therapist dyads living in the Philippines. In the proposed model, client-therapist dynamics are viewed under two levels of analyses: (a) intrapersonal level (inner world or katangiang panloob) – that includes clients’ and therapists’ personality, values, and beliefs; (b) interpersonal level (relational world or ugnayang panloob) – that encapsulates the client-therapist relationship known as the therapeutic alliance. The model hypothesizes that a shared reality (pakikibahagi) in the form of shared inner world (pakikibahagi ng katangiang panloob) and shared relational world (pakikibahagi ng ugnayang panloob) contribute to psychological well-being. Implications for clinical practice, Sikolohiyang Pilipino theorizing, and directions for further research are explored in this paper.

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Counseling and Psychotherapy in the Philippines: Jojo's Story

Cited by 2 publications

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Treating Complicated Grief in a Teenager With Autism: When the Client’s Limitations Prevent Engagement in Therapy

Treating Complicated Grief in a Teenager With Autism: When the Client’s Limitations Prevent Engagement in Therapy

Towards a Culturally Sensitive Model of Therapeutic Alliance: Exploring the Role of Filipino Values and Shared Realities

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