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Reply to at least one peer with a minimum of 250 words and one in-text citation and a reference ist (adhere to current APA style for citations and references ). Ensure your research advances the knowledge of the discussion. In your reply, address at least one point made by your peer for each of the three requirements in the initial post above. After one formal reply in APA style, subsequent replies may be informal and casual in discussion. Observance of discussion board etiquette and netiquette is expected.
References
SAMSHA (2005a). Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 41. Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy. Types of Groups Commonly Used in Substance Abuse Treatment. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: Rockville, MD. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64214/
SAMSHA (2005b). Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) series, no. 41. Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy. Group Leadership, Concepts, and Techniques. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: Rockville, MD. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64211/
Pamela Post: From the article information reviewed and my group facilitation experience, the two-group types I prefer to facilitate are meditation and substance abuse education groups.
I enjoy facilitating meditation groups because of the inter perspective and reflective opportunities they promote. Moreover, this type of group calls for the participants to slow down, surrender, and reflect. Next, this type of group also allows the participants an opportunity to examine the cause and effect of substance seeking behaviors wholly, from active addiction to various stages of recovery.
The next type I enjoy facilitating is substance abuse education groups. The main reason I enjoy this type of group setting is because it allows the facilitator to share information about how the disease of addiction changes the brain structure, impacts the person’s learning abilities, memory, and the preventable health problems that result from the use of substances. Also, this type of group setting calls for audio-visual materials, lectures, and different approaches when sharing content with participants. Focusing on educating clients about the disease of addiction, the medical and physical consequences associated with substance abuse is often mind-boggling to the clients. Hence, when they actually, see information on paper or through the use of audio-visual learning materials, they are able to better conceptualize the impact of their substance abuse all encompassing.
Two ways I can incorporate the information from article number two as a group member, into this course would be, to be honest when addressing issues and the impact the behavior has had on personal relationships. Another way I can incorporate the information from article number two as a group member in this course would be to share my faith, and sense of purpose with other group members. Sharing your faith and witnessing to others while advocating to be the change is a powerful pivot point. God’s word cannot return void and when given the opportunity to share with others knowing or unknowing these actions may rescue a person from a place of isolation and loneliness.
References:
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy. Rockville (MD): Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US); 2005. (Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 41.) 2 Types of Groups Commonly Used in Substance Abuse Treatment. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64214/
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy. Rockville (MD): Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US); 2005. (Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 41.) 6 Group Leadership, Concepts, and Techniques. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64211/
Replies provide specific replies 200-250 words that interact with the thread and foster discussion (e.g., assuming an opposing postition or role of a professional in the field, 3 strategies or considerations for him or her to address). Include a question or questions in your reply to engage your peer in more discussion. Each reply must incorporate at least one (1) citation in APA format.
Jill: Because I am a follower of Christ, my worldview begins and ends with the Bible. The Bible holds the beginning of history (English Standard Version, 2001, Genesis 1:1), and end of history (ESV, 2001, Revelation 22:21). Because my lifetime lies within the beginning and the end of history, the Bible is my lifeline as I navigate life, relationships, struggles, illness, joys, sorrows, and the like. This lifeline is anchored to our Creator God through His Son, Jesus, who spoke everything into being and desires a personal relationship with each of us. Not only did He give us His words in the Bible but He also gave us Himself, so that we might be called children of God (ESV, 2001, John 1:12).
Psychopathology, as defined by our textbook (2018) is the study of "the nature and development of psychological disorders" (p. G-8). Psychological disorders, as defined by our textbook (2018), are "clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndromes or patterns, including distress, disability or impaired functioning, violation of social norms and dysfunction" (p. G-8). Based on these two definitions, I would integrate my Christian worldview with psychopathology through the lens of the fall of man in Genesis 3 (ESV, 2001). The fall of man broke the union with God and introduced sin into the world. Because of the fall, everything is in a state of deterioration. Everything about our physical health has been compromised and nothing works exactly like it should since the fall. In regards to psychopathology, some psychological disorders are do to sin in someone's life. Alcohol use disorder is a sin because it breaks God's command to not get drunk with wine (ESV, 2001, Ephesians 5:18). Alcohol use disorder also causes other psychological disorders like depression and bipolar disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Alcohol use disorder can be prevented by never taking a drink of alcohol and is under that control of each individual. However, other psychological disorders, like anxiety/depression, can be due to an internal mis-wiring. I personally suffer from anxiety/depression and know that it is a "because of the fall" health problem that is out of my control.
The Bible does not say anything specifically about "abnormalities" but it does reference sickness, madness, and confusion of mind (ESV, 2001, Deuteronomy 28:28, Deuteronomy 7:23, Isaiah 19:14). These references usually are referring to God's judgment. However, if we think about the man with a legion of demons within him, the Lord had compassion on him and cast the legion into a herd of swine (ESV, 2001, Mark 5). This shows me, as a future counselor, that each case is different and needs an individual approach.
According to the "Sin, Confession and Redemption in Counseling" presentation in the Integration of Spirituality and Counseling class (COUC 506), the secular view of abnormality is as a sickness, with external attributions that makes the issues of the client "not their fault."
References
American Psychiatric Association.(2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. American Psychiatric Association.
Kring, A. & Johnson, S. (2018). Abnormal Psychology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Sin, Confession and Redemption in Counseling presentation. (2020). Liberty University.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV). (2001). Crossway.