Online therapies and the person-centered approach

Though professionally unaware of each other, Carl and Fred Rogers had much–including religious upbringings, early career interests in child well-being, and primary aspects of their philosophies on life and human potential–in common. Carl Rogers became one of the most influential American psychologists to date, in formulating person-centered approaches to psychotherapy and life, and as a children’s television host Fred Rogers was–and has remained, in the eyes of generations of kids and adults alike over the last 50 some-odd years–in many ways perhaps the most exemplary late 20th century embodiment of Carl Rogers’ proposed way of being. Here, I–a mentor to motivated students in the meteorological and psychological sciences, and others in wider life–discuss my discovery of the person-centered approach, via childhood exposure to Fred Rogers; and provide perspective on the ways the person-centered approach can be utilized to foster more effective and meaningful mentorship and learning-based relationships.

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Robust management tools for a person-centered medical organization

10.33920/med-03-2005-03 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 17-34

Author(s):

Vitaliy Berdutin

Keyword(s):

Human Factor ◽

Interpersonal Relations ◽

Medical Organization ◽

Management Tools ◽

Constant Attention ◽

Medical Institutions ◽

Basic Concepts ◽

Medical Teams ◽

Cultural Reality ◽

Person Centered Approach

Modern social and cultural reality forces the heads of medical institutions to pay increased attention to the human factor, rethinking such basic concepts as «management» and «organization». It is important to cultivate the most comfortable person-centered work environment in medical teams. The main goal of this article was to demonstrate the feasibility of using robust management to maintain the constant attention of the medical administration on the interpersonal relations of employees. The article contains a brief description of robust management tools, a description of the person-centered approach, as well as examples of the use of robust regulators and socionic profiling estimators. The potential of robust management is not revealed when the management simply declares its merits, but when the entire medical team wants and can use it, actively involved in achieving the desired result.

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Teaching a Clinical Method Adapted to Contemporary Medicine

10.1093/oso/9780199370818.003.0011 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

J. Donald Boudreau ◽

Eric J. Cassell ◽

Abraham Fuks

Keyword(s):

Clinical Observation ◽

Skills Training ◽

Spoken Language ◽

Communication Skills Training ◽

Clinical Method ◽

Medical Interviewing ◽

The Status ◽

Clinical Thinking ◽

Contemporary Medicine ◽

Person Centered Approach

A truly person-centered curriculum requires important changes to how the clinical method is taught. Medical interviewing demands explicit instruction in how the spoken language works and specific strategies that elevate the status of attentive listening so that this aspect is seen as important as the more mechanical aspects of traditional communication skills training. The term chief complaint is declared outdated and suggestions for its replacement are offered. The medical record is considered an important educational instrument, and recommendations are made so that it is in service of functional assessment and better aligned to a person-centered approach. Modifications to the physical examination, particularly a renewed emphasis on clinical observation, are outlined. The chapter concludes with a discussion of clinical thinking and judgment. A plea is made for inculcating a receptiveness toward a narrative competence within medicine.

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Evidence-Based Treatment for the Eating Disorders

The Oxford Handbook of Eating Disorders ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195373622.013.0025_update_001 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 451-451

Author(s):

Phillipa J. Hay ◽

Angélica de M. Claudino

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Eating Disorders ◽

Evidence Base ◽

Good Evidence ◽

Distinct Advantage ◽

Specialist Care ◽

Feeding And Eating Disorders ◽

Online Therapies ◽

Primary Care Practitioners

This chapter comprises a focused review of the best available evidence for psychological and pharmacological treatments of choice for anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), and other specified and unspecified feeding and eating disorders (OSFED and UFED), discusses the role of primary care and online therapies, and presents treatment algorithms. In AN, although there is consensus on the need for specialist care that includes nutritional rehabilitation in addition to psychological therapy, no single approach has yet been found to offer a distinct advantage. In contrast, manualized cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for BN has attained “first-line” treatment status with a stronger evidence base than other psychotherapies. Similarly, CBT has a good evidence base in treatment of BED and for BN, and BED has been successfully adapted into less intensive and non-specialist forms. Behavioral and pharmacological weight loss management in treatment of co-morbid obesity/overweight and BED may be helpful in the short term, but long-term maintenance of effects is unclear. Primary care practitioners are in a key role, both with regard to providing care and with coordination and initiation of specialist care. There is an emerging evidence base for online therapies in BN and BED where access to care is delayed or problematic.

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Evidence-Based Treatment for the Eating Disorders

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195373622.013.0025 ◽

2012 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Phillipa J. Hay ◽

Angélica de M. Claudino

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Eating Disorders ◽

Evidence Base ◽

Good Evidence ◽

Distinct Advantage ◽

Specialist Care ◽

Feeding And Eating Disorders ◽

Online Therapies ◽

Primary Care Practitioners

This chapter comprises a focused review of the best available evidence for psychological and pharmacological treatments of choice for anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), and other specified and unspecified feeding and eating disorders (OSFED and UFED), discusses the role of primary care and online therapies, and presents treatment algorithms. In AN, although there is consensus on the need for specialist care that includes nutritional rehabilitation in addition to psychological therapy, no single approach has yet been found to offer a distinct advantage. In contrast, manualized cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for BN has attained “first-line” treatment status with a stronger evidence base than other psychotherapies. Similarly, CBT has a good evidence base in treatment of BED and for BN, and BED has been successfully adapted into less intensive and non-specialist forms. Behavioral and pharmacological weight loss management in treatment of co-morbid obesity/overweight and BED may be helpful in the short term, but long-term maintenance of effects is unclear. Primary care practitioners are in a key role, both with regard to providing care and with coordination and initiation of specialist care. There is an emerging evidence base for online therapies in BN and BED where access to care is delayed or problematic.

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Living a Calling and Work–Family Interface: A Latent Profile Analysis

Journal of Career Assessment ◽

10.1177/10690727211006701 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 106907272110067

Author(s):

Chunyu Zhang ◽

Bryan J. Dik ◽

Zengyun Dong

Keyword(s):

Family Conflict ◽

Latent Profile Analysis ◽

Profile Analysis ◽

Positive Outcomes ◽

Chinese University ◽

Work Conflict ◽

Work Family ◽

Person Centered Approach ◽

Latent Profile ◽

Family Enrichment

The positive outcomes of calling have been examined in a large and growing number of studies, yet little is known about how calling relates to the work-family interface. In this study, we adopted a person-centered approach using latent profile analysis to explore how living a calling relates to different work-family interface profiles. With a sample of 267 Chinese university counselors, we found three work-family interface profiles: slightly conflictual (51%), experiencing slightly higher than average levels of work-to-family conflict (WFC) and family-to-work conflict (FWC) and slightly lower than average levels of work-to-family enrichment (WFE) and family-to-work enrichment (FWE); work-to-family conflictual (15%), with higher levels of WFC and lower levels of FWC, WFE, and FWE; and enriched (34%), indicated by higher levels of WFE and FWE and lower levels of WFC and FWC. The results revealed that the greater the extent to which participants were living their calling, the more likely they were to be classified into the enriched profile. Our findings contribute to the literature on calling by offering person-centered insights on the relation between calling and the work-family interface.

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