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Strategies for Change and Macro-Level Interventions

Strategies for Change and Macro-Level Interventions Child soldiers, HIV/AIDS, and education in war-torn countries are just some examples of macro-issues of global significance that are in need of macro interventions. Global psychologists intervene by implementing strategies called change strategies. The three change strategies detailed in your text are top-down, bottom-up, and middle-out. Top-down strategies are those […]

Community Empowerment

Community Empowerment Last week, you explored how individual therapy is viewed in both Western and non-Western cultures. This week, you discover how global psychology contributes to macro-level interventions. “Macro” refers to interventions that address large-scale needs at community, national, or global levels. Psychologists involved in macro-level interventions often contribute to policy development and social change […]

Individual Therapy

Individual Therapy In this week’s Discussion, you considered broad differences between non-Western and Western psychotherapeutic interventions. The focus of this week’s Application is individual therapy, one specific type of psychotherapeutic intervention. Most people think of individual therapy as a client sitting with their therapist to address the client’s concerns. This is indeed one type of individual […]

Buddhist psychotherapy

Healing as a Form of Intervention A psychotherapeutic intervention is a treatment that addresses a physical problem, a mental problem, or both. Psychotherapeutic interventions are targeted differently in non-Western cultures. In Western cultures, such interventions tend to focus on the mind. They are separate from medicine, which focuses on the body. Psychotherapeutic interventions in non-Western […]

Culturally Appropriate Research Methods

Assignment: Culturally Appropriate Research Methods In order to understand research methods that are suitable for global psychology, it is important to state what is meant by “global psychology.” Marsella (1998) refers to global psychology as “concerned with understanding, assessing, and addressing, the individual and collective psychological consequences of global events and forces by encouraging and […]

Recovery and Support Groups

Recovery and Support Groups Locate an open recovery or support group in your local community.  Attend one of the group’s meeting. The group can be for any type  of substance or process addiction and does not have to be a 12-step  meeting. It does however need to be a support group to help with the […]

CAEX 6060 /6061 & CAEX 6150/6151: Grad Writing Essay Assignment Sample Papers Walden University

CAEX 6060 /6061 & CAEX 6150/6151: Grad Writing Essay Assignment Sample Papers Walden University Getting Started: Critical Reading and Research Reflecting on Your Writing: Reading and Research Strategies Beginning an essay can often be the most difficult portion. However, when separated into small steps, this process becomes well defined and much more manageable. During these first […]

Walden Center for Academic Excellence (CAEX) courses, workshops, and seminars essay writing guide

Walden Center for Academic Excellence (CAEX) courses, workshops, and seminars essay writing guide Welcome to the CAEX Courses and Workshops! In the Walden Center for Academic Excellence (CAEX) courses, workshops, and seminars our goal is to promote students’ scholarly skill development primarily using course-based instruction in support of their academic degree program. Course topics range from […]

Walden NURS – 6650N Psychotherapy with Groups and Families : Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Group Therapy for Addiction

Walden NURS – 6650N Psychotherapy with Groups and Families : Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Group Therapy for Addiction Assignment 1: Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Group Therapy for Addiction When selecting a psychotherapeutic approach for a client, you must consider the unique needs and characteristics of that particular client. The same is true when selecting a psychotherapeutic approach […]

NURS – 6650N Psychotherapy with Groups and Families : Levy Family Case Study – Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Group Therapy for Addiction

NURS – 6650N Psychotherapy with Groups and Families : Levy Family Case Study – Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Group Therapy for Addiction Assignment 1: Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Group Therapy for Addiction When selecting a psychotherapeutic approach for a client, you must consider the unique needs and characteristics of that particular client. The same is true when […]