As we have seen this week when looking at both psychoanalytic and neo-psychoanalytic theory, much of our mental health and success in adulthood is related to the events and relationships of our childhood. Much like Freud, Alfred Adler believed that childhood events are pivotal for the adult. For Adler, his pivotal childhood events were the development of rickets which kept him from walking until the […]

People that abuse substances have individual reasons for what first drove them to begin using these substances in the first place. Some clients started using them through experimentation, peer pressure, or curiosity. However, many users began using substances as a way of dealing with other issues in their lives, such as depression, anxiety, weight loss, or other physical or mental disorders. In still other cases, […]

Identify one or more primary concepts of development from this course that you believe could most contribute to your development in your career, parenting, self-awareness, and/or life goals.  In what ways might you use the concepts you have learned in this course to help others with their life goals or struggles?  In other words, what have you learned from this course, and how will you […]

The development of diseases or the state of wellness and health are influenced by social, economic, environmental, and demographic factors of a population. As such, population statistics play a major role in determining the health status of a community or the distribution of diseases within that community. You are the public health officer or health care administrator in charge of finding a prevention and intervention […]

Walden University strives to make a positive social impact and that is directly reflected  in it’s degree programs, choice of professors, coursework, and commitments. A core commitment that Walden makes when the university develops and improves the curriculum is ensuring that their students can apply new skills, expand their networks, gain deeper knowledge, and consider a variety of perspectives in order to better address practical […]

n order to assist clients with change, social workers must have a clear understanding of the elements of the transtheoretical change process. Many factors influence how and when change may occur in clients. It is important for social workers to recognize and acknowledge when the client is in a particular phase of change. Doing so provides key opportunities for social workers to support client self-efficacy […]

Select one of the scenarios from the Unit 9 Scenarios document, linked in the Resources.Identify the primary question the assessment needs to address in order to best serve the client.Provide a clear description of the assessment tool and measure of the identified problem with support from scholarly literature.Describe how the assessment is scored, interpreted, and linked to the practice of addiction counseling.Evaluate how the tool […]

PSY610: Applied Social Psychology Week 2 Scenario: The Health Club The local health club went out of business a few months ago, citing a lack of members who were committed to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. There is a new owner who is featured in a news article discussing her strategy for success in her new health club venture. Her plan is to give prizes and […]

 Unit VI Reflection Paper Reducing Work-Related Stress For the Unit VI Reflection Paper, you will begin by completing the self-assessment located here. This is the same self assessment that was included within the Unit I non-graded Learning Activity. From this self-assessment, develop a stress mitigation plan for yourself. What lessons learned from your own stress evaluation can you apply to current workplace practices? Include some […]

Jack Johnson has been an employee of ABC Inc. for the past 4 years.   During that time he has been passed over for promotion on two separate occasions. Rochelle, Jack’s manager, believes Jack is not performing his current job at full capacity.  She attempts to motivate Jack by promising that in return for improved performance, Jack will receive a new position that will provide him a […]