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Types of postmodern therapy 4

Benefits of postmodern therapy 5 3. Family therapy 5

Techniques 7

4. Conclusion 7 5. Reference 9

Introduction

Therapy is very important because it helps people cope with some of the psychological and emotional problems that prevents them from living life fully. These problems come from a wide range of issues that occur in everyday life. There are many issues that therapy concentrates on during the sessions. This is because it addresses people’s problems through making them understand their issues. Hence, the therapist helps the patient to formulate alternative solutions for their problems. Most of the problems addressed in therapy are ...

Leadership and Management

While the term management and managers dominated best practice for half of the twentieth century, currently it is not unusual to meet work organization where no one uses these terms; where ‘management’ is criticized as bureaucratic, commonplace, procedural and not worthy of serious attention. Leadership, on the other hand, is considered a more valued, more complex, more sought-after, and even more prestigious work involved in running an organization. Various works of literature have suggested that management involves administration and controlling of an organization in accordance with bureaucratic norms, routine, structure, and a well-established system. Leadership, in contrast, involves is ...

Abstract

The United States is currently embroiled in a debate on how healthcare should be structured. The Republicans have sworn to repeal the Affordable Care Act. On the other hand, more than 33 million people are not able to afford basic healthcare services, do not have medical covers, and most of them do not have proper employment (Atun, De Andrade, Almeida, Cotlear, Dmytraczenko, Frenz, & De Paula, 2015). Additionally, most middle-income earners cannot afford proper health insurance or afford to pay health care costs off their pockets. Essentially, this is best demonstrated by the high number of bankruptcies filed due to ...

Introduction

Leadership skills are critical in situations where a firm intends to conduct a succession of its leadership on a periodic basis. Leadership competencies are necessary skills in ensuring a smooth flow in leadership succession and in the development of the potential of the employees who will help an organization attain its vision (Delbridge, et al. 2007, p. 42). The current trend is characterized by seasoned managers and leaders who are retiring from their business ventures thereby creating a gap that needs to be filled through practical leadership training and mentorship. The aim of this paper is to examine the ...

Communication

A $20million book deal, speaking deals with Ari Emmanuel and a half billion dollar library - what Obama can look forward to in his retirement- By Hannah Parry (Daily Mail Online). This is an article that speaks about the President Obama’s retirement plans. Following the election of President Elect Donald Trump as the 45th US president in 2016, the time come for the outgoing President Barrack Obama to vacate the White and he will do so on Friday, January, 20, 2017 as the writer puts it in the article. The writer has employed various elements of the 5W’ ...

Impact of globalization on human resource management practices

INTRODUCTION Globalization is the process of integration of several economies with the goal of increasing economic interdependence and mobility of factors of production across the world economies (Lechner, 2009). Globalization has caused an increase in the number of multinational corporations across the globe. Globalisation has had implications on the operations of multinational corporations including especially in human resource management. Some corporations have been forced to review their human resource practices to adapt to the challenges associated with globalisation. Companies have several motives to go global.

Companies globalise for different economic, social and cultural reasons. These motives vary from one ...

The concepts presented in the film, Gattaca are not entirely fictional. Advances in science and technology have presented some exceptional cures and treatments for the human species. There are numerous discoveries and inventions that have made the quality of one’s life better than what was once possible. However, along with the numerous phenomenal breakthroughs in medicine, there are also some developments that come into question as unethical. The premise of the movie was structured around genetic engineering of embryos’ to be designed into the perfect human based on the requests of the parents-to-be. The main character Vincent was ...

Introduction

It is universally accepted that illegal and unethical activities of businesses and companies could lead to a significant negative impact to the welfare of the society (Schwartz, 2001). In addition, following or embracing a proper business ethics is also a necessary element in the success of the businesses, organizations and companies. In general, the success of every business, organization or company is based on the trust between the employees, customers and the public. People commonly do not trust an organization which does not follow a universally accepted code of ethics (Matthews, 1987). In most cases, it is recommended that ...

<Institution> Few months ago, on March 17, two daughters of Van Cliburn, an award-winning pianist, were found dead on their Benbrook home (Parry, 2016). Police reports revealed that Sofya Tsygankova, the estranged wife of Cliburn and the mother of the victims, killed her daughters by smothering them with pillow (Parry, 2016). This case is just one of the many cases of filicide ever reported. Merriam-Webster (2015) defines filicide as “the murder of one’s own daughter or son.” Each gut-wrenching case of filicide makes people’s mind wonder about how parents can possible cause an end to the ...

What is the scope of the social justice issue?

Driving under influence of alcohol is associated with occurrence of accidents. Alcohol causes impaired judgments and individuals cannot make accurate decisions regarding traffic rules and driving becomes a challenge since the operation of the vehicle itself is not well coordinated such as speed and lane discipline (Rand et al., 2012). Consequently, accidents such as falling off ditches, vehicle collisions occur resulting to death of individuals and serious injuries that leaves some people totally disabled. Drivers under influence of alcohol are not only a risk to the people on board but also to the pedestrians and other road users. This ...

Reciprocity and Exchange can be hard to establish and maintain if either party believes they are in control. Similarly, highly cooperative individuals may find it difficult understanding the importance of both concepts in social arrangements. Marcel Mauss’ The Gift uses the value of reciprocity and exchange as part of building unity and continuity for human social arrangements. The book’s analysis of archaic communities shows how objective exchange can help establish and maintain relationships between groups. In archaic societies, Mauss establishes evidence that early communities existed around the obligation to give, receive, and reciprocate for social continuity. Exchange systems ...

The Australian Worker’s Union is the oldest and largest trade union of the country. The Australian Trade Union was founded in the year 1886 due the revolution of the Australian Mining Industry. It is estimated that the Union has around 100,000 members all across the country. The trade union works as a mediator between the employees and employers to solve all problems related to employment. Another function of the Australian Worker’s Union is to maintain a healthy relationship between the employers and staffs. The Australian Trade Union grew with the popularity that becomes a regulating body, ...

The United Sates has been considered as one of the countries in the world where advocacy for women rights is prevalent. However, the history of women rights during the pre-colonial period isn’t a good one as it was marred by discrimination and abuse of women’s rights. The society was more male chauvinistic than it is today and there were no equal opportunities between men and women. The height of discrimination was even felt on basic such as education as women seldom got chances to pursue education to the level of men. The debate on women’s rights ...

Healthy behaviors play a key role in daily life. Yet, certain unhygienic practices tend to interfere with the health and induce a risk to the overall life. These practices could be high-fat diet, alcohol, and smoking. There is a need to know much about these. In such context, the present description deals with a topic “ What will kill you first, a smoking, a high-fat diet or alcohol?”.

Health -related risk factors:

A risk factor is any quality, trademark or presentation of a person that improves the probability of building up an ailment or damage. A few illustrations of the more vital danger elements ...

Introduction

Today the world is grappling with several ecological crisis; the effects of Global warming, the degradation of the Tropical Rainforests in South America, the environmental pollution of Oil Sands development in the Canadian Boreal, and the ecological threats from Nuclear accidents exemplified by the recent Fukushima incident. However, the least talked about is Waste management, particularly the problems of Electronic waste, often referred to as e-waste. Not only is the e-waste crisis a massive problem in most developed economies, but it is also quickly becoming a global crisis affecting even to a greater extent the least technologically advanced nations. ...

Introduction

Through their activities, commercial organizations generate waste that contributes to climate change. Although effort is being made to limit human impact on the environment, the commercial waste is still one of the major problems for the environment that results into climate change. Electric energy is an important resource that is wasted across most commercial organizations. Further on, the wasted resources facilitate climate change. This paper argues that commercial organizations’ wasted electric energy contributes to the climate change.

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Commercial organizations are the institutions that carry out activities that imply selling products or services. Their activities developed for satisfying market’s ...

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Transforming the Modern Olympic Games

Introduction “Although it is disappointing that softball was not reinstated in the Olympics, we are going to continue to keep growing the sport.”—Jennie Finch The above quotation by Jennie Finch alludes to one of the various changes that the modern Olympic Games have undergone over the years. There are many who can argue both for and against those changes. This is because these changes have both yielded positive and negative effects as it pertains to the organization of the Games. ...

Alcohol drinking is a much debated subject in the medical world. While alcohol is generally considered to be have many negative effects, literature have begun to surface, proving that it has many advantageous effects as well. This paper aims to illustrate both the negative and positive effects of alcohol drinking. There is very strong evidence that alcohol, especially in the cases of heavy drinking, could cause one or many of the following diseases. These include several forms of cancer, most especially in the liver, pancreatitis and alcohol withdrawal syndrome, among others. It could also cause fetal brain damage when ...

Courts are tasked with giving sentences to people who have been convicted of crimes. The actual task of passing judgment is for the court administrators who include prosecutors and judges. Alternatives exist when it comes to passing sentences, and it is the duty of the administrators to pass the best-fit punishment. For a court official to pass a proper sentence for a convict there is the need to listen to all the involved parties. With an understanding of the parties, chances for biasness will be minimized since information will be taken from all those affected by an action (Iannone, ...

One of the social institutions that play a very vital role in the Oddessy by homer is the family, the importance of the family and home are highly emphasised in this work of art, and the main character Odysseus really demonstrates the role of home and the family. The main theme in this epic novel is reunification of the family and this is illustrated by the attempts of the protagonist to return home and reunite with his wife and son. The entire novel highlights various examples of families (Stubbings 89). There are good families that prosper and there are bad ...