Cara Strongly Believes That the Birth Processes Should Be Entirely

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Essay

Cara strongly believes that the birth processes should be entirely natural. She is concerned when the doctor explains that he would like to give her baby a Vitamin K injection. How would you advise Cara?

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Definitions:

Transference

In the psychodynamic approach to therapy, the client’s action of responding to the therapist as he or she responded to significant figures from his or her childhood (generally the parents). Considered the core of psychoanalytic therapy.

Rational-Emotive Therapy

A cognitive-behavioral approach to psychotherapy focused on changing irrational beliefs to alter dysfunctional emotions and behaviors.

Cognitive-Behavioural Approach

is a psychotherapeutic treatment that helps patients understand the thoughts and feelings that influence behaviors, focusing on solving current problems and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior.

Psychodynamic Approaches

Psychological theories and therapies that focus on unconscious processes and childhood experiences.