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Hello Whitney, I am glad to hear from you
Biological Basis of Psychology
In response to your post, I wish to disagree with your stand on conflicting evidence about psychotherapy’s biological basis. A myriad of nursing studies and evidence show that psychotherapy is a biological treatment. According to Javanabkht and Alberini (2019), psychotherapy results in the deactivation of the maladaptive brain patterns allowing the development of new and constructive pathways that support psychiatric healing. Psychotherapy affects how the brain develops and operates.
Influence of Culture, Religion, and Socio-Economic Factors
I agree with your opinion that psychotherapy is affected by religion, culture, and socio-factors. Religion and culture are significant factors, which shape a person’s beliefs, ideas, and feelings towards mental health. Some cultural and religious beliefs are likely to affect patients’ communication ability and skills relating to psychotherapy as a therapeutic process (Koc & Kafa, 2018). Due to the stigma associated with mental health issues some patients may prefer not to seek psychotherapy for fear of expressing their feelings, signs, and symptoms of whatever conditions that they are suffering from. Similarly, the lack of health insurance and funds among patients is likely to hinder patients from accessing quality and timely psychotherapy for their mental health issues.
Legal and Ethical Issues
Legal and ethical issues are unique to the type of therapy chosen by a client. For example, group therapy is likely to pose issues related to confidentiality and privacy while family therapy brings about issues concerning conflicts of interests among the family members. To deal with the above issues, the therapists would need the participants to comply with the set standards and policies especially by signing consent forms. More so, he/she should demonstrate professionalism and partialism in family therapy to create a safe and conducive environment for the patients.
References
Javanbakht, A., & Alberini, C. M. (2019). Editorial: Neurobiological Models of Psychotherapy. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 13, 144. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00144
Koç, V., & Kafa, G. (2019). Cross-cultural research on psychotherapy: the need for a change. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 50(1), 100-115.