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Obesity (Treatments/Strategies (Relaxation, Medication, Behavioural…
Obesity
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Theories
Rogers- Building up a positive self-image through counselling and talking therapies.
Empowering by encouraging client to set own target. Realistic goals and ideal self can be identified.
Eysenck- Recognising that the client is individual in terms of their personality type using the questionnaire and may need different treatment to another person who is obese.
Skinner- Understanding the triggers and association which may be linked to over/comfort-eating. Finding other ways to reinforce to punish behaviour which is harmful (over eating) and rewards the behaviour which is helpful (exercise/diet)
Bandura- Role model/self-help groups. Vicarious reinforcement by looking at what others have achieved and how they have been rewarded for their efforts.
Vygotsky- Teaching how to cook healthy meals, plan or conduct exercise programs, working with their existing knowledge and skills and building on them gradually to ensure they have learned them fully and can be operate independently.
Erikson- Understand that a person who is obese is still going through the psychosocial stages and may have particular effects at certain stages.
Industry vs inferiority= may fail to achieve well at school due to confidence and may therefore feel inferior to others at the same stage of development.
Identity versus role confusion- the client learning about their identify as an overweight person may affect self esteem and ability to fit in to social groups.
Intimacy versus isolation- may fail to gain intimate and satisfying companionship due to self-esteem issues.
Generatively vs Stagnation- if lacking a career, may fail to produce something which makes a difference to society.