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Elvis may have also suffered from depression and anxiety which may have led to his drug usage. To check to see if he had symptoms of depression, I would use the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). It is a 21- item self-report that measures the different attitudes and symptoms of depression (APA, 2014). He may or may not have developed anxiety during his life. I would consider possibly using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI); it measures panic related anxiety and/or somatic (body related) anxiety (ATS, 2014). However I believe I would focus more on the idea that he may have depression over “panicked” anxiety. I think the anxiety would be more or less something to discuss over heavily assessing.
Positive Psychotherapy is a short-term based psychotherapy that can be used for cross-culturally with a wide range of symptoms (Tritt, Loew, Meyer, Werner & Pesechkian, 1999). PPT is based on the concept that positive outlooks and resources is essential to an individual’s well-being. The client must want to grow and have an inherent desire to be happy over negative feelings such as worry. PPT also believes that effective therapeutic relationships are not just due to analyzing deficits, but also with going over or creating favorable resources for an individual (Rashid, 2012).
A client’s good qualities are as important as his or her symptoms or diagnosis (Rashid, 2012). Positive Psychotherapy does not directly target symptoms. The therapist will instead try to improve the positives in the client’s life, such as emotion and meaning. In disorders such as depression, the focus shifts to trying to create balance between positive and negative symptoms. In PPT, the key factor is bringing the constructive aspects of a person to the forefront rather th...

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...t experience the world and his/her experiences to the fullest. The client will be faced with thinking about current situations and connect them with both past and future concerns. Gestalt therapy is also unique to the fact that the therapist does not interpret the information given to them by the client or focus on a diagnosis unlike most other therapies (Daniels, 2005).
Another key thing about gestalt therapy is the focus on how the client responds over what the client’s response may be. The psychologist would instead watch for mannerisms, changes in voice tone, and even minute facial expressions. The client also is reintroduced to past situations. While working through these reenacted past experiences, the client learns better ways to respond. The problems a client may be facing are not just discussed, but are faced as if they are current issues (Daniels, 2005).

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