The character I chose for this case study is Elliot Stabler, a detective on the show Law and Order Special Victims Unit. The Detectives in the Special Victims Unit investigate crimes that involve sexual assault (Agnelli, 2014). The unit also deals with murder, abduction, robbery and child pornography cases. () Detective Stabler came from an Irish American Catholic Family. (Agnelli, 2014). He is a devout Catholic whose faith sometimes complicates the cases he worked on. (Agnelli, 2014). In his early years, Detective Stabler had a difficult time with his parents; his father physically and emotionally abused him. (Agnelli, 2014). Detective Stabler’s mother suffered from bi polar disorder—which was later inherited by his daughter. (Agnelli, 2014). When Eliot was three years old, his mother drove him to Broadway during a snowstorm. The mother crashed the vehicle into a light post following the snowflakes (Agnelli, 2014).. Because of this, Detective Stabler has erased his childhood and maintains minimal contact with his mother. During Detective Stabler’s custodial interviews he often mentioned his family, particularly his children as a way to gain trust from the suspect. In a few episodes, Detective Stabler revealed he sees aspects of his children in every child molestation victim—which has instilled in him an intense hatred towards pedophiles (Agnelli, 2014).. On several occasions Detective Stabler communicated he has fantasized about murdering a pedophile. His fantasy of murdering a pedophile has almost cost him his job on several occasions (Agnelli, 2014).. Detective Stabler connected with victims on a fatherly base, and has been willing to use physical force to apprehend a suspect he believes has harmed a child (Agnelli, 2014)... ... middle of paper ... ... and those flaws do not make him better or worse than any other individual. Then there is an unconditional other-acceptance, though others may treat him unfairly from time to time, there is no reason why they must treat him fairly and the people who treat him unfairly are not better or worse than him. And the final prong, unconditional life acceptance being life is not always going to work the way you would like, there is no reason life has to go the way he wants and life is not bad or good but bearable. Works Cited Agnelli, A. (2014, March 10). Elliot Stabler. Retrieved from http://lawandorder.wikia.com/wiki/Elliot_Stabler Wedding, D., & Corsini, R. J. (2014). Current psychotherapies. (10th ed., p. 95-191). Belmont, CA : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning. Ross, W. (2006). Rebt network: What is REBT?. Retrieved from http://www.rebtnetwork.org/whatis.html
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Psychotherapy integration is best explained as an attempt to look beyond and across the dimensions of a single therapy approach, to examine what one can learn from other perspectives, and how one’s client’s can benefit from various ways of administering therapy (Corey, 2013). Research has shown that a variety of treatments are equally effective when administered by therapist who believe in them and client’s that accept them (Corey, 2013). Therefore, one of the best aspects of utilizing an integrative approach is that, in most cases, if a therapist understands how and when to incorporate therapeutic interventions, they usually can’t go wrong. While integrating different approaches can be beneficial for the client, it is also important for the
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“In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit….” This short monologue is the opening for Dick Wolf’s fictional television show, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. This show follows the detectives of the Sixteenth Precinct in Manhattan, New York City through their lives and the cases they work day after day. In this unit, it is Detective Olivia Benson who has inspired me with her dedication and strength to her job and the real life connections that have been created from this character.
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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a form of Cognitive Behavior Therapy created by Albert Ellis. REBT was one of the first types of cognitive therapies and was first called rational therapy. In 1959 the name was changed to Rational Emotive Therapy and did not get its current name, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, until 1992.