Termination

This chapter elaborates on the termination phase of acute IPT, already briefly discussed in Chapter 3 of this book. It describes the need to consolidate and reinforce treatment gains; to ask the patient why he or she is feeling better; and to acknowledge feelings associated with the role transition of ending treatment. Patients who have not improved in brief IPT should be offered alternative effective treatment. The chapter also addresses indications for and utilization of making a new therapeutic contract for continuation and maintenance IPT and the likelihood that extending treatment will be beneficial in the setting of ongoing disaster.

The Principle of Iknemook for Mediator in Medical Malpractice Dispute Settlement Through Mediation

The agreement is made to undertake a treatment for an illness, which resulted in the conclusion of a therapeutic contract under Laws as regulated under Article 1233 of the Civil Code of Indonesia (Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Perdata). Every legal relationship will result in rights and obligations. Medical malpractice is usually caused by an unfulfillment of a patient’s basic rights because of the lack of communication or information, which are the basic rights of a patient. The dispute settlement through court system is unsatisfactory for either patient or doctor. Therefore, a dispute settlement that is considered ideal is through non-litigation process, which is mediation, to achieve win-win solution. Procedures for mediators to mediate such malpractice dispute are in accordance to seven principles, which are also regarded as the seven bbaasic philosophies of mediation for medical dispute, which are known as the principle of Iknemook. The contents of the Iknemook principle for mediator in medical malpractice dispute settlement through mediation are the problems in this research. This research aims to assess and study the seven principles of Iknemook for mediator in medical malpractice dispute settlement through mediation. This research is categorised as a library research with a specification of descriptive research, which is presented to explain Iknemook principles for mediator in medical malpractice dispute settlement through mediation. This research finds that the principles comprised of the principles of good faith of both parties, trust, neutrality, exclusivity of a mediator (med-power), open-mind, autonomy, and confidentiality.

Therapeutic Contract and Ethical Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Psychotherapists and counsellors confront several ethical dilemmas as they tend to provide effective services. There has been much debate among psychotherapists and counsellors alike around the utility of therapeutic contracts. Some view contracts as being restrictive to the therapeutic process and often hindering the work done in sessions. In contrast, many counsellors and psychotherapists use those agreements to revisit specific therapeutic topics and establish the guidelines necessary for this professional arrangement. No matter the opinion or preference of contracts, the development of written and/or verbal consent of specific topics in psychotherapy remains essential. This remains one of the formal features of the arrangement and starting relationship in current counselling and psychotherapy practice. This paper aims to discuss the necessity and ethical demand of therapeutic contract in counselling and psychotherapy practice.

Specifics of arts therapies in educational institutions comparing the institutions of health care setting

18 arts therapists from educational and healthcare institutions in Czech Republic were interviewed to determine the specifics of therapeutic practice in educational institutions. The results relate to the presence of different professions in the team, their qualification and level of therapeutic competence, understanding the roles and work of arts therapists, the impact of arts on institutions, the depth of therapeutic change, formulation of therapeutic contract, therapeutic goals, organisation of therapy, the therapy room and privacy and assessments/evaluation.