
What is Integrated Person Care?
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Integrated Person Care is a working model which:
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1. Is a versatile, step-by-step approach that is very
practical and easy to apply.
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2. Works through the entire person by addressing
their physical, emotional, rational and behavioural
components; their three dimensions (intrapersonal,
personal and interpersonal) and time perspectives
(past, present and future).
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3. Can be delivered 'traditionally' in weekly one-hour
sessions, or intensively, in three-hour or half-day meetings.
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4. Integrates some important features of consolidated
models such as humanistic counselling,
cognitive therapy and behavioural techniques.
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5. Integrates Eastern wisdom with Western knowledge.
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6. Has a clear and productive emphasis on preventative work.
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7. Can be integrated with a new gentle bodywork practice
called Peaceflow.
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Integrated Person Care does not conform to the
medical model of personal distress, whereby persons
are viewed as 'patients' whose illnesses are treated by
means of a given therapy.
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In many cases, persons in distress do not require
medication or long-term psychotherapy, as they may
greatly benefit from a brief and focussed intervention
involving exploration of emotional issues as well
as rational problems, and education (i.e. training
in emotional management and in helpful thinking).
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IPC, as a concept, was first developed by me in 1991,
and I have been applying it since January 2000.
My utilisation of this approach has
proved to be very effective in helping persons
who were experiencing different forms of distress
such as depression, eating disorders, anxiety,
stress, depression and relationship difficulties.
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You can approach IPC in two different ways:
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1. You may attend my one-to-one meetings
and learn how to practise it.
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2. You may find a step-by-step guide on how
to practise IPC in my self-help guide.
For further info please visit the Self-help page.
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For further information on Peaceflow, please click here.
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Tel: 07939 141 835 - info@personcare.org
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(C) Tommaso Palumbo - School of Integrated Person Care - London - 2006/2008