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Understanding psychotherapy and how it works
Psychotherapy is different from medical or dental treatments, where patients typically sit passively while professionals work on them and tell them their diagnosis and treatment plans. Psychotherapy isn’t about a psychologist telling you what to do. It’s an active collaboration between you and the psychologist.
What Is Psychotherapy? - American Psychological Association (APA)
Psychotherapy involves communication between patients and therapists that is intended to help people: Find relief from emotional distress, as in becoming less anxious, fearful or depressed. Seek solutions to problems in their lives, such as dealing with disappointment, grief, family issues, and job or career dissatisfaction.
Psychotherapy - American Psychological Association (APA)
Psychotherapy refers to any psychological service provided by a trained professional that primarily uses forms of communication and interaction to assess, diagnose, and treat dysfunctional emotional reactions, ways of thinking, and behavior patterns. Psychotherapy may be provided to individuals, couples, families, or members of a group.
Different approaches to psychotherapy
Psychologists generally draw on one or more theories of psychotherapy. A theory of psychotherapy acts as a roadmap for psychologists: It guides them through the process of understanding clients and their problems and developing solutions. Approaches to psychotherapy fall into five broad categories: Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies ...
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Psychotherapy is typically an interactive, collaborative process based on dialogue and the patient’s active engagement in joint problem-solving. Your psychologist may give you homework assignments so that you can practice new skills between sessions or reading assignments so that you can learn more about a particular topic.
Research Shows Psychotherapy Is Effective But Underutilized
Our goal is to help consumers weigh those messages with research-based information about how psychotherapy can provide them with safe, effective and long-lasting improvements in their mental and physical health,” said Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD, past president of the American Psychological Association who led the psychotherapy effectiveness ...
Psychotherapy: Understanding group therapy
Many people find it's helpful to participate in both group therapy and individual psychotherapy. Participating in both types of psychotherapy can boost your chances of making valuable, lasting changes. If you've been involved in individual psychotherapy and your progress has stalled, joining a group may jump-start your personal growth.
Emotion and Culture in Psychotherapy
In Emotion and Culture in Psychotherapy, Shigeru Iwakabe, PhD, discusses the topic of emotion and how cultural context dictates the expression and experience of emotion. Dr. Iwakabe works with a client who feels a complicated mix of emotions surrounding aging and living up to the image he has of a beloved and now-deceased parent.
What is EMDR therapy and why is it used to treat PTSD?
Originally developed in the late 1980s by psychologist Francine Shapiro, PhD, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, has been increasingly recognized in recent years by the World Health Organization and in treatment guidelines as an effective, evidence-based treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline What is Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy begins with some discussion of a person’s background and the concerns that led him or her to seek help. Following this initial assessment, the patient and therapist come to an agreement, called the treatment contract. The treatment contract specifies the goals of treatment, treatment procedures, and a regular schedule for the time,
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