What is Psychotherapy

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What is Psychotherapy?
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PSYCHOTHERAPY

• Any treatment used by therapists to help
  troubled individuals overcome their problems.
• PRIMARY FUNCTION
• TO HELP PEOPLE REALIZE THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE AND
  THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS

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MAIN KINDS OF THERAPY

• PSYCHOANAYLSIS
• HUMANISTIC
• COGNITIVE
• BEHAVIORAL
• BIOLOGICAL
• ECLECTIC APPROACH METHOD THAT COMBINES VARIOUS
  TYPES OF THERAPY.

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GOALS OF THERAPY

• STRENGTHEN THE PATIENTS CONTROL OF THEIR LIFE.
• GIVE PEOPLE HOPE THAT THEY CAN CHANGE.
• PLACEBO EFFECT THE INFLUENCE THAT A PATIENTS
  HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS HAVE ON HIS OR HER
  IMPROVEMENT

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WHO ARE THERAPISTS?

• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS
• COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGISTS
• CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGISTS
• PSYCHIATRISTS
• PSYCHOANALYSTS
• PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS
• PSYCHIATRIC NURSES
• COUNSELORS
• EMPATHY-CAPACITY FOR WARMTH AND UNDERSTANDING.

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GROUP THERAPY

• PATIENTS WORK TOGETHER WITH THE AID OF A LEADER
  TO RESOLVE INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS.

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FAMILY THERAPY

• IN FAMILY THERAPY, THE THERAPIST OBSERVES THE
  INTERACTIONS IN ORDER TO DISCERN, DESCRIBE, AND
  TREAT THE PATTERNS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
  DISTURBANCE OF ONE OR MORE OF ITS MEMBERS.

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SELF-HELP GROUPS

• VOLUNTARY GROUPS COMPROMISED OF INDIVIDUALS WHO
  SHARE A PARTICULAR PROBLEM, OFTEN CONDUCTED
  WITHOUT THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL
  THERAPIST.

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4TH QUARTER JOURNAL 1

• IN EARLIER TIMES, PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS
  PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS WERE LABELED AS MAD OR
  LUNATICS. TREATMENT CONSISTED OF TORTURE,
  HANGING, BURNING AT THE STAKE, OR BEING SENT TO
  SEA IN SHIPS OF FOOLS TO BE SAVED BY FATE. HOW
  DO YOU THINK SOCIETY REGARDS PEOPLE WITH
  PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS TODAY?