What is Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy is
the treatment of psychiatric disorder by psychological rather than medical
means. The Psychotherapy enables a person to remove difficulties and improves
the thought process which in turn leads to personal well-being and healing. In
the treatment of psychotherapy, the therapists and the client are in direct
personal contact in the form of talking, this would enable the therapist to
solve behavioural and other psychological problems by understanding the person
in personal. It only works if a trusting relationship can be built
up between the client and the psychotherapist. It enables the
patient to understand themselves as an individual and accept their strengths
and weakness thus coping up with their life.
The different
types of Psychotherapy are:
·
Behaviour therapy: This therapy enables the client to understand how changing certain
behaviour would have a huge impact on their life. It focuses mostly on the behaviour
and feelings. Behaviour therapy aims to substitute undesirable
behaviour responses with desirable ones.
·
Cognitive therapy: Cognitive therapy has been found to be especially effective in
treating post-traumatic stress disorder. This focuses mainly on the perspective
of thought and beliefs. Hence this therapy would try to develop positive
thought and beliefs. It is effective to treat depression.
Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy (CBT) pairs cognitive
with behavioral therapy, to address both thoughts and behaviors.
·
Family therapy: Family therapy generally involves discussion and problem-solving
sessions with the client and his/her family - session may be in a group, in
couples, or one-to-one.
A family therapist sees the client's symptoms in the
context of the family. Often,
family therapy focuses on improving communication within the family.
Participants learn new ways of listening and how to ask and respond to
questions openly rather than defensively.
·
Interpersonal therapy: The focus in this is the client’s interpersonal behaviour.
·
Psychodynamic therapy: psychodynamic therapy helps people understand the roots of emotional
distress, usually by exploring unconscious motives, needs and defences.
Internet psychotherapy:
• For some men, online
psychotherapy is more comfortable than coming in for face-to-face sessions (Rochlen, Land, & Wong,
2004).
Join us at “The International Conference on Bipolar
Disorder: Psychiatry and Mental Health” on November 8-10, 2018 at Abu
Dhabi, UAE.
Overcoming depression on the Internet (ODIN):
No comments:
Post a Comment