psychotherapy

Examples of psychotherapy in the following topics:

• Integrative Psychotherapy

  • Integrative psychotherapy is an approach to psychotherapy in which elements from different schools of psychotherapy are used in combination.
  • Integrative psychotherapy is an approach to psychotherapy in which elements from different schools of psychotherapy may be used.
  • Integrative psychotherapy attempts to look at many schools and approaches in order to see what can be learned and gained from each one.
  • In contrast, integrative psychotherapy attends to the relationship between theory and technique.
  • Common factors theory asserts it is precisely the factors common to the most psychotherapies that make any psychotherapy successful.

• Introduction to Psychotherapy

  • In the late 1800s, Sigmund Freud (now known as the father of psychotherapy) developed psychoanalysis, an early Western form of psychotherapy.
  • Common types of psychotherapy include the following.
  • There are a number of other approaches to psychotherapy as well.
  • The Helsinki psychotherapy study was one of several large long-term clinical trials of psychotherapies that have taken place.
  • Some dismiss psychotherapy altogether in favor of biomedical treatments.

• Body-Oriented Psychotherapies

  • Body-oriented psychotherapies focus on the importance of working with the body in the treatment of mental health issues.
  • Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy technique discovered in 1987 by Francine Shapiro for use in the treatment of anxiety, stress, and trauma.
  • Hypnotherapy is a form of psychotherapy used to create unconscious change in the patient in the form of new responses, thoughts, attitudes, behaviors, or feelings.
  • Reich's work significantly influenced the development of body psychotherapy; several types of body-oriented psychotherapies trace their origins back to Reich, though there have been many subsequent developments and additional influences.
  • It is a form of psychotherapy used to create unconscious change in a person and can be effective in treating many disorders.

• Introduction to Biomedical Therapies

  • Two types of therapy are psychotherapy and biomedical therapy.
  • Psychotherapy is a psychological treatment that employs various methods to help someone overcome personal problems, or to attain personal growth.
  • Biomedical therapies and psychotherapy are often used in conjunction with one another to treat the whole person.
  • For example, an individual with schizophrenia who is bombarded with visual or auditory hallucinations may find it difficult to focus in psychotherapy; with medication, the individual's hallucinations can be eliminated or reduced to a level that allows the individual to benefit from psychotherapy.

• Group Therapy

  • Group therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which one or more therapists treat a small group of clients together at the same time.
  • Group therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which one or more therapists treat a small group of clients together at the same time.
  • The founders of group psychotherapy in the USA were Joseph H.
  • After World War II, group psychotherapy was further developed by many therapists.
  • This is a form of group psychotherapy where participants (typically, between eight and 15 people) learn about themselves and about small-group processes in general through their interaction with each other.

• Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Therapy

  • "Psychotherapy" is an general term that encompasses a wide variety of approaches to treatment.
  • There are several forms of psychodynamic psychotherapy, such as interpersonal therapy (IPT) and person-centered therapy.
  • Meta-analyses in 2012 and 2013 found evidence for the efficacy of psychoanalytic therapy; other meta-analyses published in recent years showed psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy to be effective, with outcomes comparable to or greater than other kinds of psychotherapy or antidepressant drugs.
  • The study found that this could be used as a basis to make psychodynamic psychotherapy an "empirically validated" treatment.
  • A French 2004 report from INSERM said that psychodynamic therapy is less effective than other psychotherapies (including cognitive behavioral therapy) for certain diseases.

• Pharmacotherapy (Medication)

  • That said, most practitioners prescribing medication for psychiatric symptoms require that their patient also be in psychotherapy with them or with another practitioner to further support the treatment and to provide closer supervision.
  • For example, an individual with schizophrenia who is bombarded with visual, auditory, or other hallucinations, may find it difficult to focus in psychotherapy.
  • With medication, the individual's hallucinations can be eliminated or reduced to a level at which the individual can benefit from psychotherapy.
  • Eating disorders, on the other hand, are primarily treated through different types of psychotherapy, though medications related to weight gain or loss may be utilized.

• Specific Effects of Stress: PTSD

  • Many forms of psychotherapy have been advocated for trauma-related problems such as PTSD.
  • The psychotherapy programs with the strongest demonstrated efficacy include cognitive behavioral programs, variants of exposure therapy, stress inoculation training (SIT), variants of cognitive therapy (CT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and many combinations of these procedures.

• Influences of Culture and Gender in Psychotherapy

• The Labeling Approach

  • The label of "mentally ill" may help a person seek help, for example psychotherapy or medication.
  • The label of "mentally ill" may help a person seek help, such as psychotherapy or medication.