Psychotherapies Overview

Encyclopedia: Psychotherapy

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Psychotherapy is an interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained psychotherapists to aid clients in problems of living. This usually includes increasing individual sense of well-being and reducing subjective discomforting experience. Psychotherapists employ a range of techniques based on experiential relationship building, dialogue, communication and behavior change and that are designed to improve the mental health of a client or patient, or to improve group relationships . Most forms of psychotherapy...


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does psychotherapies and psychiatrists really work?
or do they just snatch money off people?

I've been to several, therapy can be helpful if you are willing to open your mind up to different views. Get a job and go to school to build a...

Asked by jayrayroller - 13 months ago

In CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES: 2nd ed by Raymond Corsini?
Are the following chapters found? Psychoanalisis, Aldrian Psychotherepy, Analitical Psychotherepy, Person Centered Therapy, Rational-Emotive Behavior...

I have the fourth edition here at home. After having looked in the table of contents, I can see that all those chapters are covered. Akinamehete*

Asked by Gabby_Gabby_Purrsalot - 10 months ago

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  • Call for greater regulation of psychotherapies - 9 replies

    Call for greater regulation of psychotherapies January 15, 2008 Psychotherapies such as cognitive that patients should be able to alert authorities to problems with psychotherapies they receive by use

    Jan 22, 2008

  • Do you think psychotherapy is a pseudoscinece? - 13 replies

    I'm curious what folks on this forum believe about psychotherapy. I am on the side that it is a pseudoscience, but what do you think? I'm especially interested in psychotherapy used in the treatment

    Mar 19, 2008

  • The Alleged Risks of Psychotherapy - 9 replies

    The Alleged Risks of Psychotherapies Wednesday, June 20, 2007 A column in the most recent edition , there is no queston that psychotherapies have a net positive effect. For confirmation of this, one has

    Jun 20, 2007

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  • Episode 14 - Psychotherapy - 1

    Psychotherapy is now more widely accepted. In this video, I try to close the gap stigma has created between people who need help and those who get it.



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Treatment Success for Psychotherapy

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Psychotherapy is a popular treatment for Psychotherapies.


Condition Members Success
Depression 7671 84%
Breakups & Divorc... 2583 90%
Eating Disorders 1972 81%
Self-Injury 1749 74%
Bereavement 1210 84%

Overall, 82% (15185 members) find Psychotherapy helpful.