Psychotherapy, or talk therapy, aims to help people with a wide variety of mental illnesses or emotional difficulties.
Psychotherapy can help eliminate or control distressing symptoms so that a person can improve their functioning in all areas.
Problems that psychotherapy helps include difficulties coping with daily life, trauma such as the death of a loved one, the impact of medical illness or loss, and certain mental disorders such as depression or anxiety.
There are several different types of psychotherapy, and some types may work better for certain problems or issues.
Psychotherapy can be used in conjunction with medication or other types of therapy.
THERAPY SESSIONS:
Therapy can be done in an individual, couple, family or group setting and can help both children and adults.
Although the sessions are done once a week, it can be increased to twice a week depending on the intensity of the situation.
Session times and fees vary according to experts.
Session times usually range from 40 minutes to 90 minutes.
Both the client and the specialist need to be actively involved in therapy.
The trust and therapeutic relationship between the client and the specialist is crucial to working together effectively and benefiting from therapy.
The number of sessions clients will attend therapy varies according to the problem they are experiencing and how long they will respond to the treatment.
The goals of the treatment, how often and for how long the arrangements will be met are decided jointly with the client and the specialist.
Confidentiality is a fundamental requirement of psychotherapy.
Prior to therapy sessions, clients will be given a consent form describing in more detail the issue of confidentiality and the limitations of therapy.
PSYCHOTHERAPY AND MEDICATION:
Psychotherapy can often be used in conjunction with medication to treat mental health conditions.
While some conditions are treated with psychotherapy alone, in some cases a combination of both psychotherapy and medication may be helpful.
In addition, good nutrition, regular exercise and adequate sleep support overall health and increase recovery.
DOES PSYCHOTHERAPY WORK?
Research shows that most people who receive psychotherapy experience relief from their symptoms and are able to function better in their lives.
Psychotherapy has been shown to improve emotions and behaviors and is linked to positive changes in the brain and body.
TYPES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY:
psychiatrists and other mental health professionals use various types of psychotherapy.
The choice of therapy type is determined by the experts depending on the problem experienced by the client.
specialists can combine elements from different approaches to best meet the needs of people in therapy.
some types of therapy;
* cognitive behavioral therapy,
* interpersonal therapy,
* psychodynamic therapy,
* psychoanalysis,
* dialectical behavior therapy,
* supportive psychotherapy,
* play therapy,
* schema therapy.
