PSYCHOTHERA

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BY NACHII

TREATMENT OR THERAPY
There are different forms of therapy employed
to treat different kinds of mental illnesses. One
is the medical therapy which uses laboratory or
psychosurgery like lobotomy, insulin, shock
therapy, and drugs. The other one is
psychotherapy.

PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychotherapy is any procedure designed to alleviate behavior
disorders (mental illness, adjustments problems) by
psychological means. It involves social interaction between a
therapist and client aimed at changing the clients behavior.
Insight therapy focuses on the individual as a whole; aim is to
help the person gain insight into his or her problems in life.
Specific Therapy much more concerned with specific
symptoms. These therapies does not delve deeply into persons
personality or seek insights. Rather, they attempt to change
specific problematic behaviors or beliefs

PSYCHOANALYSIS

A method of treatment by psychological means that was developed by Sigmund

Freud.

His emphasis on unconscious motivation behavior influenced by motives not

awareness is one of Freuds concept which is generally accepted by psychology
today.

Freud believed that our personalities are shaped by events in early childhood.

To treat this anxiety disorders, Freuds technique which is psychoanalysis was

developed. Accdg. to Freud, people can be helped only when they recognize and
deal with their repressed feelings.

The aim of the therapy is to help people identify these hidden emotions , and
bring them to open.

FREE ASSOCIATION
Free association is a method that involves having
clients talk about whatever thoughts come into their
mind without worrying about how much sense it
makes or it structures.

DREAM INTERPRETATION
This is the second method to uncover repressed
feelings.
Therapists must look beyond the expressed content
(manifest content) to determine the true meaning
(latent content) of the dream.

HUMANISTIC THERAPY
This method emphasizes on self-acceptance.
Humanistic (existential) psychology sees man as having purpose,
values, options, and the right and capacity for self-determination,
rather than being a helpless victim of his unconsciousness and
environmental enforcement.
Originally, it was known as nondirective counseling but in later
development the name was changed to client-centered therapy. It
was intended to emphasize the active role of the therapist in attending
to what the client was saying or feeling.

GESTALT THERAPY
Gestalt therapy emphasizes self-awareness. It borrows ideas
from both psychoanalytic and humanistic theories.
Fritz Perls (1970), explains that our actions are often influenced
by emotions and thoughts of which we are unaware. These
unconscious forces may lead us to have unsatisfying social
interactions.

Gestalt therapy proposes that in order to improve our

adjustments, we must become more aware of ourselves.

COGNITIVE
THERAPIES
Cognitive therapists believe that behavior is guided
by mental events such as attitudes, beliefs,
expectations, and appraisals.
The aim of cognitive therapy is to identify and
change these faulty thoughts on the presumption
that changes in thought will lead to changes in
behavior and feelings.

RATIONAL EMOTIVE
THERAPY (RET)
Albert Ellis believes that our problems are not result
of how we feel; rather, he suggests that how we think
and believe determines how we will adjust to our
environment.
RET is widely practiced with people who suffer from
anxiety.

BEHAVIOR THERAPIES
Behavior therapies are based on the assumption that maladaptive
behavior is learned through the same process by which other
behaviors are learned.
Many behavior therapists believe that it is a waste of time to
focus on internal events like emotions and attitudes.
Therapy will be more effective if it concentrates on behavior.

MODELING THERAPY
This theory states that we learn new behavior by
watching others and modeling their behavior. Imitation
plays a major role in our lives and in therapeutic
settings.
Albert Bandura and his associates have used the
modeling technique to reduce a wide range of phobic
behaviors, such as fear of dogs and snakes. (Rosenthal
and Bandura, 1978)

GROUP THERAPY
Emphasizes communication and relationships.
Group therapy is a form of treatment in which
carefully selected emotionally ill persons are placed
into a group, guided by a trained therapist, for the
purpose of helping one another effect personality
change.

ROLE OF THE
THERAPIST
His role is primarily a facilitative one, because,
ideally, group members themselves are the primary
source of cure and change.
The therapist must exercise great skills and
delicacy in helping the group function productively
without allowing himself to control the interactions.

SELECTION OF
PATIENTS
Careful selection of patients and careful group organizations are
essential clinical responsibilities when the group concept is used
as the psychotherapeutic vehicle for change in personality
functioning.
Dynamic Factors means the psychological aspect or conduct of
an interpersonal relationship of the patients.
Diagnostic Factors means the diagnosis of the patients
disorder is important in order to determine the best therapeutic
approach.

To be successful, you
need to face your
hardest opponent
yourself.
- Dillon Boucher -

Thanks for listening!

- Nachii -