psychotherapies

Mental health interventions

Psychotherapies is the plural of psychotherapy—treatments for mental and emotional conditions through psychological rather than medical means.

The term encompasses diverse approaches: talk therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, psychoanalysis, and dozens of others.

The clinic offers various psychotherapies for depression and anxiety.

Research compared the effectiveness of different psychotherapies.

approaches

psychodynamic

Concerning unconscious mental forces

interpersonal · integrative · gestalt · psychoanalytic · dialectical · solution-focused · narrative · somatic · eclectic · client-centered

process

transference

Redirecting feelings to substitutes

reflection · exploration · interpretation · resistance · termination · catharsis · free association · reframing · homework · assessment

outcomes

healing

Restoration of health

integration · transformation · self-discovery · growth · empowerment · coping · self-awareness · behavioral change · emotional regulation · meaning-making

modalities

individual

One separate human being

  • groupAssembled collection of things
  • familyRelated people together
  • couplesRomantic partners together

play · art · music · dance · drama · sand tray · online · telehealth · inpatient · outpatient

Opposites
treatment modality

psychotherapiespharmacotherapy

Treatment using pharmaceutical agents

medication · drug therapy · psychiatric medication · psychopharmacology · electroconvulsive therapy

intervention philosophy

psychotherapiesneglect

Failure to provide care

untreated · non-intervention · doing nothing · nonintervention · institutionalization

evidence-based vs. non-evidence-based approaches

psychotherapiesquackery

Fraudulent medical practice

faith healing · charlatanism · snake oil · pseudoscience · folk remedies

Family

psychotherapist, psychotherapists

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