talk therapy
Therapeutic verbal treatment
Talk therapy is psychotherapy conducted through conversation rather than medication or other interventions.
A therapist and client meet regularly to discuss problems, explore feelings, and develop coping strategies.
The term emphasizes the verbal nature of treatment: She's been in talk therapy for her anxiety.
Also called the talking cure.
- psychotherapistMental health professional
- counselorOne who advises
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
- couchUpholstered seating furniture
- safe spaceSupportive, threat-free environment
depression · active listening · anxiety disorders · reframing · catharsis · breakthrough moment · psychoanalysis · social worker · weekly sessions · trust issues · open up · clinical psychologist · mindfulness exercises · coping · feelings · unconscious · boundaries · emotions
- supportive carecounseling services, comfort care, grief counseling, emotional support, support networks
- mental healthpsychiatry, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist, therapists
- mental wellnessmental health support, self-care, mental wellness, emotional wellness, coping skills
- therapiesphysiotherapy, cryotherapy, PT, hydrotherapy, immunotherapy
- therapytherapist, session, counselor, sessions, patient
- counselingcounselor, individual counseling, group counseling, career counseling, marriage counseling
talk therapypharmacotherapy
Treatment using pharmaceutical agents
medication · drug therapy · psychopharmacology · psychiatric medication · antidepressants
talk therapyart therapy
Creative mental health treatment
music therapy · movement therapy · dance therapy · equine therapy · silence
talk therapyuntreated
Not given care
self-medication · suffering in silence · denial · avoidance · institutionalization