Psychotherapy
noun
A method of healing mental health problems and emotional troubles by talking and discussing, rather than using medicine.
She started seeing a therapist for psychotherapy after she went through a traumatic experience.
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- undergo psychotherapy
- offer psychotherapy
noun
The study or training to become a therapist who can perform psychotherapy.
He is currently completing his Masters in Psychotherapy.
Often appears as...
- study psychotherapy
- degree in psychotherapy
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noun
A method of healing mental health problems and emotional troubles by talking and discussing, rather than using medicine.
She started seeing a therapist for psychotherapy after she went through a traumatic experience.
Often appears as...
- undergo psychotherapy
- offer psychotherapy
noun
The study or training to become a therapist who can perform psychotherapy.
He is currently completing his Masters in Psychotherapy.
Often appears as...
- study psychotherapy
- degree in psychotherapy
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Treatment Variety
Psychotherapy includes diverse techniques, not just one approach, tailored to individual needs.
Her psychotherapy involved art exercises to express emotions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
Improvements from psychotherapy are often internal and may not be immediately noticeable to others.
After months of psychotherapy, he felt more at peace, even if others couldn't tell.
Pro Tip 3/3Person-Centered
Psychotherapy focuses on the individual's experience and their perspective is central to the process.
Psychotherapy helped her understand her own feelings about the divorce.
Pro Tip 1/3Treatment Variety
Psychotherapy includes diverse techniques, not just one approach, tailored to individual needs.
Her psychotherapy involved art exercises to express emotions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
Improvements from psychotherapy are often internal and may not be immediately noticeable to others.
After months of psychotherapy, he felt more at peace, even if others couldn't tell.
Pro Tip 3/3Person-Centered
Psychotherapy focuses on the individual's experience and their perspective is central to the process.
Psychotherapy helped her understand her own feelings about the divorce.
Pro Tip 1/3Treatment Variety
Psychotherapy includes diverse techniques, not just one approach, tailored to individual needs.
Her psychotherapy involved art exercises to express emotions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
Improvements from psychotherapy are often internal and may not be immediately noticeable to others.
After months of psychotherapy, he felt more at peace, even if others couldn't tell.
Pro Tip 3/3Person-Centered
Psychotherapy focuses on the individual's experience and their perspective is central to the process.
Psychotherapy helped her understand her own feelings about the divorce.
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A tale of mental illness...
First, I've had excellent treatment. Four- to five-day-a-week psychoanalytic psychotherapy for decades and continuing, and excellent psychopharmacology. Second, I have many close family members and friends who know me and know my illness. These relationships have given my life a meaning and a depth, and they also helped me navigate
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What causes opioid...
Opioid addiction is rarely a stand-alone illness; frequently, people with opioid dependence are also struggling with a mental health condition. There are both inpatient and outpatient programs that combine medication, health services, and psychotherapy. But many of these programs are very expensive,
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Can machines read your...
Social media companies are considering using algorithms to help prevent suicides by flagging posts that contain specific words or phrases. And emotion recognition software can help treat mental disorders or even provide people with low-cost automated psychotherapy. Despite the potential benefits,
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Why are eating disorders...
psychotherapy, and in some cases, medications. Evidence-based psychotherapies exist as treatments for most eating disorders, including cognitive-behavioral therapy and family-based therapy. These are talk-therapies that help people gain the skills to deal with underlying psychological problems
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The future of...
psychedelic research flourished all over the world and showed great promise for the fields of psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy, neuroscience and the study of mystical experiences. But psychedelics leaked out of the research settings and began to be used by the counterculture,
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Pampered Pets PIPE National...
they're really talented they've been coming for a long time maybe this seems indulgent and over luxurious for dog but you know that that is how Americans are living and the dog sort of are cheaper than psychotherapy and as people in our lives come and go it's comforting to
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How do antidepressants...
in fact, at the time, many doctors and scientists believed psychotherapy was the only approach to treating depression. The decades-long journey of discovery that followed revolutionized our understanding of depression— and raised questions we hadn’t considered before.
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The mystery of chronic...
retrain the nerves in the nervous system to respond normally to the activities and sensory experiences that are part of everyday life and we support all of that with a intensive psychotherapy program to address the despondency despair and
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How reliable is your...
that could have supported her story. And when I began looking into these cases, I was wondering, where do these bizarre memories come from? And what I found is that most of these situations involved some particular form of psychotherapy.
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The psychology of...
So can narcissists improve on those negative traits? Yes! Anything that promotes honest reflection on their own behavior and caring for others, like psychotherapy or practicing compassion towards others, can be helpful.
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A tale of mental illness...
First, I've had excellent treatment. Four- to five-day-a-week psychoanalytic psychotherapy for decades and continuing, and excellent psychopharmacology. Second, I have many close family members and friends who know me and know my illness. These relationships have given my life a meaning and a depth, and they also helped me navigate
Video examples
What causes opioid...
Opioid addiction is rarely a stand-alone illness; frequently, people with opioid dependence are also struggling with a mental health condition. There are both inpatient and outpatient programs that combine medication, health services, and psychotherapy. But many of these programs are very expensive,
Video examples
Can machines read your...
Social media companies are considering using algorithms to help prevent suicides by flagging posts that contain specific words or phrases. And emotion recognition software can help treat mental disorders or even provide people with low-cost automated psychotherapy. Despite the potential benefits,
Video examples
Why are eating disorders...
psychotherapy, and in some cases, medications. Evidence-based psychotherapies exist as treatments for most eating disorders, including cognitive-behavioral therapy and family-based therapy. These are talk-therapies that help people gain the skills to deal with underlying psychological problems
Video examples
The future of...
psychedelic research flourished all over the world and showed great promise for the fields of psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy, neuroscience and the study of mystical experiences. But psychedelics leaked out of the research settings and began to be used by the counterculture,
Video examples
Pampered Pets PIPE National...
they're really talented they've been coming for a long time maybe this seems indulgent and over luxurious for dog but you know that that is how Americans are living and the dog sort of are cheaper than psychotherapy and as people in our lives come and go it's comforting to
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How do antidepressants...
in fact, at the time, many doctors and scientists believed psychotherapy was the only approach to treating depression. The decades-long journey of discovery that followed revolutionized our understanding of depression— and raised questions we hadn’t considered before.
Video examples
The mystery of chronic...
retrain the nerves in the nervous system to respond normally to the activities and sensory experiences that are part of everyday life and we support all of that with a intensive psychotherapy program to address the despondency despair and
Video examples
How reliable is your...
that could have supported her story. And when I began looking into these cases, I was wondering, where do these bizarre memories come from? And what I found is that most of these situations involved some particular form of psychotherapy.
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The psychology of...
So can narcissists improve on those negative traits? Yes! Anything that promotes honest reflection on their own behavior and caring for others, like psychotherapy or practicing compassion towards others, can be helpful.
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Thomas Szasz
American Psychologist
Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver.
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George Monbiot
British Writer
I believe that anyone who wants to stand in a national election should receive a course of psychotherapy. Completing the course should be a qualification for office. This wouldn't change the behaviour of psychopaths, but it might prevent some people who exercise power from imposing their own deep wounds on others.
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Albert Ellis
American Psychologist
I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.
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Mariette Hartley
American Actress
What took some time for me to figure out was how to have a life outside my career, to find a way to be inclusive rather than exclusive. It came only after years of psychotherapy and deep soul-searching.
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Samantha Morton
English Actress
I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't know. I'm not an analyst, and they're not in psychotherapy. Unless it's a film where they're in therapy.
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Hans Eysenck
German Psychologist
In general, certain conclusions are possible from these data. They fail to prove that psychotherapy, Freudian or otherwise, facilitates the recovery of neurotic patients.
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Kay Redfield Jamison
American Psychologist
No pill can help me deal with the problem of not wanting to take pills; likewise, no amount of psychotherapy alone can prevent my manias and depressions. I need both.
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Jack Kornfield
American Clergyman
In my experience, psychotherapy at its best is like dual meditation - it's like a container in which you can be compassionate and mindful toward yourself.
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Sherry Turkle
American Educator
Everybody wants a robot that will do psychotherapy. But If you don't have empathy, you don't have psychotherapy. The robot doesn't know about life.
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Holly Willoughby
English Celebrity
I was going to university to study psychology and my big ambition in life was to open treatment rooms for psychotherapy.
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Thomas Szasz
American Psychologist
Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver.
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George Monbiot
British Writer
I believe that anyone who wants to stand in a national election should receive a course of psychotherapy. Completing the course should be a qualification for office. This wouldn't change the behaviour of psychopaths, but it might prevent some people who exercise power from imposing their own deep wounds on others.
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Albert Ellis
American Psychologist
I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.
Quote examples
Mariette Hartley
American Actress
What took some time for me to figure out was how to have a life outside my career, to find a way to be inclusive rather than exclusive. It came only after years of psychotherapy and deep soul-searching.
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Samantha Morton
English Actress
I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't know. I'm not an analyst, and they're not in psychotherapy. Unless it's a film where they're in therapy.
Quote examples
Hans Eysenck
German Psychologist
In general, certain conclusions are possible from these data. They fail to prove that psychotherapy, Freudian or otherwise, facilitates the recovery of neurotic patients.
Quote examples
Kay Redfield Jamison
American Psychologist
No pill can help me deal with the problem of not wanting to take pills; likewise, no amount of psychotherapy alone can prevent my manias and depressions. I need both.
Quote examples
Jack Kornfield
American Clergyman
In my experience, psychotherapy at its best is like dual meditation - it's like a container in which you can be compassionate and mindful toward yourself.
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Sherry Turkle
American Educator
Everybody wants a robot that will do psychotherapy. But If you don't have empathy, you don't have psychotherapy. The robot doesn't know about life.
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Holly Willoughby
English Celebrity
I was going to university to study psychology and my big ambition in life was to open treatment rooms for psychotherapy.
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