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Finding Psychological Help for Your Child

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Ten years ago, Lindy Garnette faced one of a parent's toughest challenges: She had to find psychological help for her child. Her son, then 5, had bipolar disorder, a diagnosis that might lead to a lifetime ... Read more... »

A New Family Therapy for a New Family

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Traditionally, people have entered into marriage and family counseling in an effort to settle their differences. The therapist gets the family's story and gets to work, focusing on negative, unhealthy relationship patterns that exist within ... Read more... »

The Therapist’s Job Is To Put Herself Out of Work

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

This odd but telling phrase represents the motto of many family therapists. It encapsulates the notion that a therapist's job is to encourage the client or family to become healthier, more independent, stronger, and more ... Read more... »

About Interpersonal Therapy

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Interpersonal therapy focuses on the interpersonal relationships of the depressed person. The idea of interpersonal therapy is that depression can be treated by improving the communication patterns and how people relate to others. Techniques of ... Read more... »

How Much Therapy Is Enough?

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

The ending phase of psychotherapy is an important part of the overall therapeutic experience, and the decision to end ideally is made by you and your therapist. There is no one right time to end ... Read more... »

Do You Need Therapy?

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

People with a wide range of problems — from depression to marital strife to simple phobias like the fear of flying — can reap the benefits of psychotherapy. The common reasons you might seek therapy ... Read more... »

About Group Therapy

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Group therapy provides treatment in a format where there is one therapist and six to eight participants with related problems. The participants improve not only from the interventions of the therapist, but also from observing ... Read more... »

Finding a Therapist

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Choosing the right therapist is important. Research shows that two factors predict success in psychotherapy: the client and therapist relationship, and the therapist's experience with and knowledge about the type of psychotherapy sought. Simply referring ... Read more... »

What Is Psychotherapy?

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Given the range of procedures that are considered "psychotherapy," arriving at a complete definition for the word is difficult. The emphasis placed on different components determines the distinctions among the various schools of psychotherapy. Still, ... Read more... »

Should Parents Stay with Their Children in Therapy?

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Parents often are unsure if they should be present when their children attend therapy sessions. Each practitioner has a different philosophy and the answer may depend on the age and diagnosis of the child. Here ... Read more... »

About Family Therapy

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Family therapy views a person's symptoms as taking place in the larger context of the family. Just as a particular department in a business organization may suffer because of the problems in another department, a ... Read more... »

About Behavior Therapy

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Behavior therapy is focused on helping an individual understand how changing their behavior can lead to changes in how they are feeling. The goal of behavior therapy is usually focused on increasing the ... Read more... »

About Cognitive Psychotherapy

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Cognitive therapy is based on the theory that much of how we feel is determined by what we think. Disorders, such as depression, are believed to be the result of faulty thoughts and beliefs. By ... Read more... »

Denial is a Powerful Impediment to Treatment

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

Many people are still turned off by seeking help for a mental health concern, like depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, an eating issue, or anxiety. While a man will think nothing nowadays of asking his doctor ... Read more... »

Paroextine may help treat compulsive hoarding

Monday, November 13th, 2006

New research has found that certain antidepressants work well to reduce symptoms of compulsive hoarding. It's very common to have a collection of some kind — acquiring and retaining nonessential objects is nearly universal and found ... Read more... »

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