Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a type of psychological intervention used to treat emotional problems and mental health conditions.
It involves talking to a trained therapist, either one-to-one, in a group or with your wife, husband or partner. It allows you to look deeper into your problems and worries and deal with troublesome habits and a wide range of issues.
Psychotherapy usually involves talking but sometimes other methods may be used - for example, art, music, drama and movement.
Psychotherapy can help you to discuss feelings you have about yourself and other people, particularly family and those close to you. In some cases, couples or families are offered joint therapy sessions together.
Related Glossaries
- Allied Health Professionals
- Art Therapy
- Cognitive Interventions
- Counselling
- Creative / Expressive
- Dance Movement Therapy
- Dramatherapy
- Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
- Humanistic Approach
- Hypnotherapy
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Mindfulness
- Music Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychoanalysis
- ReAttach
- Sandplay Therapy
- Standard Healthcare
- Systemic Therapy
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