psychotherapy
Sign in to savePsychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome problems. Psychotherapy aims to improve an individual's well-being and mental health, to resolve or mitigate troublesome behaviors, beliefs, compulsions, thoughts, or emotions, and to improve relationships and social skills. Numerous types of psychotherapy have been designed either for individual adults, families, or children and adolescents. Some types of psy
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Psychotherapy, also called talk therapy, is a treatment that uses regular conversations between a person and a trained professional to help change unhelpful behaviors, thoughts, and emotions while improving overall well-being and relationships. It matters because it can help people overcome mental health problems, increase happiness, and develop better social skills through this focused personal interaction.
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- Medical intervention.MeshID
- D011613
- Medical intervention.specialty
- Psychology, psychiatry
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- Definitions
- Delivery
- Regulation
- Europe
- United States
- Canada
- Australia
- History
- Types
- Humanistic
- Insight-oriented
- Cognitive-behavioral
- Systemic
- Expressive
- Postmodernist
- Other
- Child
- Computer-supported
- Telepsychotherapy
- Effects
- Efficacy
- Comparison with other treatments
- Adverse effects
- Adherence
- Mechanisms of change
- General critiques <!--This section is linked from multiple articles: do not rename without including an anchor to previous name ([[MOS:HEAD]])-->
- Training
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Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome problems. Psychotherapy aims to improve an individual's well-being and mental health, to resolve or mitigate troublesome behaviors, beliefs, compulsions, thoughts, or emotions, and to improve relationships and social skills. Numerous types of psychotherapy have been designed either for individual adults, families, or children and adolescents. Some types of psychotherapy are considered evidence-based for treating diagnosed mental disorders; other types have been criticized as pseudoscience.
There are hundreds of psychotherapy techniques, some being minor variations; others are based on very different conceptions of psychology. Most approaches involve one-to-one sessions, between the client and therapist, but some are conducted with groups, including couples and families.