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supportive psychotherapy — psychotherapy aimed at reinforcing a patient s defenses, relieving immediate crises or acute disequilibria, reducing symptoms to a premorbid level, and promoting the healthy aspects of the patient, without probing emotional conflicts or trying to … Medical dictionary
supportive psychotherapy — a type of psychotherapy that seeks to reduce psychological conflict and strengthen a patient s defenses through the use of various techniques, as reassurance, suggestion, counseling, and reeducation. [1960 65] … Useful english dictionary
Psychotherapy — is an interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained psychotherapists to aid s in problems of living. This usually includes increasing individual sense of well being and reducing subjective discomforting experience. Psychotherapists… … Wikipedia
supportive treatment — supportive therapy or supportive treatment, 1. a moderate form of psychotherapy to arrive at a practical solution to a patient s problems by direct and sympathetic discussion with him: »In supportive therapy … the doctor merely makes an effort to … Useful english dictionary
supportive therapy — or supportive treatment, 1. a moderate form of psychotherapy to arrive at a practical solution to a patient s problems by direct and sympathetic discussion with him: »In supportive therapy … the doctor merely makes an effort to understand… … Useful english dictionary
psychotherapy — Treatment of emotional, behavioral, personality, and psychiatric disorders based primarily upon verbal or nonverbal communication and interventions with the patient, in contrast to treatments utilizing chemical and physical measures. See entrie … Medical dictionary
psychotherapy — Synonyms and related words: Arica movement, Erhard Seminars Training, New Consciousness, Pentothal interview, SAT, T group, assertiveness training, behavior modification, behavior therapy, bioenergetics, biofeedback, confrontation therapy,… … Moby Thesaurus
Group psychotherapy — is a form of psychotherapy in which one or more therapists treat a small group of clients together as a group. The term can legitimately refer to any form of psychotherapy when delivered in a group format, including Cognitive behavioural therapy… … Wikipedia
Person-centered psychotherapy — Person Centered Therapy (PCT), also known as Client centered therapy or Rogerian Psychotherapy, was developed by the humanist psychologist Carl Rogers in the 1940s and 1950s. The basic elements of Rogerian therapy involve showing congruence… … Wikipedia
History of psychotherapy — Although modern, scientific psychology is often dated at the 1879 opening of the first psychological clinic by Wilhelm Wundt, attempts to create methods for assessing and treating mental distress existed long before. The earliest recorded… … Wikipedia
