What One Needs To Know About Psychotherapy

By George King


People have problems related to their mental health and general well-being. Psychotherapy is a field of study devoted to the use of psychological techniques, particularly those based on regular personal interactions to assist people. The assistance is meant to help people overcome certain problems in their lives. Professionals who specialize in this field are called psychotherapists and they have helped many people to lead better lives in New Jersey.

The role of psychotherapists in the society is to improve mental health and the well-being of people. They enhance social functioning and relationships through the mitigation of troublesome emotions, behaviors, compulsions, thoughts, and beliefs. Some psychotherapies are recommendable for treating certain disorders of the mind because they are evidence-based. Others are completely not evidence-based.

Many types of psychotherapies have been invented over time. Currently, many named psychotherapies are being used. Some differ from each other slightly while others base on entirely different conceptions of psychology, methods, and ethics. Various psychotherapies combine more than one conception.

This term has its origin in the Greek language. Psyche translates into soul, spirit, or breath whereas the second section, therapeia translates into medical treatment in English. The definition in the English dictionary describes the term as the employment of psychological methods for the treatment of conditions that affect the mind and/or personality. The American Psychological Association adopted a resolution regarding the efficacy of this method of treatment in 2012. The aforementioned definition is standard and is acceptable in most countries around the world.

People who work as psychotherapists may or may not be professionals in mental health. Indeed, they may be professionals in other disciplines, but trained in a specific therapy. Some are not professionals at all. Some of the professionals who may work as psychotherapists include psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, clinical social workers. In the US, there are strict laws that regulate people who can work as psychotherapists and what they do.

In most cases, therapy sessions are conducted on a one-to-one basis. However, this is not true in all situations because therapists may also attend to a group of people like in the case of family members. During therapy, clients communicate private information about their lives. Thus, therapists are expected to maintain confidentiality of the patient because the practice is legally bound too. Protection by the law of the term depends on the jurisdiction in question.

This field is currently battling adherence issues. This issue is spiraling out of hand and a solution needs to be devised to combat it. Findings from research studies show that between 30-60 percent of all clients never get through therapy. They terminate it before they even reach halfway of what was prescribed. The percentage variance comes from differences in the definition of termination and dropout.

It has been observed that the dropout rate is more related with certain clinical and demographic characteristics of therapists, treatment interactions, and clients. The relevance and efficiency of therapy is being questioned because of high rate of dropout. The probability of a client completing the course is also related to the techniques that therapists employ in their work.




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