T-groups

Not enough research. What are T-groups? 1. A T-group meeting does not have an explicit agenda, structure, or expressed goal. 2. Under the guidance of a facilitator, the participants are encouraged to share emotional reactions (for example, anger, fear, warmth, or envy) that arise in response to their fellow participants' actions and statements. 3. The emphasis … Continue reading T-groups →

Systemic Therapy: Small to Moderate Effectiveness

Small to moderate effectiveness: 0.48 What is Systemic Therapy? 1. Seeks to address people not only on the individual level, as had been the focus of earlier forms of therapy, but also as people in relationships, dealing with the interactions of groups and their interactional patterns and dynamics. 2. Focus on practically addressing current relationship patterns … Continue reading Systemic Therapy: Small to Moderate Effectiveness →

Systematic Desensitization

Not enough research. What is Systematic Desensitization? 1. The first step of systematic desensitization is the identification of an anxiety inducing stimulus hierarchy. 2. The second step is the learning of relaxation or coping techniques. When the individual has been taught these skills, he or she must use them in the third step to react towards … Continue reading Systematic Desensitization →

Supportive Psychotherapy

Not enough research. What is Supportive Psychotherapy? 1. Therapist reinforces the patient's healthy and adaptive patterns of thought behaviors in order to reduce the intrapsychic conflicts that produce symptoms of mental disorders. 2. Therapist engages in a fully emotional, encouraging, and supportive relationship with the patient as a method of furthering healthy defense mechanisms, especially in … Continue reading Supportive Psychotherapy →

Status Dynamic Psychotherapy

Not enough research. What is Status Dynamic Psychotherapy? 1. 1960s therapy 2. Helps clients to approach their problems from the vantage point of proactive, in-control actors and not helpless victims 3. Helps clients to attack these problems from the position of acceptable, sense-making, care-meriting persons who bring ample strengths, resources, and past successes to the solution … Continue reading Status Dynamic Psychotherapy →

Somatic Psychology

Not enough research. What is Somatic Psychology? 1. Believe bringing sufficient awareness to the body structures that interact with our thoughts and actions causes healing. 2. The body will rebel when there's a problem, for example, by using drugs, cigarettes, and medicine. 3. Techniques: sound, touch, mirroring, movement and breath.

Somatic Experiencing

Not enough research. What is Somatic Experiencing? 1. Used with PTSD 2. Attempts to promote awareness and release physical tension that remains in the aftermath of trauma. 3. Client is helped to move to a state where he or she is dysregulated (i.e. is aroused or frozen, demonstrated by physical symptoms such as pain or numbness) … Continue reading Somatic Experiencing →

Solution-focused Brief Therapy: Large Effectiveness

Large effectiveness: 0.80 What is Solution-focused Brief Therapy? 1. Goal-directed collaborative approach to psychotherapeutic change that is conducted through direct observation of clients' responses to a series of precisely constructed questions. 2. Focuses on addressing what clients want to achieve without exploring the history and provenance of problem(s). 3. Sessions typically focus on the present and … Continue reading Solution-focused Brief Therapy: Large Effectiveness →

Sex Therapy

Not enough research. What is Sex Therapy? 1. Treats sexual dysfunction when there is no medical etiology (physiological reason) or as a complement to medical treatment. 2. Sexual dysfunctions which may be addressed by sex therapy include non-consummation, premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, low libido, unwanted sexual fetishes, sexual addiction, painful sex, or a lack of sexual … Continue reading Sex Therapy →