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Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy is a series of techniques for handling psychological problems without

drugs. However, psychotherapy is often used in conjunction with medication to treat mental
illness.During psychotherapy, a person with mental illness will consult a trained and licensed
mental health professional who will help him identify and work together to find factors that can
trigger the mental illness.Another understanding of psychotherapy is a general term used to
describe the process of treating psychological disorders and mental stress by using verbal and
psychological techniques.Meanwhile psychotherapist is a general term used by a professional
who is trained to treat individuals, couples, or groups who have mental problems. Being a
psychiatrist or psychologist depends on the level of education taken by psychotherapists.

Recognize How Psychotherapy Works

Psychotherapy is a two-way process, so mutual trust between patients and therapists must
be created properly. Some patients may experience changes that they did not expect, because
psychotherapy can relive unpleasant events in their past. However, not all psychotherapy
techniques use this method.

Psychotherapy helps people with mental disorders to:

Understand the behavior, emotions, and ideas that contribute to his mental illness and
help learn how to modify these things

Understand and identify life problems or events such as serious illnesses that burden their
mentality, death in the family, loss of work or divorce That way the patient can understand which
aspects of the problem should be sought a solution.

Learn techniques for dealing with health problems and the ability to solve problems.

Psychotherapy type

There are many types of psychotherapy with various approaches. The type of
psychotherapy that is right for you depends on each person's psychiatric condition.
Psychotherapy is also known as speech therapy, counseling, or psychosocial therapy.

This therapy can be given in various forms, including:

Individualized. This therapy only involves patients and therapists.

 Group. Two or more patients can participate in therapy at the same time. Patients can
share experiences and learn that other people feel the same and have had the same experience.

Couple. This type of psychotherapy helps couples understand why their loved ones have
mental disorders, changes in communication, behaviors that can help, and what they can do to
overcome them. This type of therapy can also be used to help couples who are struggling to
improve relations.

Family. The family is an important part of the team that helps people with mental illness
to become better, sometimes it is really necessary to help family members understand what is
happening with other family members, how they can cope, and what they can do to help.