Getting It Together: Group and Family Therapies
Not all therapy is conducted on an individual basis. Group and family therapies often add a valuable dimension. Group members learn from each other and in the process discover things about themselves. The same is true of family therapy and how they ...
Getting It Together: Biomedical Therapies
In recent years biomedical therapies have joined psychotherapies to revolutionize treatment for severe mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The first antipsychotic drug Thorazine, discovered accidentally, caused side effects,...
Getting It Together: Choosing a Therapist
Research shows that the style of the therapist even more than the nature of the therapy determines whether or not there is a beneficial outcome. It is important to find a therapist who is not only license and properly credentialed, but is also someo...
Getting It Together: Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
The idea of combining cognitive therapy with behavioral treatments has proven effective for many anxiety disorders. Its focus is to help people unlearn patterns that tend to maintain a disorder. Within the context of that understanding the fear subs...
Getting It Together: Behavior Therapy
Behavior therapists are interested in action-oriented techniques generally involving exposure, particularly in treating anxiety disorders. The treatment entails modeling, the assignment of tasks; joint performance with therapist if necessary; and gr...
Getting It Together: Humanistic Therapy
Humanistic therapists combine active listening with a therapeutic environment that is genuine, accepting, and empathetic. Such unconditional positive regard, Carl Rogers believed, facilitates healing and personal growth. The therapist serves as a co...
Getting It Together: Optimal Approach- Psychotherapy with Biomedical Therapy, The
Controlled, multi-site field studies by NIMH indicate that the best outcome for most psychological disorders is a combination of good psychotherapy and medication. Getting people into treatment is one of the hardest things in psychiatric and psychol...
Getting It Together: Psychological Therapy: Then and Now
Until recent decades, little was known about how to treat psychological disorders. People who were seriously disturbed were hidden away or confined to institutions, and treated in ways that look appalling by today's standards. Stephen Hinshaw descri...
Getting It Together: Psychodynamic Approach, The
Although James Masterson clearly differentiates his psychodynamic approach from the strict Freudian model, there are some distinct similarities, particularly in the relationship between therapist and patient. This clip shows Dr. Masterson working wi...
Getting It Together: Does Psychotherapy Really Work?
People with psychological disorders do get better, and they tend to attribute their improvement to the therapy, but the question is would they have gotten better with no treatment at all. The key is research, which is difficult given confidentiality...