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psychotherapy
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psy·cho·ther·a·py
/ ˌsīkōˈ[unvoicedth]erəpē/
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n.
the treatment of mental disorder by psychological rather than medical means.
DERIVATIVES:
psy·cho·ther·a·peu·tic
/ -ˌ[unvoicedth]erəˈpyoōtik/ adj.
psy·cho·ther·a·pist
/ -ˈ[unvoicedth]erəpist/ n.
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Psychotherapy and antidepressant for panic disorder.
Magazine article from: Bandolier; 5/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...agoraphobia, is usually treated with psychotherapy, with or without antidepressants...small, testing different types of psychotherapy, with different controls, and with...nine to 15 weeks. Different types of psychotherapy were used. Behaviour therapy consisted...
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Psychotherapy--an active agent: Assessing the effectiveness of psychotherapy and its curative factors
Magazine article from: The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...expansion in research on psychotherapy in two areas...effectiveness of psychotherapy compared to wait...patients undergoing psychotherapy surpassed no-treatment...that the effect of psychotherapies were equal to, or...
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Psychotherapy-driven supervision: integrating counseling theories into role-based supervision.
Magazine article from: Journal of Mental Health Counseling; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...strengths of mental health counselors, psychotherapy-driven supervision advocates blending psychotherapy-based approaches to supervision with...supervision. Strengths and weaknesses of psychotherapy-based approaches are discussed...
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Psychotherapy as a regulated profession considered in Ontario.(HEALTH)
Magazine article from: Community Action; 11/21/2005; 700+ words
; Toronto -- Should psychotherapy be a regulated health profession in Ontario? This...the province, opposes any law creating a licensed psychotherapy profession. "Psychotherapy is an intervention and not a profession" the OASW...
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Teaching Psychotherapy to Psychiatric Residents in Israel
Magazine article from: The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...major universities has a psychotherapy program. Learning psychotherapy should be easy in Israel...Nonetheless, the teaching of psychotherapy to psychiatric residents...quite limited: Reports of psychotherapies are often hesitant, schematic...
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Cyber-psychotherapy.(online psychotherapy)
Magazine article from: Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...growing phenomenon in the field of psychotherapy, Internet sites are being established...a viable way to provide a range of psychotherapy services. However, opponents of e...reviews the current state of cyber-psychotherapy and the issues that psychotherapists...
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Psychotherapy services for students with emotional or behavioral disorders: A legal analysis of issues
Magazine article from: Behavioral Disorders; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT Psychotherapy has been advocated as a critical mental health service...there are several questions concerning the provision of psychotherapy services: (a) Is psychotherapy a related service as defined by the Individuals with...
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Dynamically oriented psychotherapy with borderline patients
Magazine article from: American Journal of Psychotherapy; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...for a dynamically oriented psychotherapy with borderline patients...arrangements and guidelines for psychotherapy, neutrality, the stability...oriented and dynamically oriented psychotherapy, trends in the psychotherapy...
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PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH PIONEER HANS STRUPP DIES
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/6/2006; 700+ words
; ...psychologist Hans H. Strupp, who helped psychotherapy gain legitimacy as a scientific discipline...in the study of the effectiveness of psychotherapy and the processes that accounted for...therapy known as time-limited dynamic psychotherapy. "One could reasonably argue that...
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Psychotherapy in Russia: Historical backgrounds and current practice
Magazine article from: American Journal of Psychotherapy; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...mental health, including psychotherapy. In this article, the...unfavorable toward Western-style psychotherapy. Also, the closely knit...main criticism of Western psychotherapies was that their main emphasis...historical background of psychotherapy in Russia. The main forms...
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Psychotherapy
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...goals of all types of psychotherapy typically involve...advent of modern psychotherapy can arguably be attributed...spawned a vast array of psychotherapies. Though a contemporary...behavioral and cognitive psychotherapies have been viewed...behavior and cognitive psychotherapy movement, ...
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Psychotherapy integration
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Psychotherapy integration Definition Psychotherapy integration is defined as an approach to psychotherapy that includes a variety of attempts to look beyond the confines of single-school approaches in order to see what can be learned from other...
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Group Psychotherapies
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPIES The notion of group psychotherapies encompasses a...speaking, group psychotherapy is a method for...psychoanalytic group psychotherapy. During the...goals of group psychotherapies, but a certain...
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San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group and Control-Mastery Theory
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
SAN FRANCISCO PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH GROUP AND CONTROL-MASTERY THEORY The San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group (formerly called the Mount Zion Psychotherapy Research Group) was founded in the early 1970s by Joseph Weiss, M.D., and...
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Psychodynamic psychotherapy Definition Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a method of verbal communication used to help...and techniques of psychoanalysis . Psychodynamic psychotherapy is similar to psychoanalysis in that it attributes...
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