Essays on Psychotherapy

At some point in our lives, most of us have found ourselves in situations where we feel like we are under too much pressure mentally. This kind of stress may come from literally any aspect of life, but it is mostly attributed to work. Specific...

Psychotherapy, in general, is a form of treatment, in which a trained psychologist or other qualified mental health providers will form a professional relationship with a patient, in order to understand their problems and remove or alleviate troubling symptoms, thoughts, beliefs or behaviors. Professionals will...

The anti-psychiatry movement evolved in the 1950’s, psychiatrists argued that the approach being taken was not only costly but also profoundly unscientific as well as being ineffective. This was the breakthrough for the anti-psychiatry movement in 1960’s when famous figures become highly vocal about the...

Psychedelics have a deep seated history in various indigenous groups across the world for the purposes of obtaining enlightenment and divination. As a result of the past ignorance and social stigmas surrounding mind altering substances our knowledge is still limited and the field of study...

American psychoanalysts are an endangered species. For many years, Freudian theory has been providing a comprehensive framework to describe human behavior. Nowadays, however, the traditional psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapies are in dramatic decline. As per Freud, internal or psychological forces motivate behavior, and abnormality occurs...

Assertiveness is the ability to express emotions and needs without violating the rights of others and without being aggressive. Assertiveness is the quality of being self-assured and confident without being aggressive. Assertiveness can be defined as the capacity to relate to others in a sincere...

Abstract The aim of this article is to sort out the role of mother language in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is a sort of treatment which is used in some of mental disorder. It is a treatment rather than medicine. In psychotherapy, the therapist makes an interpersonal...

Instead of rigidly focusing on only one approach and its theories and techniques, many counselors choose to incorporate one or more different approaches, or just bits from different approaches, into their style. The three different aspects of human experience that different approaches consider are feelings,...

Nazish Idrees, A clinical Psychologist, Ph.D. Scholar shared their valuable cases that are improved with the use of materializing thoughts. She commonly recommends and trains her clients for visualization, manifestation and self-hypnosis. She said, I believe in the power of subconscious mind and we can...

Suicide is a phenomenon that makes hearts race and faces flush with heightened emotions. It is ironic how the choice of ending life spurs sensations within our bodies that remind us what it feels like to be alive. Being someone who has contemplated suicide several...

As an active duty service member, with 24 years of continuous service, topics involving veterans become very personal. I joined the Navy in August of 1994 during the heart of Operation Uphold Democracy. This choice was made willingly due to the depth in which my...

Navratilova and Porreca (2014) research the impact of pain on reward and motivation of individuals, while focusing on the conventional assumptions of hedonism and godlessness. A hedonistic approach to psychotherapy believes that individuals are motivated by the self, in that they seek pleasure and avoid...

The science of Psychology offers an extensive scope of principles, theories and methodological approaches to understanding mental health, cognitive functioning and behaviour as well as mental disorders in an individual (Wittchen, Hartling & Hoyer, 2015). The science of psychology has therefore developed a set of...

Introduction I got acquainted with different psychotherapy methods. I got depressed because of the realization that the current understanding on human nature was not at all reflected in psychological treatment advocated by psychotherapists’ circles across the country. I came to know that the magnitude of...

According to a study known as “Cognitive Processing” conducted by Ulrike Willinger, a neurologists at the University of Vienna, it was found that those who appreciated dark humour were among those with high amounts of intelligence as well as having the greatest emotional stability. With...

Clay is vastly used in group counselling, in both art and psychotherapy. It’s a very strategic technique that can be utilized to get into the heart and soul of our human, emotional life. As human beings, most of the time, it is rather hard to...

LSDs initial use in psychotherapy was not one without valid grounds. Although it was, and still is largely not understood how LSD causes the “Trip” it has shown efficacy in treating a small array of mental disorders. There has been experimentation conducted in its applicability...

The field of clinical psychology is vast and diverse. Over the years, treatment of mental health has evolved in many forms, subject to the patients needs and response. This has expanded the field into treatment in the arts, sciences and everything in between. A common...

The existential theory is the fundamental beliefs, which human beings experience that may cause internal and external conflict with those they interact with. The hardships entailed are believed to stem from a particular human existence. Specific primary factors are recognized upon the application of the...