Types of Psychotherapy

 

Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals use several types of therapy. The choice of therapy type depends on the patient’s particular illness and circumstances and his/her preference. Therapists may combine elements from different approaches to best meet the needs of the person receiving treatment.

 

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) helps people identify and change thinking and behavior patterns that are harmful or ineffective, replacing them with more accurate thoughts and functional behaviors. It can help a person focus on current problems and how to solve them. It often involves practicing new skills in the “real world.”

CBT can help treat a variety of disorders, including depression, anxiety, trauma-related disorders, and eating disorders. For example, CBT can help a person with depression recognize and change negative thought patterns or behaviors that are contributing to the depression.

 

Interpersonal therapy (IPT) is a short-term form of treatment. It helps patients understand underlying interpersonal issues that are troublesome, like unresolved grief, changes in social or work roles, conflicts with significant others, and problems relating to others. It can help people learn healthy ways to express emotions and ways to improve communication and how they relate to others. It is most often used to treat depression.

Dialectical behavior therapy is a specific type of CBT that helps regulate emotions. It is often used to treat people with chronic suicidal thoughts and people with borderline personality disorder, eating disorders, and PTSD. It teaches new skills to help people take personal responsibility to change unhealthy or disruptive behavior. It involves both individual and group therapy.

Psychodynamic therapy is based on the idea that behavior and mental well-being are influenced by childhood experiences and inappropriate repetitive thoughts or feelings that are unconscious (outside of the person’s awareness). A person works with the therapist to improve self-awareness and to change old patterns so he/she can more fully take charge of his/her life.

Psychoanalysis is a more intensive form of psychodynamic therapy. Sessions are typically conducted three or more times a week.

 

Supportive therapy uses guidance and encouragement to help patients develop their resources. It helps build self-esteem, reduce anxiety, strengthen coping mechanisms, and improve social and community functioning. Supportive psychotherapy helps patients deal with issues related to their mental health conditions which in turn affect the rest of their lives.

Slime Therapy

It can be mental therapy by listening and touching sounds. Usually, you think it’s a toy that kids play with, but it’s not. This slime is a really good item to relieve mental anxiety.

 

Physical Therapy

 

Therapy for the preservation, enhancement, or restoration of movement and physical function impaired or threatened by disease, injury, or disability that utilizes therapeutic exercise, physical modalities (such as massage and electrotherapy), assistive devices, and patient education and training.

 

How can physical therapy help?

According to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), a physical therapist is a trained and licensed medical professional with experience in diagnosing physical abnormalities, restoring physical function and mobility, maintaining physical function, and promoting physical activity and proper function.

 

What to expect

Physical therapy can help people of all ages with a range of conditions.

A physical therapist helps take care of patients in all phases of healing, from initial diagnosis through the restorative and preventive stages of recovery. Physical therapy may be a standalone option, or it may support other treatments.

Some patients are referred to a physical therapist by their doctor, but others seek therapy themselves.

 

Whichever way a patient comes to a physical therapist, they can expect to:

1. Undergo a physical exam and evaluation, including health history and certain testing procedures, including evaluation of posture, movement and flexibility, and of muscle and joint motion and performance
2. Receive a clinical diagnosis, prognosis, plan of care, and short and long term goals
3. Receive physical therapy treatment and intervention based on the therapist’s evaluation and diagnosis
4. Receive self-management recommendations

 

Patients often train with a physical therapist in exercises that they can do at home, to help them function more effectively.

 

Benefits of physical therapy

Depending on the reason for treatment, the benefits of physical therapy include:

 

1. Pain management with reduced need for opioids
2. Avoiding surgery
3. Improved mobility and movement
4. Recovery from injury or trauma
5. Recovery from stroke or paralysis
6. Fall prevention
7. Improved balance
8. Management of age-related medical problems
9. Slime Shops

 

A sports therapist can help an athlete to maximize their performance through strengthening specific parts of the body and using muscles in new ways.

 

Types

Physical therapy can help a patient regain movement or strength after an injury or illness.

As with any medical practice, a variety of therapies can be applied to treat a range of conditions.

 

Orthopedic physical therapy treats musculoskeletal injuries, involving the muscles, bones, ligaments, fascias, and tendons. It is suitable for medical conditions such as fractures, sprains, tendonitis, bursitis, chronic medical problems, and rehabilitation or recovery from orthopedic surgery. Patients may undergo treatment with joint mobilizations, manual therapy, strength training, mobility training, and other modalities.

 

Geriatric physical therapy can help older patients who develop conditions that affect their mobility and physical function, including arthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, hip, and joint replacement, balance disorders, and incontinence. This type of intervention aims to restore mobility, reduce pain and increase physical fitness levels.

 

Neurological physical therapy can help people with neurological disorders and conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, brain injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injury, and stroke. Treatment may aim to increase limb responsiveness, treat paralysis, and reverse increase muscle strength by reducing muscle atrophy.

 

Cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation can benefit people affected by some cardiopulmonary conditions and surgical procedures. Treatment can increase physical endurance and stamina.

 

Pediatric physical therapy aims to diagnose, treat, and manage conditions that affect infants, children, and adolescents, including developmental delays, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, torticollis, and other conditions that impact the musculoskeletal system.

 

Wound care therapy can help to ensure that a healing wound is receiving adequate oxygen and blood by way of improved circulation. Physical therapy may include the use of manual therapies, electric stimulation, compression therapy, and wound care.

 

Vestibular therapy aims to treat balance problems that can result from inner ear conditions. Vestibular physical therapy involves many exercises and manual techniques that can help patients regain their normal balance and coordination.

 

Decongestive therapy can help to drain accumulated fluid in patients with lymphedema and other conditions that involve fluid accumulation.

 

Pelvic floor rehabilitation can help treat urinary or fecal incontinence, urinary urgency, and pelvic pain in men and women as a result of injuries or surgery, or because of certain conditions.