talk therapies

SUPPORT GROUPS. Depression-Bipolar Support Alliance: 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, April 2, in 4th floor Conference Room C at Illinois Valley Community Hospital. DBSA is a nationally recognized and sanctioned talk therapy and share the air support group. Epilepsy Support Group: 6-7 p.m., Thursday, April 12, ...

Claire Foy plays a neurotic businesswoman in Pennsylvania attempting a fresh start after skipping town to avoid a dangerous stalker. She goes to what she thinks is a therapist's office just for a recommendation, an appointment for talk therapy, no meds. But she quickly spirals into a Kafkaesque nightmare, ...

Patients are being prescribed anti-depressants by GPs because of a lack of talking therapies, doctors warned yesterday. Although anti-depressants are very effective, many patients with mental health issues would benefit from psychological counselling, the Oireachtas Health Committee was told. However ...

Susan Fry, executive director for Stepping Stones, said the impact of being exposed to trauma in the home via drug abuse, domestic abuse, incarceration and homelessness can having a lasting negative impact on children. Statistics show the traditional "talk therapy" method is not working, according to Fry.

“Talk therapy doesn't work for everybody,” Pierson went on to note. “Art activities can really help people identify and process emotions.” There are various avenues to explore in art therapy, from painting to collage, pastels to mandalas. “We will be looking at addressing subjects such as happiness, ...

Figuring that there were probably other sexual assault survivors that also felt uncomfortable or lacked interest in talk therapy, Yamasaki became a certified yoga instructor. She focused her yoga specifically on how the practice can ease the trauma of sexual assault. "I wanted to create a program that spoke ...

She sought help from professionals but felt that talk therapy and medications weren't providing the kind of recovery she needed. She felt like a big part of herself was being left out of the healing process -- her body. "I never imagined the years of disconnect that I would feel from my own physical body," said ...

Simply put, we have the perfect setting for facilitating and promoting the delivery of walk and talk therapy in the workplace, and with BEC donating meeting room space to the programme, Nick is now able to trial walk and talk therapy at Westlakes that can be booked by individuals or blocked booked by a ...

She explains that sex therapy is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on sexual function and dysfunction—and while it is a specialized treatment for sexual issues, it actually utilizes many techniques of traditional talk therapy. “Whether as a couple or an individual—you can go alone or together—sex therapy ...

He joins us to discuss his new book, "Saving Talk Therapy: How Health Insurers, Big Pharma, and Slanted Science Are Ruining Good Mental Health Care." As was noted of this book by Professor Ben Gorvine (with the Department of Psychology at Northwestern University): "[This] is an impassioned defense ...

DEAR ABBY >> I have a crush on a guy I work with. I'm 19, and he's 26. He has a kid, which actually doesn't bother me. I love kids and have taken care of them most of my life. My problem is he has this ex who wants to get back together with him. They broke up because she was staying out all night and ...

One of the first things people want to know after receiving a diagnosis of depression is: Can I do anything that doesn't require pills? The question is perfectly valid. If you ask most folks, they'd rather not take psychotropic drugs. This point is particularly true for guys who, thanks to hypermasculine thinking, believe “real men ...

Running and traditional talk therapy have their connections to meditative healing, but what could the lasting impact amount to if the two were combined as a 2-in-1 treatment for mental health? For Sepideh Saremi, a licensed psychotherapist and running advocate, the possibilities birthed Run Walk Talk—a ...

Talk therapy has been ineffective. What do you do when talking to a licensed therapist doesn't work? — Wants To Know In New Mexico. {&2}Dear Wants: Sometimes a combination of talk therapy and medication can be more helpful than talk therapy alone. Because the many years of talk therapy alone ...

Talk therapy has been ineffective. What do you do when talking to a licensed therapist doesn't work? — Wants To Know in New Mexico. Dear Wants: Sometimes a combination of talk therapy and medication can be more helpful than talk therapy alone. Because the many years of talk therapy alone haven't ...

DEAR ABBY: I have a crush on a guy I work with. I'm 19, and he's 26. He has a kid, which actually doesn't bother me. I love kids and have taken care of them most of my life. My problem is he has this ex who wants to get back together with him. They broke up because she was staying out all night and ...

Talk therapy has been ineffective. What do you do when talking to a licensed therapist doesn't work? — WANTS TO KNOW IN NEW MEXICO. DEAR WANTS: Sometimes a combination of talk therapy and medication can be more helpful than talk therapy alone. Because the many years of talk therapy alone ...

Talk therapy has been ineffective. What do you do when talking to a licensed therapist doesn't work? — Wants To Know In New Mexico. {&2}Dear Wants: Sometimes a combination of talk therapy and medication can be more helpful than talk therapy alone. Because the many years of talk therapy alone ...

Running and traditional talk therapy have their connections to meditative healing, but what could the lasting impact amount to if the two were combined as a 2-in-1 treatment for mental health? For Sepideh Saremi, a licensed psychotherapist and running advocate, the possibilities birthed Run Walk Talk—a ...

Pain and physical function improved significantly among disadvantaged patients after 10 weeks of simplified talk therapy, a randomized controlled trial found. Pain intensity scores decreased substantially for low-income, chronic pain patients who received either group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or ...

Knuth-Bouracee added that, although the center does not provide talk therapy, the center does host alternative modes of care, such as healing circles and yoga, to help survivors recover and cope with trauma. The center has increased prevention consultation, and its services now reach beyond students to ...

Question: You seem to be opposed to putting children into any sort of psychological therapy. That's curious, especially given that you're a child psychologist. What is your explanation for this and are there any situations in which you would be in favor of therapy for a child? Answer: As I said in a recent ...

Done right, talk therapy can help you learn things about yourself you wouldn't have figured out on your own and break lifelong patterns of grief or destruction. A good therapist can teach you coping mechanisms, help you retrain your mind and eliminate hurtful habits, see patterns you couldn't on your own, ...

Therapists who have obtained PhD or PsyD degrees with a focus in clinical psychology, for example, have perhaps the most extensive training in providing talk therapy, including psychodynamic or “insight-oriented” therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, and others. Clinical social ...

Psychotherapist Dr Neeta Shetty is of the opinion that the scientific benefits of talk therapy sessions are aplenty. “It helps in healing psychological disorders like anxiety and depression, which usually stems from negative thoughts and cognitive distortions. In fact, talk therapies like 'Mindfulness' has proven ...

While non-pharmacologic options exist, there are limited studies on the efficacy of these treatment alternatives to pain medication. Therefore, the authors of this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of talk therapy, modified for literacy level, compared to usual care. In general, it was observed that both ...