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Discussion 1: Evaluating the Effectivenes of Psychotherapy

hat psychotherapy is effective in helping people with psychological disorders.

What are the common factors that contribute to successful outcomes and psychotherapy?

What is eclecticism?

Does anyone have any therapy experiences they would care to share, either personal, or those of family or friends?

If your answer is yes, please describe the type of therapy (E. G. Group, couples, cognitive, behavioral, twelve-step, etc. and tell us if the therapy was helpful or not, why not?

While twelve-step programs, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (the original twelve-step program on which all others are based) are technically not “therapy” they have helped literally millions over the years.

In 2016 the active membership world-wide in AA was over 2 million.

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Psychotherapy was founded by Sigmund Freud .Psychotherapy is based on our past experiences and our uncouscious feelings.It has helped in diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.Psychotherapy defines our behaviours to our child hood experiences.Our childhood experiences make up our mental state.Psychotherapy aims at understanding one's self,one's past experiences and effective control mechanism.Many therapists use psychotheray to help clients in problem solving and it is goal oriented.The client has to fully cooperate with the therapist during the session and more the client cooperates better and faster the outcome of the treatment.Psychotherapies are used for anxiety disorders,phobias,post traumatic stress disorders,eating disorders,personality disorders.The twelve step therapy that has been used in the treatment of Alchoholism is a very effective therapy.Though we cannot call it a therapy it is very holistic approach to the problem.The group therapy is very effective for such substance abuse disorders.Cognitive behaviour therapy was given to a student to cope with failure in his examinations.He felt his career was over with his failure.This therapy helped him to think of other options available and coping mechanisms.

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