TherapyTribe.com Promotes Proactive Psychotherapy to Improve Overall Health

June 10, 2010 - PRLog -- Research suggests that therapy effectively decreases patients' depression and anxiety and related symptoms - such as pain, fatigue and nausea. Psychotherapy, particularly anxiety therapy, has been found to increase survival time for heart surgery and cancer patients, and it can have a positive effect on the body's immune system. Research increasingly supports the idea that emotional and physical health are very closely linked and that psychotherapy can improve a person's overall health.

There is convincing evidence that most people who have at least several sessions of psychotherapy are far better off than untreated individuals with emotional difficulties. One major study showed that 50 percent of patients noticeably improved after eight sessions while 75 percent of individuals in counseling psychotherapy improved by the end of six months. Psychotherapy with children is similar in effectiveness to psychotherapy with adults.

If you or your child are facing challenges in life, or just need a little extra support in managing your work, family or relationship stresses, counseling psychotherapy can help you learn techniques to manage stress efficiently.

There are several different therapeutic methods a therapist may employ—cognitive behavioral (CBT), art therapy, play therapy, anxiety therapy, hypnotherapy, family system therapy—and many counseling psychotherapy approaches draw upon various methods to create a custom-made therapy program. Therapists often work with their clients to create a treatment plan that encompasses different techniques to best address their client's particular problems.

Whether your prefer play therapy, anxiety therapy, or an eclectic approach - psychotherapy should be a partnership between you and a licensed professional. The appropriate counseling psychotherapy approach will depend on your personal therapy goals.   Search TherapyTribe.com online directory to review profiles of psychotherapists trained to help you understand your feelings and assist you with changing your behavior.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, one-third of adults in the United States experience an emotional or substance abuse problem. Nearly 25 percent of the adult population suffers at some point from depression or anxiety.  

Visit TherapyTribe.com to learn more about the benefits of psychotherapy in treating depression and anxiety. Search for a therapist in your area and find a treatment approach that will work for you. Popular treatment approaches include:

Art Therapy: Art therapy uses the creative process to help improve the mental health of clients, children and adults. This approach is utilized to treat a wide range of emotional issues, including anxiety, depression, family and relationship problems, abuse and domestic violence, and trauma and loss.

Play Therapy: Because children develop cognitive skills before language skills, play is an effective way to understand a child. The therapist may observe a child playing with toys--such as playhouses and dolls--to understand the child's behavior and diagnose the problem.

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT): Cognitive-behavioral therapy stresses the role of thinking in how we feel and behave. CBT has been clinically proven to help clients in a relatively short amount of time with a wide range of disorders, including depression and anxiety.

Family Systems Therapy: Family systems therapists view problems within the family group dynamic. The therapist helps each individual understand how their childhood family operated, and how that experience has shaped their role in their current family.

Hypnotherapy: Through trance-like analysis, hypnosis decreases blood pressure and heart rate, putting one's physical body at ease. Working with memories, hypnotherapy helps a person to reframe, relax, absorb, dissociate, respond, and reflect. The process reconstructs healthier associations with a person's past events.

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