Psychotherapy and other treatment options
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Psychological treatments….
What’s psychological treatment?
Psychological treatment is sometimes called ‘psychotherapy’ or ‘talking therapy’.
It involves talking about your thoughts with a professional to:
- better understand your own thinking and behavior
- understand and resolve your problems
- recognize symptoms of mental illness in yourself
- reduce your symptoms
- change your behavior
- Improve your quality of life.
Evidence shows that psychological treatments work well for emotional, mental and behavioral issues.
Psychological treatments are useful for people of all ages, including children. They can help people from different cultural, social and language backgrounds. You can have psychological treatment in an individual session, as part of a group, or online.
Why get psychological treatment?
Psychological treatments are proven to help with mental illnesses such as:
- depression
- anxiety
- addiction
- eating disorders
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Personality disorders.
They are also used successfully to help people deal with:
Stress, emotional problems, grief and trauma, relationship problems.
It may take a number of weeks for you to see results from most psychological treatments. Some types of treatment can take a year or more for you to get the full benefit. They are not a quick fix, but the positive effects are often long-lasting.
Who can provide psychological treatments?
Psychiatrists can provide psychological treatments to people with mental illness.