psychotherapy
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the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means
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Psychotherapy may begin with the primitive, but it must end with the divine, for both are integral factors in the human mind.
I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.
Psychotherapy is a sanctuary; it is a battleground; it is a place I have been psychotic, neurotic, elated, confused, and despairing beyond belief.
They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.
Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.
In my experience, psychotherapy at its best is like dual meditation - it's like a container in which you can be compassionate and mindful toward yourself.