What is Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy is a preferred method of providing treatment to people who have mental health problems.
Everyone may have problems that they may have difficulty in coping with at certain times in their life. Some people may have difficulty in coping with various situations such as depression,anxiety disorders, substance abuse or other mental health problems or relationship problems, work/school stress, loss of someone they love. Therefore, hesitating to ask for help can make the problem even more unresolved. Psychotherapy can help you at this point.
Psychotherapy aims to provide a healthy, happy and quality life to people of all ages. It is based on the cooperation between the therapist and the client. It is a process in which you can easily share your feelings, thoughts and experiences in a safe, impartial and non-judgmental environment. Your psychologist and/or psychiatrist sheds light on the mental health problem you have and informs you about this field. Psychotherapy, on the other hand, helps you understand and analyze the situations you are in and have difficulty overcoming. It also provides you with a roadmap for dealing with any future situation.
Psychotherapy Approaches
There are many different therapy approaches. Each theoretical approach provides the therapist with an effective perspective in understanding the client and solving the problems. In therapy,
- Therapist’s psychotherapy orientation
- Current scientific research results
- Individuality
- Diagnosis specific factors are taken as the basis.
Some of the Therapy Approaches are as follows:
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
- Hypnotherapy
- EMDR
- Motivational Therapy
- Family/Couple Therapy
- Sexual Therapies
- Psychodrama
Does Psychotherapy Differ in Children and Adolescents?
Psychotherapy in childhood and adolescence is planned for the needs of individuals. Treatment is more effective with the participation of parents and other family members. In the success of the treatment, it is aimed to reduce the problematic behaviour of the child or adolescent and to increase his/her communication with the parent. Psycho-education for both parents and children/adolescents aims to improve the quality of life by targeting areas such as problem solving, anger management and social communication skills.
Drug Treatment
In some cases (depending on the diagnosis and severity of the disorder), psychotherapy alone is used as an appropriate treatment method. At other times, the psychotherapy process can be carried out with medical support.
What the Client Needs to Know in Psychotherapy?
Our most important principle is to inform our clients about their rights and to protect them at our hospital.
- Your relationship with your therapist is based on confidentiality.
- Information about you is not shared with other people and institutions without your consent.
- You can choose a therapist whom you can establish a harmonious and healthy relationship.
- You can obtain detailed information about the specialist’s training and professional expertise.
- You can obtain information about the therapeutic approach applied by your therapist. Reading as recommended by your therapist in this field will increase the efficiency you will receive from the treatment.
- You do not have to answer questions that bother you.
- You have the right to receive ethical and professional service from your therapist without discrimination of race, religion, language, gender and opinion.
- Referrals can be made from experts in other fields (psychiatry, neurology, nutrition and dietetics, internal medicine, etc.) with your knowledge when necessary.
- Your specialist cannot establish any relationship with you other than the therapist-client relationship.
- It is aimed that you receive the highest level of efficiency from the therapy. For this reason, your relationship with your therapist needs to be conducted in collaboration. Cooperation is based on mutual responsibility.
- You can decide to give up or discontinue treatment in collaboration with your therapist.
- Your therapist cannot give you advice. The decisions you make in this process are in your hands.