BRINDHA DHANUSKODI

2.  PSYCHOTHERAPY
Greek word
= Psyche & Therapia
Psyche - mind
Therapia - medical
treatment.

3. DEFINITION
-- Psychotherapy is also
called as talk therapy.
-- It is a way to help
people with a broad
variety of mental
illnesses and emotional
difficulties.

4.  TYPES OF PSYCHOTHERAPIES
-Psychoanalytic Therapy
-Adlerian Therapy
-Existential Therapy
-Person Centered Therapy
-Gestalt Therapy
-Reality Therapy
-Behavioral Therapy
-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

5.  PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY
--Sigmund Freud
It focus on
--How unconscious minds
influences thoughts and
behaviors
--How one’s childhood
experiences that contribute to
their current actions

6.  ADVANTAGES
Insight therapy
-- 80% of patients benefitted
from this therapy
-- Long and intensive therapy
-- Ultimate goal is to help
mitigate human suffering
-- Enhance the quality of life of
an individual

7.  ADLERIAN THERAPY
--Alfred Adler
-- Individual therapy
-- Increases the individual’s ability
to bring about positive change in
his or her own life.
-- In his theory, individuals work
to overcome feelings of inferiority
that benefits the social interest

8.  ADVANTAGES
-- Short term, goal oriented
-- It teaches people that they
control their own fate.
-- It helps the client to modify
their behavior.
-- It helps people to feel
comfortable & confident in the
society/communities.

9.  EXISTENTIAL THERAPY
-- Philosophical method of
psychotherapy.
-- Focuses on the clarification of
human existence.
-- It can enable a person to engage
with problems in a creative, active
and reflective manner.
-- In order to find new meaning and
purpose.

10.  ADVANTAGES
-- It help the clients to find
meaning in life.
-- It help clients realize that they
are in control of their own lives
through the decisions they make
-- It encourage people to
embrace the reality of suffering
in order to work through and
learn from it.

11.  PERSON CENTERED THERAPY
--Carl Roger
--Client centered therapy
--Gives support to the client
--To facilitate his/her ability to self-
actualize
--To facilitate personal growth &
relationships of a client by allowing
them to explore & utilize their own
strengths and personal identity.

12.  ADVANTAGES
--It can help individuals
with all ages, with a range
of personal issues
--It can help people to
reconnect with their inner
self
--Increase self esteem &
Openness to experience

13.  GESTALT THERAPY
-- Fritz Perls
-- Gestalt means whole
--Differences of perspective are
the focus of experimentation
--It can increased client’s
awareness of what they are
experiencing in the present
moment

14.  ADVANTAGES
--It focuses on what is happening
in the moment
--Finding solutions in the present
time
--Helps clients better understand
themselves
--It can develop self-awareness &
self- knowledge of the client.

15.  REALITY THERAPY
--William Glasser
--Focus on the unconscious
thoughts, feelings & behavior
--Emphasizes the present
--WDEP system (Wants, Doing &
direction, Evaluation, Planning)
--Goal is to change current behavior

16.  ADVANTAGES
--It can improve client’s problem
solving and interpersonal skills
--Provides individuals with a self-
help tool to gain more effective
control over their lives & their
relationships
--Improved ability to set worthwhile
goals

17.  COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL
THERAPY --Dr. T Aaron Beck
--Therapist believes that people’s
thoughts, feelings & behaviors all
influence each other.
--Psychosocial intervention
--Focusing on challenging &
changing unhelpful cognitive
distortions & behavior

18. ADVANTAGES
--Time limited & structured
approach
--used to treat a variety of MH
disorders
--improve emotional regulation
--personal coping strategies that
target solving current problems
--Alleviated distress

19. BY BRINDHA DHANUSKODI

21. VICTOR FRANKL

22. ALFRED ADLER

23. DR. T. AARON BECK

24. FRITZ PERLS

25. WILLIAM GLASSER

26. CARL ROGER

27. SIGMUND FREUD