Psychotherapy is a treatment approach for mental illnesses and disorders of behavior and mind. It involves talking therapies where a trained practitioner supports clients to modify their cognitions, emotions, and behaviors in desirable ways. Some key features of psychotherapy are that it provides a nonjudgmental and supportive environment for clients to discuss problems, explores more satisfactory ways of living, aims to facilitate effective and lasting changes, and involves interactions between the therapist and client that connect psychological theories to help improve client functioning.

1. Features of Psychotherapy
Dr. Suresh Kumar Murugesan PhD
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2. About the Presenter
● Dr.Suresh Kumar Murugesan is a passionate Professor, researcher
and Mental Health Practitioner from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
● At present he is Heading the Post Graduate Department of
Psychology, The American College, Madurai and Also an Adjunct
Professor of School of Behavioural Sciences and Education at TAU
● He is very keen in new research studies in behavioural Sciences
and open to learn.
● His area of specializations are Psychometry, Counselling &
Psychotherapy
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4. Psychotherapy
● Psychology is a study of Behaviour and
Mind
● Therapy is treatment to illness or disease
or disorder
● Psychotherapy is treatment to illness and
diseases of behaviour and mind
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5. Features of Counselling and Psychotherapy
1. It is supportive and non judgmental in nature
2. People to talk over their problems and explore more satisfactory ways of living.
3. It is a talking cure.
4. It bring about effective change or enhance their wellbeing
5. Facilitating living more satisfying and resourcefully.
6. It is an interactions between a therapist /counsellor
7. The purpose is to help the patient/client with problems that may have aspects that are related to disorders of thinking, emotional
suffering, or problems of behaviours.
8. Therapists may use their knowledge of theory of personality and psychotherapy or counselling to help the patient/client improve
functions.
9. The therapist’s approach to helping must be legally and ethically approved.
10. The treatment of disorders of the mind or personality by psychological methods. -The oxford English Dictionary
11. Psychotherapy is the informed and intentional application of clinical methods and interpersonal stances derived from established
psychological principles for the purpose of assisting people to modify their behaviour, cognitions, emotions, and/or other personal
characteristics in directions that the participants deem desirable.
12. Psychotherapy as a healing relationship using socially authorized methods
13. It is provided by a trained practitioners
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6. Psychotherapy
Characteristics:
● identifies the root cause of problem
● Provides nonjudgmental environment
● Talking therapy
● Provides short & long term help
● Enhances mental wellbeing
● Bring out effective changes
● Provides on opportunity to explore, discover
● Interaction between helping & person & client
● Connecting theory and principles in therapy
● Explores different strategies
● Provided by trained person
● Provides support
● It is structured and Systematic
● It a professional relationship
● Facilitating learning process
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7. References
1. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00048677209159674?journalCo
de=ianp20
2. https://www.coursehero.com/file/6537688/Key-Features-of-Psychotherapy/
3. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2013-21317-005
4. https://www.karger.com/Article/PDF/286763
5. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/psychotherapy
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