Psychotherapist
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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A psychotherapist is a person who, after receiving psychological or medobrazovaniya received a specialization in the direction of "psychotherapy".
Today, there are many currents of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
Techniques are very different, one can say that in the post-Soviet space there is a real boom of interest in this sphere.
Who is a psychotherapist?
A psychiatrist and a psychologist can not engage in psychotherapy. This can only be done by a therapist. The psychotherapist can treat both the conversation and the medications. There are many schools and areas of psychotherapy: gestalt, art, hypnotherapy. A psychotherapist, like a psychiatrist, can prescribe psychotropic drugs and antidepressants. Psychotherapy is both a method of treatment, and a special kind of interaction between the therapist and the person who turned to him for help. A psychotherapist helps a person to realize sensations and feelings, deep problems, to find in themselves the key to solving problems of the body and soul. If you suspect a neurosis or depression, suffer from panic attacks - your road to a therapist. Ulcer, asthma and osteochondrosis in their basis have psychological problems, a psychotherapist can also treat these psychosomatic illnesses. In any case, the therapist more often uses the power of the word than prescribes medicines. A good psychotherapist is merciful and has good empathy, is ready for the constant development of his personality and professional skills. Psychotherapy is at the intersection of pharmacology, psychology and philosophy.
When should I go to a therapist?
To help the therapist need to resort, if you feel discord with others and with yourself. If you feel that you need changes in life, and which ones, do not know if something is oppressing you, if you constantly feel fear. If you are constantly in a bad mood and try to spoil it to others, if you can not often fall asleep or have such an atmosphere in your home that you do not want to leave work in the evenings. It is important to understand that the therapist never makes decisions for the client. But he will tell you how personally you can change the negative attitude to the world around to a positive one.
Before going to a therapist, try to start a healthy lifestyle, move more and work less, communicate more with people.
What methods of diagnosis does the therapist use?
The main method that a psychotherapist uses to diagnose a client's problems is a conversation. Also you can be offered psychological tests, special professional questionnaires. Psychotherapy does not deal with medical concepts. There is no concept of "necrosis of the soul," "the nourishment of the soul," "the breath of the soul." All this applies only to the physical body. It's not enough just to make a diagnosis. Observation, questioning, biographical method, psychological modeling - all this together gives therapist the opportunity to deeply experience the client's problem. The method of natural experiment assumes that the therapist organizes you the opportunity to act in the usual conditions. In this case, you probably will not know about what you are experiencing. This helps to relieve the tension that would inevitably occur, you know that the therapist wants to put the experiment. You can also be offered tests for intelligence, psychomotor, professional addictions, clinical tests. There are a great many types of tests that psychotherapists use to evaluate a person. You may be asked to write an essay or draw a picture. This method is called the analysis of the products of vital activity. To analyze your life path, a biographical method can be used.
What does the therapist do?
The psychotherapist helps his client to establish relations with the world in a situation of stress, with phobias, depression, after a divorce. The therapist leads both individual and group reception of people with similar problems. The psychotherapist works with people who are on the border of the norm and the pathology of the psyche. The clients of the therapist are often people with anorexia, alcoholism, panic attacks, insomnia, depression, neuroses. Fears, a violation of appetite, stress and psychosomatic illnesses - an occasion not to be ashamed to make an appointment with a therapist.
Advices of a therapist physician
- Smile and rejoice in everything that is funny and pleasant!
- Make plans for life and embody them at all costs!
- Face your fears.
- Try to understand why you behave this way, and not otherwise.
- Address yourself with respect, constantly study yourself
- Develop your willpower.
If you want to get rid of bad habits, put relatives in the know. It will be harder for you to break the promise you made than if you promise to quit drinking, smoking or playing only yourself. Go in for sports, surround yourself with people whose heights you would like to strive for.
If you see that you are not able to cope with the problems that have piled on you, who knows, maybe the therapist will help you? Dare to go to meet new life and new opportunities - from the side the essence of the problem is always seen better.
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