What Exactly is "Therapy?" How Can It Help? Let's Outline Some Basics!
Individual therapy can help address issues that are hard to face alone. If you find yourself seeking individual therapy, then our practice can help you better manage symptoms of mental health conditions and emotional difficulties. Individual psychotherapy can help you deal with many personal struggles in life, including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, career challenges, and anger management issues. Through therapy, you can learn skills to help handle difficult situations, make healthy decisions, and reach desired goals towards change.
Types of Individual Therapy We Provide
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At Dr. Patel’s office, we provide individual therapy sessions to help our patients heal, grow, and move towards more healthier lives. Treatment goals will be discussed and established. The frequency and duration of therapy will depend largely on your needs, treatment goals, and overall progress. During your initial psychiatric evaluation, Dr. Patel will be able to provide you with a better understanding of which therapy might work best for you to achieve your treatment goals.
Some different types of therapy we provide include:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CBT can help uncover unhealthy behavior patterns and provide effective ways to cope with problems, relieving symptoms and changing thinking patterns in the process. CBT can be used to treat various mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and addiction.
Motivational Enhancement Therapy
MET works to explore the patient’s relationship with personal substance use and helps form motivational thoughts to strengthen and build plans for change. These include discussing cessation strategies, encouraging commitment, and monitoring changes over time to produce changes in drug use and aim towards better recovery.
Relapse Prevention-Focused Therapy
Relapse prevention is a cognitive-behavioral treatment with a specific focus on addictive behavior. The main goal of this therapy is to prevent a relapse. This form of therapy emphasizes developing new coping skills and works with critical concepts in addiction and recovery.
Supportive Therapy
As a form of psychotherapy, supportive therapy relies on the therapeutic alliance to alleviate symptoms and distress. An effective therapeutic alliance helps improve self-esteem, negative thinking and reinforces healthy coping mechanisms for addressing life stressors and challenges.
These different psychotherapies can be combined with medication and other treatment options to improve patient outcomes. Contact our office today to learn more about our psychotherapy services!
