Therapist

The therapist is the doctor who practices the treatment of diseases of the psyche, occurring in mild and moderate severity. Among these pathologies isolated injuries in children, predisposition to mental disorders hereditary line, frequent stress. The distinctive feature of all patients handled by the therapist is the lack of brain lesions of organic nature and the lack of injuries that could result, such lesions lead.

Most people can't tell the difference between a psychologist and a therapist, but it is quite significant. First, the psychologist is not a medical professional. Second, he has no right to prescribe drugs. The therapist, in turn, is the representative of medicine. His expertise includes not only consultation, but also the selection of the therapeutic course.

In addition, methods of patient management from experts vary. A psychiatrist in my practice prefers the use of medicines that affect brain activity, correcting her. The speech therapist has more effect on the patient, trying to grasp the essence of the problem that led to the change of consciousness and helps to overcome it. In this case, the medication is not a priority, but is only an additional method of therapy.

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On reception at the therapist - treatments

Treatment methods are quite diverse, but almost all of them are based on the following points:

  • Gestalt therapy. The base of this method is obtaining the data about the peculiarities of psychic self-regulation, self-responsibility and self-awareness.

  • Psychoanalysis. The base of this method is that the subconscious processes that lead to all the peculiarities of the psyche and consciousness.
  • Existential psychotherapy. The base of this method is the study of the life of the patient as a whole and the relationship between the lived life and existing mental disorders.
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A psychotherapist tries to relieve their patients from the problem through conversation. During direct communication, the physician has a direct influence on the applied to him of a man trying to adjust his mind and the subconscious mind.

All therapy is strictly voluntary, and the patient can choose those or other methods which appear to him to be more acceptable among the possible options:

  • Coding;
  • Conversation;
  • Hypnosis;
  • NLP;
  • Psychoanalysis;
  • Therapy cognitive behavioral therapy;
  • Bio-energy therapy.

Diseases and conditions, treatment of which deals with a psychotherapist

The competence of the doctor includes the following diseases:

  • Depressive disorders in severe forms, regardless of their etiology;
  • Neurotic state;
  • Commitment to some bad habits;
  • The increased level of anxiety;
  • The injury of a psychological nature;

  • Psychosis (see also: Causes, symptoms and treatment of psychosis);

  • Psychological dependence – alcohol, gambling, food and other;
  • Bulimia and anorexia;
  • Various delusions (grandeur, persecution, etc.);
  • Panic attacks;
  • Paranoid state;
  • Phobias;
  • Chronic fatigue, nervous exhaustion and other serious mental disorders.

When it is necessary to consult a therapist?

Although, most often, psychotherapists are engaged in the treatment of neurosis, this does not mean that until the occurrence of such a state, man is unable to come to the specialist. All people are prone to stress, and they are fertile ground for mental disorders that may develop later.

Therefore, if the following symptoms, it is necessary to go on reception to the doctor:

  • The emergence of apathy and feelings of indifference towards the world, yourself and everything.
  • Abnormal craving for alcohol or other substances that causea change of consciousness.
  • Hysterical seizures, unmotivated change of mood. Excessive anxiety, irritability for no reason.
  • A depressive mood.
  • Complexes that have a negative impact on quality of life.
  • Phobias, panic attacks, etc.

When you need to visit a children's therapist?

Neurosis, occurring in childhood is a separate branch of psychotherapy. They can develop at any age, their therapy initially involved the neurologist. Direct the patient to a psychotherapist only when the child reaches 3 years of age.

Consultation is required when:

  • If signs of anorexia or bulimia;
  • In the presence of poor school performance;
  • If you are rude, whiny, or otherwise inappropriate behavior;
  • If you have problems of neurological nature, which can be expressed in bedwetting, excessive activity, in pronounced fears;
  • When closed, the reluctance to go on contact with people, with the passivity of the child.