Equine-Assisted Therapy: Benefits, Uses, and Disciplines
The therapeutic options available to people with some kind of disorder or disability are growing. One approach that can help…
Therapies
Therapy brings together the techniques and mechanisms to help change someone. In this section, you’ll find about the most relevant therapies, the approaches they follow, and the tools that they use.
Obsessive Thoughts: Schwartz's Four Step Model
Obsessive thoughts seem to have a will of their own. In most cases, you try to slow them down or…
Interoceptive Exposure Therapy in Panic Disorder
When people suffer crises of panic or distress, they might seek medical help. Normally, primary care physicians look after these…
Emotional Dependency - What It Is and How to Overcome It
Most of our patients have therapy goals related to being more independent within a relationship. In other words, they want…
Logotherapy: Living a Meaningful Life
Living a meaningful life doesn't mean orienting your entire existence towards the search for your own happiness. Instead, it's about…
Schizophrenia and Family Therapy
The importance of family involvement in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia gained traction in the 1950s. In his studies,…
Deep Sleep Therapy: What Is It? Why Isn't It Used Anymore?
Deep sleep therapy actually dates back a long time. However, it became a mental disorder treatment approximately at the beginning…
Mobile Apps May Help with Alzheimer's
You probably use mobile apps every day. Indeed, these apps can be so helpful that it makes sense that they…
Donepezil as a Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease
Donepezil is a drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. It was approved in Spain for this purpose in 1998.…
Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
There's a treatment for borderline personality disorder. The main characteristic of this condition is a repertoire of non-adaptive behaviors in…
Exposure Exercises for Dealing with Panic Disorder
A panic disorder is one of the conditions that most limits someone's life. This is because their daily routine ends…
Devictimizing to Disempower a Traumatic Experience
Victims of a traumatic experience go through a lot of pain and suffering. The worse part is people's attitudes towards…
Art Therapy as a Treatment for Psychosis
Field observations about art therapy as a treatment for psychosis indicate that this type of work can strengthen a patient's…
Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, the Controversy
If the figure of Sigmund Freud is important to understand the origin of psychoanalysis, the figure of Carl Gustav Jung…
Holotropic Breathwork for Well-Being
Holotropic Breathwork (a trademark) is an experiential psychotherapy technique. Experiential psychotherapy is an approach for working with mentally healthy people.…
Psychologists Go to Therapy Too
There are many different branches of psychology. A psychologist's job is to help people improve their quality of life. But…
Building Games and Their Application in Therapy
Lego and other building games have become firmly established in adult psychological therapy and in many business coaching processes. What…
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Depression Symptoms
Recent studies are showing that vagus nerve stimulation can reduce the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression. There's a significant improvement in…
The Beach Ball Metaphor for Emotional Regulation
The beach ball metaphor is very useful for regulating emotions, especially anxiety. It's a visualization strategy that also involves a bit…
Psychological Preparation to Quit Smoking
People sometimes can't quit smoking because they aren't psychologically prepared to do so. Your will may be strong but your…