Mental health is not widely celebrated and is not given equal importance as physical health. People know very less about mental health illnesses, its types and its treatments. It is even considered taboo by many to get help from a mental health expert and people who get this help are seen as psychopaths.
What many fail to understand here is that mental health illness is nothing but our own mind trying to tell us to slow down and take a pause. This process of slowing down can be done by oneself alone but it is always better to have an expert accompany you on the journey. Mental health treatment includes two main aspects one is psychiatric medication and the other is psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy attempts to help a person understand their feelings and prepare them for new problems in the present and future. Counseling and psychotherapy are comparable, and the two can be used interchangeably. The former, on the other hand, tends to go further, addressing the root reasons of a person’s difficulties as well as possible solutions. To achieve positive outcomes, a person must recognize the need for change and be willing to follow the treatment plan as prescribed by the professional. When depression, low self-esteem, addiction, grief, or other factors leave a person feeling overwhelmed, psychotherapy might come to rescue. It can also aid in the treatment of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other mental illnesses. Therapy works in different structures and psychotherapists are different from psychiatrists. Psychotherapy can be approached in a variety of ways. Depending on the person’s needs, some forms may take only a few sessions while others may span months or years. Individual sessions are normally 45–90 minutes long and follow a planned format. One-on-one, in pairs, or in groups sessions are available. Talking and other forms of communication, such as drama, story-telling, or music, are examples of techniques.
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Therapy can also seem to be difficult because some people may go through changes they didn’t expect or want during psychotherapy. Reminiscing about old experiences might sometimes bring up unpleasant feelings. Although addressing and overcoming these emotions is an important aspect of therapy, it can be difficult.
Different types of therapy are practiced by psychologists and psychotherapists where most of these experts believe it to be best to follow an eclectic approach. Here, they use best aspects of certain therapy techniques to best fit the client.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): this type helps one understand and change how thoughts and behaviours can affect the way one feels and acts. It also deals with automatic and negative thought patterns from a cognition perspective targeting elimination of these thoughts.
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT): mindfulness is a part of this psychotherapy along with counselling which involves emotional regulation, awareness, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT): this type of therapy deals with rational and irrational beliefs that a client holds and leads clients towards more rational through REBT techniques.
Individual or group therapy: Therapy sessions can be taken individually as well in a group and this freedom of choice is with the clients. There are also therapy types that focus on family dynamic, marital counselling, child counselling, adolescent counselling and so on.
Arts based therapy, play therapy, music therapy, dance movement therapy and so on are also some forms that offer therapeutic benefits and pave a way to healing traumas or merely act as ways to positively express oneself through therapy.
Therapy also helps individuals suffering from addiction to substances such as drugs and alcohol. Luxury rehabs in India such as Veda rehab and wellness is a chain of rehabs that offer treatments for such addictions keeping complete confidentiality and privacy of their clients along with other mental illness
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Shaili Mehta
Veda Rehab and Wellness
