Andreas Sofroniou

Psychotherapy and Its Plethora of Treatments Andreas Sofroniou

The simplistic explanation of psychotherapy is that it deals with the treatment of disorders of emotion or personality by psychological methods. Formerly, this was the treatment of disease by psychic or hypnotic influence. As the profession of psychotherapy is now established, the treatment of emotional or behavioural problems by psychological means, often in one-to-one interviews or small groups, is now the accepted norm. The amount of branches in the fields of psychotherapies, psychology and counselling, medical and psychiatric treatments; the schools of ideas are innumerable. In certain cases the encouragement to develop their talents, follow academic studies, and show them the way of professional portability and continuous self-development will improve their chances for suitable careers. Any of these may be the suitable treatment of uncertainty, anxiety, panic attacks and a few other psychological and medical complaints.