The Pros And Cons Of Psychotherapy

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Science, according to Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, is described to be “knowledge attained through study or practice," or "knowledge covering general truths of the operation of general laws, esp. as obtained and tested through scientific method and concerned with the physical world” (Science Def… ). Animals are the closest species to humans. Animals have feelings, emotions and passions. Science is what shows what makes us different from animals. Other than the fact that we humans walk on two legs and we do not have noticeable tails, science shows that humans have the ability to reason and that is what makes us different from animals. “A theory is an idea that is suggested or presented as possibly true, but that is not known or proven …show more content…

Psychotherapists take care of patients by talking to them to help them to understand their illness and help them to cope with mental issues and stress. Not everyone is the same in the sense that we do not all have the same coping strategies. Life gets tough sometimes and sometimes things are thrown at us and we do not know how to react or handle them. With that being said, different therapies could be good for different people. For example, if person A and person B are both depressed, they may cope in different ways, therefore, they may need different therapies/therapists. Some different types of psychotherapists are clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, and psychiatric nurses (What …show more content…

Aside from the other therapists that focus on mental health issues, marriage and family therapists focus on issues such as depression, anxiety, self-harm, anger, low self-worth, and family/relationship problems. Some of the things that marriage and family counselors do are diagnose and treat mental disorders, conduct psychotherapy with individuals, couples, and families, develop treatment plans, helping clients develop new interpersonal communication skills, and collect information about clients through self-report inventories, interviews, observations, discussions, and formal assessments (Mar… Fam…). It is very common for relationships have terrible communication issues and most people do not even realize that the bad communication habits are such an issue in relationships. This is not only in relationships; it is in families too. Marriage and family therapists help come up with plans and strategies to teach spouses and families to get along and communicate

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