Euthymia is a frequently used term in psychiatry that, in my experience, is just not used in everyday conversation. As a result, when it...

In US culture, it's very common to greet a person by asking, "Hey! How are you?" The goal is not so much to stop and begin an intensive...

Over the next several posts I hope to cover some common experiences during an inpatient psychiatric admission. However, every person is...

Psychotherapy depends largely on regular, structured conversation. If a patient feels that communication is a fundamental and consistent ch

Sometimes the hardest part of starting therapy is attending the first session. Due to the multiple barriers a person might have overcome...

I realized that while I took the time to cover several common therapy modalities, there are still some basics about starting psychotherapy

Most people who are looking for emergency psychiatric care will likely present to a full-service medical emergency room. The reason is log

I intentionally decided to cover psychoanalysis last because I feel like it's not a modality currently offered by most therapy providers .

Over the last 50 years, the western world has increasingly incorporated the idea of mindfulness into various psychotherapy approaches. The

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is a modality that provides a structured approach to helping a child process and recove

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a modality where therapists work with parents or caregivers while they are interacting with their

Family therapy focuses on how a group of people who are invested in each other's well being focus as a system, rather than as individuals.

Group therapy is a setting in which patients are provided a supportive network to learn new ideas and skills, process experiences, and...

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) was developed by a woman named Marsha Linehan who was psychiatrically hospitalized for over 2 years in

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach that focuses on early and direct identification of cognitive distortions. Then, the...

As I start to review different types of psychotherapy modalities, you'll likely pick up that there is this running theme: Your thoughts...

One could consider supportive psychotherapy a great introduction to therapy, from the perspective of the patient. But to therapists, suppor

In addition to different types of psychotherapy providers, there are also different types of psychotherapy approaches. Sometimes these appr

Psychiatrists are physicians who chose to specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders that affect mood, thinking, and behaviors.

Hopefully by this point you've gotten the sense that there are many ways to enter a career where you want to help people via psychotherapy.