August 31, 2010I would like to talk to my college disability office about disability accommodation for my anxiety disorder. However I’m concerned because they state on their website that "many disorders can be controlled with medication and/or psychotherapy so that they do not constitute a disability." I’m worried they’ll say I’m not in therapy so [...]
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August 10, 2010I’ve been diagnosed as being Bipolar and also having traits of Borderline Personality Disorder. I’ve been hospitalized six times over a period of six months and have nearly given up hope of recovery. I just don’t feel like I’m getting anything out of counseling, or not enough. I’m surviving, but barely.
I’ve been doing [...]
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June 22, 2010This is what I got so far. I really need help editing this to something that sounds, reads better. I know as it sits it is not worth much of a grade. Please any constructive criticism you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
While Psychologists and Psychiatrists both share common roots, work in similar environments, and [...]
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June 18, 2010I’m 18 years old and I’ve been struggling with depression for a documented 4 years (at least, I don’t really remember). I visited a psychologist when I was younger, and another for two years more recently. Along with therapy I’ve tried medication, which hasn’t worked for me. A psychological evaluation also determined I have ADD [...]
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May 5, 2010i watched it when a guy is in a psychotherapy center…he loves a girl there…(she has short cut hair)…
and he got a friend there..
they all the 3 of them feel suicidal..
at the end of the movie his friend commit suicides by driving a car down to the valley.
at the end of movie too..his beloved girl [...]
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April 8, 2010A psychiatrist was quoted as saying "spend every penny you get the rest of your life on therapy".
If someone did that, they’d be dead of starvation in a couple weeks.
I guess he meant that no amount of money will fix the problems. What is therapy and where do low income people get it?
There is a [...]
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March 23, 2010While Psychologists and Psychiatrists both share common roots, work in similar environments, and have comparable day to day duties, there are many profound differences between these two often confused professions.
The ancient Greeks and Romans considered psychological problems to be supernatural. Hindu scriptures known as Ramayana, and Mahabharata, describes illnesses of the mind arising from an [...]
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March 9, 2010I am 23 and i have already seen about 5 psychiatrists and about 7 psychotherapists in the past. The first ones told me i have a "depressive episode" or "depressive syndrome" and gave me Prozac. The second ones told me i didn’t need pills but psychotherapy which i didn’t find any useful. I started to [...]
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March 6, 2010I have ADHD and have to go monthly to have a prescription handed to me in person by my Psychst. since it’s a controlled substance medication. I am in the office a mere 10 minutes but I noticed he charges my insurance a 60 min psychotherapy session at 5.00 and a copay to me of [...]
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February 28, 2010I work in an office building (not a hospital) and offer psychotherapy. The people I treat are coming to me because of psychological problems not medical illnesses. I am paid by a health system. The health system is mandating flu vaccines. Should I be forced to take the h1n1 and seasonal [...]
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February 24, 2010I mean, when it finally sinks in that the very first black president in US history is a total failure, the lines at my clinics will be longer than at the welfare office!
What I Say:
That’s right. Do what all good little liberals do. Censor, censor, censor.
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February 22, 2010Okay, this is a very long story but i’ll keep it as short as possible.
2 years ago i took ill at work. I was sitting at my desk when suddenly I went REALLY dizzy/faint, my heart was pounding out my chest and I thought I was gonna black out. I could hardly breathe/speak [...]
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February 17, 2010at my last gp practice that i was with a year ago, they were very aloof, dismissive, patronizing , argumentative with me when i would make appointments about things i was worried about, i got exasperated one day and had [...]
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February 13, 2010Long story short. I’ve been to almost 20 doctors with many different kinds of diagnosis maybe due to the fact its a rare disease. I did so many blood tests everyone said I was fine I need psychotherapy. I went to other doctors they perscribed zoloft paxil xanax ect, nothing ever seemed [...]
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February 2, 2010Two of the most influential forms of cognitive psychotherapy are:
Your answer:
a - client - centered therapy and short - term dynamic therapy.
b - rational - emotive therapy (RET) and cognitive therapy (CT).
c - counterconditioning and psychoanalysis.
d - client - centered therapy and network therapy.
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