I have social anxiety and Generalized Anxiety Disorder and have psychotherapy for it, but am not on a regular anxiety med as they usually are basically tranquilizers and I wouldn’t be able to function at work.
I had a severe panic attack a few weeks ago and was prescribed Xanax at the Urgent Care Center but [...]

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I 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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Why is this Psychotherapist pushing the parent of a person with problems to do something, which makes them feel even worse?
This Psychotherapist is considered a good psychotherapist and is the manager but her telling to pressure the parent’s adult child is making the kid feel worse. I don’t think that is good, in fact I [...]

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I’m about to be a junior in high school and everyone keeps telling me that this is the most important year because it’s the year that colleges look at. I’m not positive that i know what i want to be but therapy keeps coming up. I want to have my own office and be able [...]

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What is the meaning of; and difference between these terms:
Psychology.
Psychotherapy.
Psychoanalysis.
Psychiatry.
Also, please explain these fields of psychology:
Applied psychology,
Clinical psychology,
Educational psychology,
Health psychology,
Industrial/Organizational psychology,
Reasearch psychology,
Abnormal psychology,
Psychopathology,
Biological psychology [?!?],
Neuroscience [is it a branch of psychology?],
Cognitive psychology,
Personality psychology,
Developmental psychology,
Social psychology.
Deep psychology.
Please guys, don’t give me dictionary meanings. I can do that myself. Explain each of these terms as if you [...]

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Any websites where i can find information about this stuff or if you can help me
1.) Introduction
Context: people concepts about dreams
Question:
Significance: Psychotherapy (Dream therapy) or stress therapy
2.) Experiences and Dreams
Childhood experiences
How children think about dreams
12 and younger (studies/psychology books) interviews
How teens think about dreams
Compare with children
Movies, traumatic experiences etc.
Nightmares
Adult’s comparison in type of [...]

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Any websites where i can find information about this stuff or if you can help me
1.) Introduction
Context: people concepts about dreams
Question:
Significance: Psychotherapy (Dream therapy) or stress therapy
2.) Experiences and Dreams
Childhood experiences
How children think about dreams
12 and younger (studies/psychology books) interviews
How teens think about dreams
Compare with children
Movies, traumatic experiences etc.
Nightmares
Adult’s comparison in type of [...]

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I’m very interested in psychology and and helping people get through stuff so I thought that psychotherapy sounded very interesting. I’d like to help adults and children get through problems such as maybe depression , abuse , family problems , etc. I’d like to know what specific areas in psychotherapy would that be. Also , [...]

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I’m about to start a BSc in Computing Science and Psychology, but have decided to focus more of my effort on Psychology (it’s what I see myself realistically doing in the future).
For the past few years I’ve sort of been dabbling. Wasn’t sure on what I wanted to do and thus didn’t do any extra [...]

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Since I was 11 I’ve been severely depressed and suicidal. I don’t know if there is anything left to try, as I’ve done everything I know of (see below) but because I’ve been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder I can’t fix the chemical part of my depression. What do I do to stay alive and [...]

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A quick background.
My 25 year old sis, Dee, is a "not-quite-reformed" drug addict who is living in an apartment paid for completely by my stepdad, she gets foodstamps and has government-provided healthcare. She is currently married, neither she or her husband work. Her husband has been unemployed for five months, doesn’t have a high school [...]

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psychotherapy

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I’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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1. Psychodynamic therapist is most likely to:
A. help patients identify a hierarchy of anxiety arousing experiences.
B. suggest interprestive insights regarding patients difficulties
C. recommend the use of antipsychotic drugs during the process of psychotherapy.
D. encourage depressed patients to take more responsibility for their failures.
2. ESP refers to:
A. perception that occurs apart form sensory input.
B. the ability [...]

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Subject IDSexAgeEthnicity1TreatmentPre-RCMAS2Post-RCMAS2FU-RCMAS2Pre-Self-efficacy3Post-Self-efficacy3
1M10C CBT238735
2M12AAPSY22151025
3F10CSUPP26242414
4F13LCBT2611855
5F11AAPSY2015846
6M9CSUPP21171532
7F10CCBT254005
8F14AAPSY22141155
9F11LSUPP22242632
1 AA= African American; C = Caucasian; L = Latino
2 The RCMAS is a self-report of anxiety used with children. Scores range from 0–28, with higher scores indicating more severe anxiety
3 These data are from a self-report of self-efficacy in anxiety provoking sitations used with children. Scores range from 0–10 with higher scores [...]

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