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COMMON PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS

What are the COMMON PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS applied in psychiatric nursing?

1. Remotivation therapy - treatment modality that promotes expression of feeling through interaction facilitated by discussion of neutral topics.

5 Different Steps
  • Climate of acceptance
  • Creating of bridge to reality
  • Sharing the world we live in
  • Appreciation of the works of the world
  • Climate of appreciation
2. Music therapy - involves the use of music to facilitate relaxation, expression of feelings and outlet of tension

3. Play therapy - treatment modality which enables the patient to experience intense emotion in a safe environment with the use of play

4. Group therapy - treatment modality involving therapeutic interactions of three or more patients with a therapist to relieve emotional difficulties, increase self esteem, develop insight and improve behavior in relation with others. The minimum number of members in a group therapy is 3, while the ideal number is 8-10

5. Milieu Therapy - consists of treatment by means of controlled modification of the patients environment to facilitate positive behavioral change

6. Family therapy - a method of psychotherapy which focuses on the total family as an interactional system

7. Psychoanalysis - a method of psychotherapy which focuses on the exploration of the unconscious to facilitate identification of the patient's defenses

8. Hypnotherapy - a therapeutic modality which involves various methods and techniques to induce a trance state where the patient becomes submissive to instructions

9. Humor therapy - involves the use of humor to facilitate expression of feelings and to enhance interaction

10. Behavior modification - a therapeutc intervention involving the applicaton of learning principles in order to change maladaptive behavior

11. Aversion therapy - an example of behavior modication in which a painful stimulus is introduced to bring about an avoidance of another stimulus with the end view of facilitating behavioral change

12. Token-economy - an example of behavior modification technique which utilizes the principle of rewarding desired behavior to facilitate change

13. Desensitization - periodic exposure of the individual to a feared object, until the undesirable behavior disappears or is lessened.

14. Cognitive therapy - short term structured therapy between the patient and the therapist oriented towards present problems and solutions. The main focus of cognitive therapy is depressive disorders