Sunny's AP Psychology Blog

My First Impressions on Psychotherapies

For now, the behavioral approach to therapy seems the most effective to me. Psychotherapy is too ambiguous and and time consuming, the humanist approach of concerned listening doesn't seem like therapy at all, and as for cognitive therapy - if rational thinking was the key to curing psychological disorders, then people with panic disorders, anorexia nervosa, depression etc who are aware of their conditions should not have these disorders at all. On a personal level, I don't react very well to anger, becoming sullen and resentful, so I don't think the cognitive method of directly challenging the patient would suit me very well. However, given the recovery rate of patients treated according to the cognitive perspective, perhaps there are other aspects I have yet to learn about which would make the cognitive approach the best.From the little information I have acquired now though, I would prefer the behavioral method, with it's visible, concrete results. I do have to admit that the behavioral approach seems to do little for disorders with few outward symptoms, however.

posted by 미카 @ 10:27 AM