2023年3月8日 · Supportive psychotherapy is a gentle type of therapy that seeks to build your confidence and help you cope with daily stress before delving into any deeply personal or traumatic issues.

The aim of psychotherapy, whether supportive or expressive, is to help the client make a better adjustment to reality. In expressive psychotherapy (EP), this is done by strengthening the ego. In contrast, SP accepts the ego more or less as it is and aims to improve adaption by modifying the demands made upon the ego.

Supportive psychotherapy is a psychotherapeutic approach that integrates various therapeutic schools such as psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral, as well as interpersonal conceptual models and techniques. [1] The aim of supportive psychotherapy is to reduce or to relieve the intensity of manifested or presenting symptoms, distress or disability.

2013年6月2日 · Supportive psychotherapy is the attempt by a therapist, by any practical means, to help patients deal with their emotional distress and problems in living. It includes comforting,...

2017年5月24日 · Supportive psychotherapy is a dyadic treatment that uses direct measures to ameliorate symptoms and to maintain, restore, or improve self-esteem, ego functions, and adaptive skills. It was developed in the early 20th century, and its objectives are more limited than those of the psychodynamic therapies.

2023年11月8日 · Supportive psychotherapy is a treatment modality generally indicated for individuals with chronic mental illness—but it is also valuable for higher functioning persons experiencing an acute crisis.

2020年7月30日 · Supportive psychotherapy is often combined with medication and is necessary for patients with significant depressive symptoms, psychosis, bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and the like.

2014年7月1日 · What is Supportive Psychotherapy? This article reviews the meaning, use, and utility of supportive psychotherapy, a widespread treatment with an undeservedly malign birthright and history.

2024年12月23日 · Supportive therapy is generally defined as a form of psychotherapy that focuses on listening, support, empathy, and managing symptoms. This type of therapy can also involve practicing strategies and techniques to work through difficult times and emotions and may improve self-esteem.

2005年7月1日 · Psychoanalytically informed supportive therapy is defined by its goals, its method, and its techniques because these differentiate it from expressive therapy.