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Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 Emotional Healing
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Content Vocabulary
therapy
psychotherapy
behavior therapy
codependent
enabling
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therapyAny activity or treatment that helps a person cope with a mental or emotional problem
• Many teens seek therapy to help them through troubled periods in their lives, such as divorce in the family or an episode of bullying at school.
• Seeking help for your problems is healthy.
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People may seek therapy for a variety of reasons. It is important to find a qualified therapist who is a good fit for you.
Reasons for Seeking Help
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• Reasons teens seek help may include:
– Depression, anxiety, stress.– Eating disorders.– Learning or attention problems.– Painful life events.– Substance abuse or other destructive habits.– Anger management, peer pressure, or improving
self-confidence.
Reasons for Seeking Help
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Reasons for Seeking Help
• Seeking help is not a sign of weakness; it means you are willing to deal with your problems.
• Serious problems, such as depression, addiction or eating disorders, will not go away on their own.
• Do not view a therapist as a “stranger.” Therapy is completely confidential and the therapist is there to help you.
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Types of Therapy
• Those who seek professional help for their problems will most likely experience one-on-one psychotherapy.
Reasons for Seeking Help
psychotherapyA type of therapy in which a patient discusses problems with a trained therapist
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Types of Therapy
• Behavior therapy is often used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, and phobias.
• It works through a process of confronting and overcoming fears.
Reasons for Seeking Help
behavior therapyTherapy in which a therapist helps a person break an unhealthy pattern of behavior through a system of rewards and desensitization
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Types of Therapy
• Therapy is based on the patient’s needs.• Family therapy involves a family meeting together
with a therapist to discuss problems that affect them as a group.
• Group therapy involves a counselor and several people with similar problems that support each other.
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Types of Therapy
• Some mental illnesses, such as depression or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) may benefit from medications or drug therapy.
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Seeking Help
• Look to parents, guardians, teachers, school counselors, religious leaders, doctors, community health centers, crisis hotlines, or support groups for help.
• Pick a therapist you are comfortable with. You can change therapists at any time if you feel the treatment isn’t meeting your needs.
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Seeking Help
• Mental health professionals who are qualified to offer therapy include:
– Psychiatrists.– Psychologists.– Psychiatric nurses.– Social workers.– Counselors.
Reasons for Seeking Help
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Recognize when it is possible to help a friend and when professional help is needed.
Helping Others
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Helping Others
• A person who hopes to help may become codependent and ignore their own needs.
codependentFocused on the needs of others to the extent that the person’s own needs are neglected
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Helping Others
• Enabling behavior allows the problem behavior to continue.
enablingMisguided “helping”
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Helping Others
• Listening and offering support can help a friend work through problems or troubling times.
• Some problems require the help of a trained professional.
• In some cases, an untrained person can do more harm than good by saying or suggesting the wrong things.
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Helping Others
• Caring and support are important.• Encourage those with signs of a mental illness to
seek professional help.• Talk openly and honestly about the condition.
Avoiding the subject may make the person feel isolated.
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• Therapy is __________.
Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary
therapyAny activity or treatment that helps a person cope with a mental or emotional problem
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• A type of therapy in which a patient discusses problems with a trained therapist is called __________.
Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary
psychotherapyA type of therapy in which a patient discusses problems with a trained therapist
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