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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Different Types Of Group Therapy

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Types of Treatment for PTSD

By Eileen Bailey Health Expert

Counseling and therapy is an integral part of the overall treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). There are a number of different types of therapy used, many counselors and therapists will use a combination of different therapies to create the most effective treatment plan.

Cognitive Therapy

Cognitive therapy helps you to understand what you feel and to change your thought processes. A therapist will help you see which thoughts may be causing you stress and interfering with your lif...

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Anxious? Stressed? Express it in Writing
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Ask anyone to make a list of the treatments recommended for anxiety, stress or trauma and they... Read more »

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Seeking Help for Anxiety
...do so. Having a team approach offers a patient the best possible care. For more information: Group Therapy for Social Anxiety Deciding About Medication for Anxiety Obstacles to Recovery -... Read more »
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
...alternative medicines. Complementary and alternative medicine is actually a big group of different types of therapy; many of them include herbal products, which are readily available even... Read more »
Alcoholism: Therapy
...with one program than another. One study, for example, examined the differences in success rates on type 1 or type 2 alcoholics:People in the type 1 group did well with the 12-step approach. They... Read more »
Back Pain and Sciatica: Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain
...available or being investigated. However, there have been few well-conducted studies to determine if any type of back pain surgery works better than others, or if a single procedure is better than... Read more »
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Over 19 million Americans have diabetes; up to 95% of these cases are type 2. In addition, 26% of Americans age 20 and older (and 40% of Americans age 65 and older) have impaired fasting... Read more »

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