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Alternative Therapies

Alternative Therapies. Comparison of Psychotherapies. Group and Family Therapies. Group T herapy Family Therapy Couples Therapy. Light Exposure Therapy. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) http ://healthpsych.psy.vanderbilt.edu/2009/ LightTherapySAD.htm.

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Alternative Therapies

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  1. Alternative Therapies

  2. Comparison of Psychotherapies

  3. Group and Family Therapies • Group Therapy • Family Therapy • Couples Therapy

  4. Light Exposure Therapy • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) • http://healthpsych.psy.vanderbilt.edu/2009/LightTherapySAD.htm

  5. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) • Picture this. A woman walks into a therapist's office complaining of depression and unpleasant memories stealing up on her. The therapist sits the patient down, has her call up and concentrate on a specific mental image relating to one such memory, and asks the patient to follow with her eyes the therapist's outstretched finger as it is waved rapidly side to side 20 or so times in front of the patient's face. In one session, the patient is relieved of distress and the memories are anxiety-provoking no more.

  6. Art Therapy • Music Therapy • Pain Management • http://www.musictherapy.org • Art Therapy • http://www.arttherapy.org • Dance/Movement Therapy • http://www.adta.org/About_DMT

  7. http://healthpsych.psy.vanderbilt.edu/alternative_therapy.htmhttp://healthpsych.psy.vanderbilt.edu/alternative_therapy.htm • http://www.healthyplace.com/depression/articles/alternative-approaches-to-mental-health-treatment/

  8. Types of Therapists

  9. Therapeutic Life-Style Change • Integrated biopsychosocial system • Therapeutic life-style change • Aerobic exercise • Adequate sleep • Light exposure • Social connection • Anti-rumination • Nutritional supplements

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