Psychotherapy

Any treatment used by therapists to help troubled individuals overcome their problems.

Eclectic Approach

Method that combines various kinds of therapy or combinations of therapies.

Placebo Effect

The influence that a patient's hopes and expectations have on his or her improvement during therapy.

Empathy

Capacity for warmth and understanding.

Group Therapy

Patients work together with the aid of a leader to resolve interpersonal problems.

Psychoanalysis

Therapy aimed at making patients aware of their unconscious motives so that they can control over their behavior.