Content Vocabulary

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Content Vocabulary

• therapy
• psychotherapy
• behavior therapy
• codependent
• enabling

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• 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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Reasons for Seeking Help
People may seek therapy for a variety of reasons.
It is important to find a qualified therapist who
is a good fit for you.
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Reasons for Seeking Help

• 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.

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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
Reasons for Seeking Help

• Those who seek professional help for their
  problems will most likely experience one-on-one
  psychotherapy.

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Types of Therapy
Reasons for Seeking Help

• Behavior therapy is often used to treat
  depression, anxiety disorders, and phobias.
• It works through a process of confronting and
  overcoming fears.

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Types of Therapy
Reasons for Seeking Help

• Therapy is based on the patients 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
Reasons for Seeking Help

• Some mental illnesses, such as depression or
  obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) may benefit
  from medications or drug therapy.

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Seeking Help
Reasons for 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 isnt meeting your needs.

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Seeking Help
Reasons for Seeking Help

• Mental health professionals who are qualified to
  offer therapy include
• Psychiatrists.
• Psychologists.
• Psychiatric nurses.
• Social workers.
• Counselors.

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Helping Others
Recognize when it is possible to help a friend
and when professional help is needed.
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Helping Others

• A person who hopes to help may become codependent
  and ignore their own needs.

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Helping Others

• Enabling behavior allows the problem behavior to
  continue.

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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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Section Review Reviewing the Vocabulary

• Therapy is __________.

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Section Review Reviewing the Vocabulary

• A type of therapy in which a patient discusses
  problems with a trained therapist is called
  __________.

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