NCERT Book Class 12 Psychology Chapter 5 Therapeutic Approaches

THER APEUTIC APPROACHES

After reading this chapter, you would be able to:
familiarise yourself with the basic nature and process of psychotherapy,
appreciate that there are different types of therapies for helping people,
understand the use of psychological forms of intervention, and
know how people with mental disorders can be rehabilitated.

Nature and Process of Psychotherapy
Therapeutic Relationship
Type of Therapies
Steps in the Formulation of a Client’s Problem (Box 5.1)
Behaviour Therapy
Relaxation Procedures (Box 5.2)
Cognitive Therapy
Humanistic-existential Therapy
Alternative Therapies
Rehabilitation of the Mentally Ill
CONTENTS

Key Terms
Summary
Review Questions
Project Ideas
Weblinks
Pedagogical Hints

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Chapter 5 • Therapeutic Approaches