hometherapies psychotherapysupportive therapy

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Supportive therapy can include direct, simple and sympathetic advice and sheer reassurance and encouragement. This can be combined with practical intervention in respect of the client’s social circumstances. This can involve emotional complications of family life or employment. The aim being constructive modification by personal contact with family or employer, a trained psychiatric social worker can work in conjunction with the therapist. The modifications gained helping to reduce any emotional complications in these areas.

The foundation for supportive psychotherapy is a comprehensive history, thus making it possible for the therapist to gain an understanding of the client in some ways more objectively and comprehending than ever gained by a person before, including the client himself.

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