SUPPORTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
Supportive Psychotherapy The Core Definition of Supportive Psychotherapy Supportive psychotherapy is a highly flexible, pragmatic form of mental health treatment designed primarily to strengthen the patient’s existing coping mechanisms and reduce immediate distress, rather than aiming for deep, intrapsychic restructuring. Fundamentally, it distinguishes itself from insight-oriented approaches, such as classical psychoanalysis, by explicitly avoiding the […]