Mental health Quote by Robert J. Waldinger

Far from the stereotype that psychodynamic treatments are appropriate only for the 'worried well,' a growing body of evidence points to their efficacy in…

— Robert J. Waldinger

“Psychotherapy consists of deciphering the code and bringing the flag, or symptoms, down in the process. By contrast, medications only suppress symptoms. They are…

— Joseph Glenmullen

Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.

— Irving Kirsch

Psychotherapy is a practice that many different professional disciplines engage. Psychiatrists are also medical doctors and increasingly offer medication and do less and less…

— Jed Diamond

The best outcomes that are seen for therapy intervention and for other psychological interventions is where the therapist really connects and the person really…

— Maia Szalavitz

One strand of psychotherapy is certainly to help relieve suffering, which is a genuine medical concern. If someone is bleeding, you want to stop…

— James Hillman

Mental therapy helps the individual to rectify or minimize their errors which they are doing since their childhood and I have taken such therapies.

— Pooja Batra

We need to ask whether, in the long term, some individuals with a history of psychosis may do better off medication.

— Thomas R. Insel

Psychotherapy is the theory that the patient will probably get well anyhow and is certainly a damn fool.

— H. L. Mencken

Each person is a unique individual. Hence, psychotherapy should be formulated to meet the uniqueness of the individual's needs, rather than tailoring the person…

— Milton H. Erickson

'Psychotherapy' is a private, confidential conversation that has nothing to do with illness, medicine, or healing.

— Thomas Szasz

Although no one treatment will ever be a panacea, research studies indicate that cognitive therapy can be helpful for a variety of disorders in…

— David D. Burns