5 Keys to Good Results with Supportive Therapy
Evidence-based technique gains new respect as a valuable clinical tool.
John Battaglia, MD
Medical director, Program of Assertive Community Treatment, clinical associate professor, department of psychiatry, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
Supportive psychotherapy began as a second-class treatment whose only operating principle was “being friendly” with the patient (Box).1 Critics called it “simple-minded”2 and sniffed, “if it is supportive, it is not therapy…if it is therapy, it is not supportive.”3
Since its lowly beginning, however, supportive psychotherapy has been proven highly effective, and clinicians have developed operating principles...More
John Battaglia, MD
Medical director, Program of Assertive Community Treatment, clinical associate professor, department of psychiatry, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
Supportive psychotherapy began as a second-class treatment whose only operating principle was “being friendly” with the patient (Box).1 Critics called it “simple-minded”2 and sniffed, “if it is supportive, it is not therapy…if it is therapy, it is not supportive.”3
Since its lowly beginning, however, supportive psychotherapy has been proven highly effective, and clinicians have developed operating principles...More
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