Self Therapy
By Aarya Gupta Recent years have seen self-therapy become much more of a talking point in international media. The concept refers very broadly to the idea of treating one’s own emotional or psychological problems, without the help of a therapist. But what does it really mean? We’ll look at the work of key psychotherapists who have shaped the development of the movement, as well as the huge range of different applications. Throughout, we’ll consider the ways in which self-therapy can comprise a significantly powerful tool in dealing with anxiety and depression, and how you can tap into what we already know about the idea to help yourself and others. What is Self-Therapy? Just like there is a wide range of different types of psychotherapy , self-therapy can have a lot of different definitions. Generally, the term refers to psychotherapy we can conduct, on ourselves, without the intervention or assistance of a therapist. Let’s look at different terms that tend to get used interchange...