A Multidisciplinary Approach in Psychotherapy

Abstract

The authors have attempted to give an overall picture of their day hospital, mentioning briefly the techniques used and how different disciplines work together to achieve a common aim — to allow group members to explore difficulties in their lives within a supportive environment. This is based on a psychotherapeutic approach. ‘Psychotherapy is primarily concerned with communication, usually verbal, but it must be accepted that nonverbal communications can be of the greatest importance in this form of treatment. It is common knowledge that talking about one's problems can be helpful; to unload on somebody else, to get things off one's chest brings a certain degree of relief. In its most dramatic form catharsis, which means literally purging, occurs when hitherto repressed memories flood into consciousness accompanied by the discharge of the emotion attached to the repressed memory or experience.’