What is Therapist?

Category: Psychotherapy

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Therapists provide a variety of counseling techniques to increase awareness, to enable other choices of thought, feeling or action; to increase the sense of well-being and to better manage subjective discomfort or distress.

Reported purpose & perceived effectiveness
Purpose Patients Evaluations Perceived Effectiveness
Support mental / emotional health 56 33
Major depressive disorder 49 23
Generalized anxiety disorder 40 20
Post-traumatic stress disorder 23 11
Social anxiety disorder 22 12

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  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell

Side effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Side effects as an overall problem
Severity Evaluations Percentage
Severe 1
Moderate 2
Mild 6
None 65

Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Therapist

Side effect Patients Percentage
Emotional distress 5
Apathy 1
Distress 1
Fatigue 1
Flashbacks 1
Frustration 1

Show all 14 reported side effects

Why patients stopped taking Therapist

Multiple reasons could be selected

Reason Patients Percentage
Other 21
Felt finished with this treatment 14
Expense 12
This type of therapy or counseling didn't seem to help 10
This particular therapist or program didn't seem to help 9
Found another therapist or program I preferred 5
Completed the number of sessions covered by my insurance 3
Doctor's advice 3
Change in health plan coverage 2
I didn't have enough time 2
No convenient appointments available 2
See all 51 patients who've stopped going to Therapist

Duration

Stopped going to Therapist

Duration Patients Percentage
Less than 1 month 3
1 - 6 months 13
6 months - 1 year 6
1 - 2 years 10
2 - 5 years 13
5 - 10 years 5
10 years or more 3
Adherence
Adherence Evaluations Percentage
Always 47
Usually 20
Sometimes 5
Never taken as prescribed 2
Burden
Burden Evaluations Percentage
Very hard to take 8
Somewhat hard to take 15
A little hard to take 22
Not at all hard to take 29
Cost per month
Cost per month Evaluations Percentage
$200+ 11
$100-199 11
$50-99 4
$25-49 6
< $25 23
Not specified 19
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15 patient evaluations for Therapist

Dec 20, 2016 (Started Jul 01, 1978)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for cutting urges)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 45 min Weekly
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Cost: < $25 monthly

Feb 24, 2015 (Started Jul 01, 1978)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for cutting urges)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 45 min Weekly
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 17, 2014 (Started Jul 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for panic attacks)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for social anxiety disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for post-traumatic stress disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for autism spectrum disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 60 min Weekly

  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 8, 2013 (Started May 04, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for feelings of inadequacy)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fear)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for generalized anxiety disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for social anxiety disorder)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 60 min Weekly
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Cost: $25-49 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks
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