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What is psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy involves conversations with a listener who is trained to help you make sense of, and try to change, things that are troubling you. It is something you take an active working part in, rather than something you are just prescribed or given, such as medication.
Some people are able to get treatment under the NHS from a mental health professional, or through a local voluntary organisation. Others find a private psychotherapist or psychoanalyst. It’s possible to work individually, to have couples therapy, or to take part in group therapy or analysis.
(From the Mind/BPC booklet 'Making sense of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis' by Jane Milton.)