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What is Individual Therapy?

Individual therapy is a psychotherapeutic session involving only two persons, the therapist and the patient.

Reasons & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Mental/emotional illness 49 15
General mood issue 26 7
Other 25 7
An event 11 4
Chronic pain 10 2
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD 9 3

See all 131 patients currently going to Individual Therapy

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 3%
Moderate
8 21%
Mild
3 8%
None
26 68%

Most commonly reported side effects

flashbacks to childhood and adolescence
3 33%
distressed
3 33%
Anxiety
2 22%
Frustration
2 22%
Apathy
2 22%
Distrust of the psychiatric/medical community
1 11%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Schedules

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently going to Individual Therapy. See all 37 dosages ►

  1hours as needed 45 min yearly 1 hr weekly 1 mg weekly 60 min yearly 90 min yearly 10 min monthly 180 min yearly 15 min monthly 240 min yearly 30 min monthly 480 min yearly 40 min monthly 45 min monthly 50 min monthly 60 min monthly monthly 20 min weekly 90 min monthly 100 min monthly 110 min monthly 120 min monthly 30 min weekly 40 min weekly 180 min monthly 45 min weekly 50 min weekly 55 min weekly 240 min monthly 60 min weekly 90 min weekly 100 min weekly 120 min weekly 50 min daily 450 min weekly 75 mg daily 150 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 15 Number of Patients: 15 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 27 Number of Patients: 27 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Individual therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
21 43% Other: 43%
Felt finished with this treatment
18 37% Felt finished with this treatment: 37%
Expense
11 22% Expense: 22%
This type of therapy or counseling didn't seem to help
10 20% This type of therapy or counseling didn't seem to help: 20%
This particular therapist or program didn't seem to help
8 16% This particular therapist or program didn't seem to help: 16%
Completed the number of sessions covered by my insurance
5 10% Completed the number of sessions covered by my insurance: 10%
I didn't have enough time
5 10% I didn't have enough time: 10%
No convenient appointments available
2 4% No convenient appointments available: 4%
Doctor's advice
2 4% Doctor's advice: 4%
Did not seem to work
1 2% Did not seem to work: 2%

See all 48 patients who’ve stopped going to Individual Therapy

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been In Individual Therapy

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Going to Individual Therapy

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
24 63%
Usually
11 29%
Sometimes
3 8%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
3 8%
Somewhat
10 26%
A little
13 34%
Not at all
12 32%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
6 16%
$100-199
4 11%
$50-99
2 5%
$25-49
4 11%
< $25
9 24%

Report created on March 21, 2010.