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Brand Names: Analytic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT, EMDR Therapy, General Practitioner (GP), Psychiatrist, Schema Therapy
See also: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT, Counseling, Psychiatric Therapy

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


Reasons Taken

885 patients in the community are taking or have taken Individual Therapy.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Mental/emotional illness 384 43%
General mood issue 301 34%
An event 100 11%
Other 55 6%
Treat my mood condition(s) 17 1%
Substance abuse 16 1%
Depression 3 <1%
Anxiety 3 <1%
ptsd 1 <1%
Hospitalisation for Major Depressive Disorder 1 <1%
Support another treatment 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Individual Therapy.

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  0 min month 0 month 0 hr none 0 none 0 min week 0 week 0 min year 0.03333 hr month 0.03333 min month 0.03333 month 0.0411 min year 0.0548 min year 0.0685 min year 0.07143 hr week 0.0822 min year 0.1096 min year 0.1233 min year 0.137 min year 0.14286 hr week 0.14286 min week 0.14286 week 0.1507 min year 0.1644 min year 0.28572 week 0.3288 min year 0.416625 min month 0.42858 min week 0.49995 min month 0.6576 min year 0.6666 min month 0.83325 min month 0.9864 min year 0.9999 min month 1 hr day 1.3332 min month 1.49985 min month 1.6665 min month 1.83315 min month 1.9998 min month 2.1429 min week 2.9997 min month 3 hr day 3.333 min month 3.5715 min week 3.6663 min month 3.9996 min month 4.2858 min week 5 min day 5.7144 min week 6.4287 min week 7.143 min week 7.8573 min week 8.42874 min week 8.5716 min week 10 mg day 10 min day 11.4288 min week 12.1431 min week 12.8574 min week 14.286 min week 15.7146 min week 17.1432 min week 25.7148 min week 50 min day
  8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2 16 Number of Patients: 16 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 43 Number of Patients: 43 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 35 Number of Patients: 35 64 Number of Patients: 64 7 Number of Patients: 7 99 Number of Patients: 99 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 24 Number of Patients: 24 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 69 Number of Patients: 69 129 Number of Patients: 129 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 153 Number of Patients: 153 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Individual Therapy or how long patients were taking Individual Therapy before stopping.

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
10
29
77
129
119
212

How Long Patients Were In Individual Therapy Before Stopping

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
14
35
32
31
33
43
Why Patients Stopped Individual Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 59 42% Other: 42%
Felt finished with this treatment 49 35% Felt finished with this treatment: 35%
This particular therapist or program didn't seem to help 40 28% This particular therapist or program didn't seem to help: 28%
This type of therapy or counseling didn't seem to help 31 22% This type of therapy or counseling didn't seem to help: 22%
Expense 30 21% Expense: 21%
Completed the number of sessions covered by my insurance 17 12% Completed the number of sessions covered by my insurance: 12%
I didn't have enough time 9 6% I didn't have enough time: 6%
Found another therapist or program I preferred 8 6% Found another therapist or program I preferred: 6%
Doctor's advice 8 6% Doctor's advice: 6%
No convenient appointments available 7 5% No convenient appointments available: 5%
Did not seem to work 2 1% Did not seem to work: 1%
Not indicated 1 1% Not indicated: 1%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 124 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 41% 30
Moderate 37% 27
Slight 15% 11
None 3% 2
Can't tell 4% 3

Mental/emotional illness

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 2% 3
Moderate 5% 6
Mild 16% 20
None 77% 95

Top reported side-effects include: distress, frustration, misdiagnosis

Summary results are based on 124 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 124)

  • mountabora
    Depression: 0
    Emotional: 0
    Compulsion: 0
    Anxiety: 0
    Mania: 0
    Physical: 0
    External Stress: Low
    24 F
    Function: High
    Distress: Low
    See profile
  • mountabora
  • by mountabora
    Aug 18, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Mental/emotional illness

  • b3ck
    Depression: 1
    Emotional: 2
    Compulsion: 2
    Anxiety: 3
    Mania: 4
    Physical: 2
    External Stress: Overwhelming
    29 F
    Function: High
    Distress: Moderate
    See profile
  • b3ck
  • by b3ck
    Aug 19, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General mood issue
Advice/Tips
be honest with your therapist, be honest with yourself, and do not be afraid to speak up about your treatment.

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