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Brand Names: Christian counseling, Counseling w/Psychologist, Intensive Outpatient Program, Interpersonal Therapy, Marriage counseling, Movie Therapy, One on one peer counseling, Psychiatric evaluation, Psychoanalysis, Psychodynamic Individual Therapy, Traumatic Incident Reduction
See also: Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Psychotherapy

What is Counseling? Counseling can be defined as a relatively short-term, interpersonal, theory-based process of helping persons who are fundamentally psychologically healthy resolve developmental and situational issues.


Reasons Taken

63 patients in the community are taking or have taken Counseling.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Depression 26 41%
Other 11 17%
General health 11 17%
Anxiety 6 9%
Emotional lability 2 3%
disease-related symptoms 1 1%
Slow my MS progress 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Counseling.

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  0 As needed 0 mg Monthly 0 Monthly 0 Weekly 1 hr As needed 1 hr Monthly 1 other Monthly 1 Monthly 2 hr Monthly 1 hr Weekly 1 mg Weekly 1 other Weekly 1 other Daily 30 min Every Other Week 3 other Daily 45 min Every Other Week 30 min Weekly
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

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

Currently taking Counseling

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
9
6
3
21

Stopped taking Counseling

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
1
0
0
0
2
Why Patients Stopped Taking Counseling (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Course of treatment ended 3 50% Course of treatment ended: 50%
Expense 2 33% Expense: 33%


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