Some Ethical Problems in Psychotherapy of Unhappiness |Biomedgrid

One reason that clients come to a psychotherapist is that they are unhappy because of the way they think, feel and act. They believe help from an expert might relieve that unhappiness. Reasons for unhappiness vary. Sometimes it is associated with a negative balance of hedonistic pleasure, and sometimes with a lack of feeling of general well-being because of failure to achieve personal goals. Even when struggling to achieve your goals is painful, the struggle may make you feel happier [1]. Therapists look for reasons for unhappiness based on their theoretical perspectives and what they believe can be successfully treated. A cognitive-Behavioral therapist analyses how the client's thoughts are causing negative emotions such as anxiety and poor self-esteem. Clients are taught to change the irrational assumptions that maintain those thoughts. A therapist with a conditioning perspective has the client reinforce desirable behaviours and extinguish undesirable ones. A therapist with a psychoanalytic perspective looks for unconscious reasons for the unhappiness and helps the client uncover those reasons and give up the defences that maintained them.