Glossary

One or more sessions designed to assess an individual's need for psychotherapy and/or medication after a review of his current situation and concerns, her social, medical, family and occupational history.

Assessment of an individual's strengths and weaknesses: intellectual and emotional, using paper and pencil tests along with a clinical interview.

Interview by a psychiatrist to assess the need for, and potential benefits of medication to address emotional concerns and their related behavioral effects.

Assessment by a psychiatrist to diagnose and recommend treatment for an emotional problem.

A series of one-to-one sessions with a licensed mental health professional to assist an individual in resolving his emotional concerns.

A series of sessions between a licensed mental health professional and two persons in a relationship to address problems of communication, compromise, and mutual fulfillment in that relationship.

A series of sessions among all or some of the members of a family and a licensed mental health professional to assist in addressing and resolving problems the family may have in communicating, accepting, tolerating, and disagreeing among the members of the family.

A series of sessions between several non-related individuals who have expressed similar emotional concerns or who share similar life experiences, assisted by a licensed mental health professional, designed to assist those individuals in addressing and resolving their shared emotional issues.

A series of sessions between a licensed mental health professional also certified as a sex therapist and individuals or couples who are experiencing issues of sexual dysfunction or sexual orientation.

A series of sessions with a licensed mental health professional also certified in hypnosis designed to assist an individual with anxiety and/or other emotional issues through a series of hypnosis or hypnotic induction techniques.