source: Medical dictionary V./Nobel

Supportive counseling

All patients need and deserve support and empathetic understanding. Supportive psychotherapy helps by shoring up defenses, utilizing strengths, empathizing with distress, explaining the characteristics and course of PTSD, monitoring changes and reassuring the patient that improvement will, in time, occur. With the patient's permission, support and explanation should also be provided to family members, friends and others important in the patient's life



Although not considered Therapy, Supportive Counseling is provided to help victims discuss feelings relating to the domestic violence and/or sexual assault/abuse and to also help them identify their personal strengths, and redevelop feelings of self-worth. Secondary victims such as parents, family and spouses may also receive supportive counseling which provides them with an outlet to verbalize their feelings. Education about the cycle of domestic violence and/or sexual assault/abuse is discussed with victims and their children.



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Note added at 42 mins (2006-07-21 21:48:56 GMT)
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تستخدم في مساعدة ضحاياحالات الإغتصاب والحوادث المفجعة

ٍSource: Unified Medical Dictionary, CD Rom version. However you can access the resource on the web

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