Psychotherapy; a course of reading in sound psychology, sound medicine and sound religion. . als applying them and thepatients receiving the treatment. It is impossi-ble to lay down any fixed or routine methodapplicable to all cases, as can be done in hydro-therapy, for instance, or any purely physicalmeasure, although allowance must be made even there for the indi-vidual idiosyncrasy. Any method by which the mind can be altered favorably, andthrough this the latent energies aroused and the vital processesstimulated, is properly called psychotherapy. Anything that canabsorb the patients attent
Psychotherapy; a course of reading in sound psychology, sound medicine and sound religion. . als applying them and thepatients receiving the treatment. It is impossi-ble to lay down any fixed or routine methodapplicable to all cases, as can be done in hydro-therapy, for instance, or any purely physicalmeasure, although allowance must be made even there for the indi-vidual idiosyncrasy. Any method by which the mind can be altered favorably, andthrough this the latent energies aroused and the vital processesstimulated, is properly called psychotherapy. Anything that canabsorb the patients attention to the exclusion, even temporarily,of the consciousness of his ill feelings and depressing thoughts actsin a helpful way. This is achieved by giving the mind a rest anda surcease from the depressing autosuggestions constantly acting andreacting on the patient, and serving by constant repetition to weakenthe normal resistance and to fasten the difficulty more deeply in themind and body of the individual. That is how serious emergencies, 1 See note under The Next Article, on page 4.[5]. PSYCHOTHERAPY
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