title: Emotions and psychotherapies.
abstract: Psychotherapy is seen as a series of congnitive-emotional interactions whose emotional impact on the patient serves as the principal reinforcement at certain phase of therapy. This paper examines techniques of interaction common to all psychotherapies, and their relative importance in various types of psychotherapy.
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001143:Arousal; D003071:Cognition; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011603:Psychophysiology; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology