Psychology
Last Update Date: 8/23/2024 3:43:39 PM
Liv Hospital Psychology Clinic implements its approaches from a holistic point of view. The holistic approach addresses both the body and the mind. Today, it is known that psychological support has a positive effect on the course of treatment for psychological problems as well as physical ailments. For this reason, our team consisting of expert clinical psychologists and specialized in different fields provides support to the units within the hospital with individual and group programs. Medical treatment is taken a step further with evidence-based psychological support programs.
PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES
Adult psychotrheapy
The Department of Psychology at Liv Hospital provides short- and long-term psychotherapy services with psychiatrists and clinical psychologists who are specialists in therapy. Psychiatrists and psychologists specializing in adult psychotherapy listen to you and develope a treatment plan for your needs. Common Psychological Disorders for which We Offer Psychotherapy Services
- Anxiety Disorders: Generalized anxiety, panic disorder and agoraphobia, phobia, posttraumatic stress disorder
- Depression
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Somatoform disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Adjustment disorders
- Personality disorders
Pediatric - Adolescent Psychotherapy
In the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Psychology, appropriate psychotherapy services are offered for emotional, behavioral and academic problems following the studies of getting to know / evaluating a child / teenager and their family. Psychotherapies performed in the department include play therapy, individual therapies (psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral oriented), group therapy and child/teen-oriented family therapy. In addition, it works in cooperation with the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Psychiatry in cases of need.
Individual/couple therapy is provided for parents.
The most common psychological problems in children and adolescents:
- Fears and worries
- Potty training
- Obsessions
- Conflict/communication problems in family
- Disciplinary problems
- School problems
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, specific learning disorder
- Behavioral problems
- Divorce process
Family and Couple Therapy
One of the most important factors of psychological health is healthy family relationships. Relationship problems of couples, problems transmitted between generations, behavioral problems in children, problems between siblings, chronic disease conditions are among the topics studied in family therapy. Child-oriented family therapy service is also provided to the parents who apply to our Pediatric-Adolescent Psychology Department, if necessary. Family therapies are practiced in our hospital by psychiatrists and psychologists who have received special training in this field.
Psychological Support Programs Integrated into Medical Treatment
With Psychological Support Programs, it is ensured that patients review their lifestyle habits that prepare the ground for ailments in a way that is integrated into existing medical treatments. It supports patients to gain awareness of thought, emotion and behavior cycles and to make conscious choices on the route to being healthy. It is aimed to increase the motivation for treatment and maintain the state of well-being by providing patients with healthy ways of coping with personalized applications.
Some of the Areas We Support as the Department of Psychiatry-Psychology
- Psycho-oncology (psychological aspect of cancer)
- IVF treatment
- Pediatric health and diseases
- Gynecology /adolescent gynecology
- Obesity and eating disorders
- Dermatological problems
- Chronic pain
- Neurological problems
- Sleep problems
- Cardiological problems
Group Psychotherapy
The Department of Psychology at Liv Hospital works within the framework of interactive groups, sharing groups and educational groups. It is aimed that participants receive the most effective support in a group environment.
Awareness Raising and Psycho-educational Meetings
Psychology Department is designed to give practical answers to the most common everyday problems with short meetings. Sample topics focused on:
- Studies related to being a parent
- Studies on managing mental tension
- Studies of understanding our body
- Adolescence and family relationships
- Psycho-oncology
Our team believes that mental and physical health are an inseparable whole. For this reason, it is important that patients who have been diagnosed with cancer and their families receive the most appropriate psychological support during and after the treatment process. Cancer diagnosis, surgical procedures, chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments indicate a physically, psychologically and socially challenging period. This period prepares the ground for the formation of psychological problems such as anxiety disorders, depressive mood, adjustment difficulties, changes in personality traits.
During this critical period for the patient and their families, our psychologists aim to improve the quality of life by supporting both the patient and their families spiritually, emotionally and functionally within the framework of psycho-oncology studies. In this direction, the department aims to understand the patient by providing an interview with the patient who has been diagnosed or will be treated, to evaluate their condition together and to choose the best support program for them. This may include individual psychotherapy, family support or group support. Research shows that the inclusion of psychological support in the cancer disease process makes the patient and their families go through the treatment process more comfortably and harmoniously. For this reason, we accompany our cancer patients not only medically, but also psychologically.
