We Can Help. How to Find a Therapist Getting Started Finding the right therapist for you or your loved one is vital to successful treatment. If you are feeling seriously depressed or anxious or have other intense upsetting emotions or behaviors over a period of two weeks or more, mental health treatment may be helpful to you. The two main kinds of mental health treatment are talk therapies and medication therapies. Talk therapies and medication therapies can reduce depression, anxiety, and troubling feelings and behaviors.
Medications address the biological and chemical aspects of mental illnesses.
Talk therapies can teach you to make changes in the ways you relate to other people. They can also help you learn to understand and manage symptoms and cope effectively with stress. Mental health treatment can be useful to both adults and children having emotional and behavior problems. When a child is in treatment, the therapist also meets with parents so that they can work together to make changes in the child s life. For teenagers, therapists usually have some contact with parents, but less than with younger children.