If these beliefs, thoughts and ideas result in life management difficulties, then psychological treatment might be indicated. This includes problems of poor self-esteem, being overly critical of yourself or others, setting unrealistic personal goals and expectations, or believing that your life problems are overwhelming and beyond your control. Of course, there are many other possibilities as well. Feeling problems are what most people associate with psychological treatment. As you can see, there are many other reasons as well.
Most people seek help when their emotions interfere with life adjustment in some way.
Behavior is the word psychologists use to describe what we do. Behavioral problems can include conduct disturbances in children, impulse control problems such as substance abuse, gambling, and uncontrolled anger outbursts, or other types of inappropriate behavior, such as extreme social withdrawal. A description of all of the behavioral problems addressed by psychologists would fill several books. In fact, scores of books have been written about different psychological problems, and how psychological treatment works. You can browse through a selection of these books at the Self-Help Bookstore .