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16 results found in Therapy.
- Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT, Pet Therapy)
- A non-pharmacological therapeutic approach in which interaction with animals — typically dogs, cats, or horses — is used to support physical, cognitive, social, or emotional health goals. Evidence sug…
- Art Therapy (Creative Arts Therapy, Arts Therapy)
- A form of psychotherapy that uses creative art-making as the primary mode of expression and communication. Art therapy is facilitated by trained therapists and can involve painting, drawing, collage, …
- Cued Naming Therapy (Cued Naming, Cueing Hierarchy Therapy)
- A structured aphasia therapy approach in which clinicians provide progressively stronger hints (cues) to help a person retrieve a target word. Cues may be phonological (providing the first sound or sy…
- Deep Pressure Therapy (DPT, Deep Pressure Stimulation, Deep Touch Pressure)
- A therapeutic approach that uses firm, distributed tactile pressure — such as from weighted blankets, compression garments, or inflatable vests — to reduce anxiety, stress, and physiological arousal. …
- Doll Therapy
- A nonpharmacological intervention used in dementia care in which a person is given a lifelike doll to hold, dress, and care for. For some people with advanced dementia, engaging with the doll can redu…
- Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS, Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation, NMES)
- A technique that uses electrical impulses delivered through surface electrodes to elicit muscle contractions. EMS is used therapeutically for muscle re-education, spasticity management, and rehabilita…
- Expressive Writing (Pennebaker Paradigm)
- A therapeutic writing practice, formalised by James Pennebaker in the 1980s, in which individuals write about emotionally significant or traumatic experiences for short, repeated sessions. Decades of …
- Multisensory Stimulation (MSS)
- A therapeutic and design approach that intentionally coordinates multiple sensory modalities — visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, and kinetic — to support affective well-being, cognitive engagement…
- Music Psychotherapy
- A form of music therapy that uses musical activities — songwriting, improvisation, lyric analysis, receptive listening — to address emotional, psychological, and relational concerns rather than sensor…
- Naming Practice (Confrontation Naming, Naming Therapy, Picture Naming)
- A speech-language therapy technique in which individuals with aphasia are shown pictures of familiar objects and asked to produce the corresponding word. Naming practice is one of the most common and …
- Non-Pharmacological Intervention (NPI, Non-Drug Intervention)
- A non-pharmacological intervention (NPI) is any therapeutic approach delivered without medication, including art and music therapy, reminiscence work, cognitive stimulation, exercise programmes, anima…
- Reminiscence (Reminiscence Therapy)
- The process of recalling and reflecting on past personal experiences, often used therapeutically to promote mental well-being in older adults. Reminiscence therapy involves structured activities that …
- Serious Games for Health (SG4H, Health Games, Therapeutic Games)
- Serious Games for Health (SG4H) are video games designed primarily for clinical, rehabilitative, or health-education outcomes rather than entertainment, while still using game mechanics, narrative, an…
- Social Skills Intervention (Social Skills Training, SST, Social Skills Therapy)
- Structured approaches to teaching social interaction skills to individuals who experience difficulties in social situations, commonly used with people with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, or social an…
- Supportive Empathy
- A therapeutic conversational stance in which a listener responds to another person's feelings with affirmation, validation, and gentle encouragement rather than problem-solving or interpretation. In m…
- Therapeutic Play (Play Therapy, Therapeutic Gaming)
- The use of play activities, games, toys, or interactive technology as a medium for achieving therapeutic or rehabilitative goals in children. Unlike recreational play, therapeutic play is structured o…